Billie Lourd admits she had a ‘lil gestational diabetes scare’ while pregnant with her son Kingston
She gave birth to a baby boy in September.
And Billie Lourd admitted she had a small complication while pregnant with her first child as she opened up about her health in an Instagram story shared on Saturday.
The 28-year-old actress revealed she had a ‘lil gestational diabetes scare’ when pregnant, which can cause high blood sugar levels due to placental hormones.
Talk about it: Billie Lourd admitted she had a small complication while pregnant with her first child as she opened up about her health in an Instagram story shared on Saturday
During a question and answer session online, Billie discussed a few of her cravings while carrying her first child.
‘Ice cream!!! But then i had a lil gestational diabetes scare so then it was beets?!?! Random I know but that’s pregnancy vibes for ya!!!’
While there is no official cause for gestational diabetes, diabetes.org reported that 10 percent of pregnancies are affected every year.
The 28-year-old actress revealed she had a ‘lil gestational diabetes scare’ when pregnant, which can cause high blood sugar levels due to placental hormones.
Honest: When asked about her pregnancy journey, Lourd wrote that the second trimester was the ‘best’, but the third trimester was extra special ‘because you finally get to meet your babe’
When asked about her pregnancy journey, Lourd wrote that the second trimester was the ‘best’, but the third trimester was extra special ‘because you finally get to meet your babe.’
Her worst trimester was the first ‘because hormones!!! But you get through it and it’s beyond worth every second of weird moods/acne/all that fun jazz when your little human arrives!!!’
Another fan asked if Billie was prepping her son to be a Star Wars ‘geek’, which she gave a hearty ‘duhhh’ while showing off a ‘light side, dark side’ light switch.
Cute: Another fan asked if Billie was prepping her son to be a Star Wars ‘geek’, which she gave a hearty ‘duhhh’ while showing off a ‘light side, dark side’ light switch
Sweet: Billie welcomed her son Kingston Fisher Lourd Rydell in September with fiance Austin Rydell by her side
Billie welcomed her son Kingston Fisher Lourd Rydell in September with fiance Austin Rydell by her side.
She recently paid tribute to her mother, Carrie Fisher, on the four-year anniversary of her death with a heartfelt post on Instagram.
Fisher died on Dec. 27, 2016 just days after suffering cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles at the age of 60.
Though being in stable condition following the incident, she passed away from ‘sleep apnea and other undetermined factors,’ according to medical examiners who also found multiple drugs in her system including heroin and cocaine.
Sad: Fisher died on Dec. 27, 2016 just days after suffering cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles at the age of 60; seen in 2015