Gestational Diabetes...SO CONFUSED!! HELP

[Pinkflower83]

I've been swimming and its been great and so relaxing to me! Especially since its been so dang hot! At least where I live. :S

 

[TTDuck]

I swear the first thing I'm getting to eat as soon as he's born is a big ol' ice cream cone!! I haven't been able to eat ice cream since starting my testing because it just spikes my blood sugar too much.

That's gonna be my first thing up too!

The Atkins peanut butter cups are yummy and I didn't notice if they impacted my blood sugar. I've just avoided the "no sugar added" stuff because they usually have so much sugar in them anyways. sugar free candy I've been enjoying are werther's, mints, gummy bears, and popsicles.

 

[TTDuck]

I've been swimming and its been great and so relaxing to me! Especially since its been so dang hot! At least where I live. :S

I've been swimming a lot since it's been so hot, but not really exercising... guess I should throw in a little bit of lap swimming so I can say I did my exercise!

 

[AmandaWI]

Hey ladies! I made it through the holiday weekend and went to a graduation party on Saturday. My numbers have all been within the range they should be and I didn't even watch what I was eating too much. I even had a piece on cake at the graduation party. I'm wondering if I have very mild gestational diabetes, is that possible? I decided I'm still going to watch what I'm eating, but I'm not going to go crazy and stress about it much. Especially since I'm going on vacation next week and really just want to be able to relax and enjoy myself. I figure as long as my numbers are good, what's the harm, right?

 

[AnakeRose]

Even with mild GD it's probably good to keep an eye on your BG levels. I asked my doctor what my numbers were and I failed the 1 hour test by 0.1 and on my two our test, I failed the first hour by 2.0 and passed the second hour test with flying colours. They had me all freaked out for nothing.

 

[Pinkflower83]

I failed the one hour and three hour miserably. Well the three hour one my fastening number was good and my last number was good. But the two numbers in between I failed badly!

Like the previous poster said even if you have mild diabetes I would still keep track of your sugars cause the further along you get the harder they can be to control.

 

[AmandaWI]

I do plan on continuing to test my BS. I'm just not going to go crazy with counting carbs as long as my numbers stay consistently good. I think since I already have to eat a gluten free diet, I'm used to eating the right foods anyway.

Have any of you tried baking with almond flour/almond meal? I use it a lot because it's gluten free, but it's also very low in carbs & high in protein. I made some almond muffins that are pretty good and only about 4g carbs each. I think I'm going to make some banana bread this week, I've been craving it

 

[AnakeRose]

I'll see if I can find the almond flour. Sounds interesting. You and I are really close in due dates! I'm Sept 2

 

[AmandaWI]

We are really close! September 2nd is Labor Day My hubby thought it would be so funny if I went into labor on Labor Day, LOL!

 

[AnakeRose]

LOL yeah no kidding!

OMG I just stepped on the scale and I've lost 6 pounds in the last few days...what the heck! Normally I'd be jumping for joy, but not good when pregnant

 

[AmandaWI]

I wouldn't worry too much. I lost 4 pounds the last time I checked and I was only 108 pre pregnancy, so I didn't have much to lose. But, my Dr said that's normal and that women with GD sometimes don't gain any weight or very little the last trimester. As long as the baby continues to grow, it's not an issue. I would just talk to your Dr at your next appt.

 

[TTDuck]

I'm 6 feet tall and was about 125 lb pre-pregnancy with a fast metabolism so my nutritionist freaks out about my low weight gain since going on the diet (I've pretty much flat-lined, but haven't lost). my doc isn't worried so I'm not. I would definitely go off what your doctor thinks about your weight gain because he/she is looking at more than just weight to determine if the baby is growing all right!

 

[AnakeRose]

Thanks girls, I'm already fairly ample to begin with so for me not gaining a lot of weight is a blessing!

 

[Hunneytot]

Hi ladies! So glad I found this thread. I just found out today that I have GD too. Ugh, not very fun but I can deal with it for a few months I have no clue how badly I failed, and havent seen the nutritionist yet, but probably soon.

 

[AnakeRose]

My numbers were really good today and I was MAJORLY craving ice cream so I treated myself to a small DQ in a cup. Crossing my fingers it doesn't raise my BG too high.

 

[AmandaWI]

Welcome Hunneytot! The girls on here are very helpful I found out about 2 weeks ago. The first week or so is the worst, but then you'll get used to it.

 

[Pinkflower83]

Anyone else struggling with food lately? I know I am. :S

As for my weight I've only gained 10 pounds this entire pregnancy which my dr has been very happy with this as I'm not a thin person. And baby must not be measuring too big because they haven't said anything when they measure my belly.

I have one last growth scan on the 24th to see how much she weighs. Last time she weighed 4 pounds 15 ounces so almost 5 pounds (don't know what that is in cm) and they said that was normal. So crossing fingers and praying things continue to look good!

Hope all you ladies and your by bubbas are doing well!

 

[AnakeRose]

I'm struggling with unhealthy food cravings lately. All I seem to want right now is stuff that will cause my BG to skyrocket. The ice cream was fine, but I've been craving fries and chips and chocolate and pancakes and pizza..etc. Gone are the days of craving fruits and veggies!

7 or less weeks to go! Baby's room is all ready, all the gear is put together...just need a baby

 

[Pinkflower83]

Yes! We are slowly getting there as well! I just said in another thread I am planning to eat a big ole plate of pasta after I have my baby. Lol

Prays this dreadful diabetes goes away!

 

[AnakeRose]

Well lunch was a bust today. We ended up eating WAY later than I thought we would and my blood sugar spiked. Ate 2 hot dogs with tortillas instead of buns yesterday and it was totally fine, today not so much. The only other variable was a caesar salad...wonder if that did it. After lunch all I wanted to do was sleep. It's the first reading out of the normal range I've had in over a week.