Gestational Diabetes...SO CONFUSED!! HELP

[Pinkflower83]

I didn't get to test mine after dinner as I fell asleep on the sofa. XP

 

[AnakeRose]

ugh...fell off the wagon today ladies...I gave in to my major cravings for Asian food and bought Vietnamese at the food court today. I felt horrible after and checked my BG at 1 hour and it was 9.6! Yikes! Trying my best to get it down. Guess Asian is out till after baby gets here

 

[Pinkflower83]

ugh...fell off the wagon today ladies...I gave in to my major cravings for Asian food and bought Vietnamese at the food court today. I felt horrible after and checked my BG at 1 hour and it was 9.6! Yikes! Trying my best to get it down. Guess Asian is out till after baby gets here

Omg I've been wanting some Asian food so bad! But if it spiked your blood sugar that bad I can't imagine what it'll do to mine! Guess I better hold off on that till after I give birth! :/ If it makes you feel any better I haven't been doing too good on the bandwagon either. It's so hard!

 

[AnakeRose]

I'm starting to get tired of the food I'm eating. It's so repetitive. I'm afraid to try anything new because I know it'll just skew my numbers. I don't want to go on insulin if I can avoid it. One, they'd want to induce me 1-2 weeks early and I haven't scheduled my mat leave at that time. I mean if I do go into labour they can change it, but I'd rather not. The way I have it now would put me back at work after the BC August Long Weekend in 2014. It's usually pretty slow after that.

 

[AnakeRose]

ugh...my levels are high after eating again. I just don't get it! I haven't eaten anything different and I'm walking. So frustrated!

 

[Pinkflower83]

I hope you don't have to go on insulin! I'm tired of eating the same foods too but I just keep telling myself I don't have much longer to go and I need to stick it out.

Although I think because I only have 3 weeks left Ive gotten somewhat lazy. I've been doing good at breakfast and lunch but dinner is a different story. Ugh! 3 weeks left is the only thing getting me through this!

 

[AnakeRose]

It's looking more likely that I will have to go on insulin. My numbers have been creeping up and up. Not happy at all

 

[usamom]

I'm glad to find this thread! My doctor refuses to test me despite my symptoms. I ended u going to a family doctor who checked and sure enough my fasting sugars were definitely too high. Anyway- I have been following the diet and am feeling better now- but I'm tracing constantly!!!

Did you ladies meet with a nutritionist to get your info?

 

[AnakeRose]

OMG! I would have throttled my doctor long ago if she refused to test me. What's the harm in doing it!? At least you'd know. I was referred to a nutritionist, but don't really expect them to be much help at first. They bombard you with so much information that you get overwhelmed. I was a wreck the first week. It does get better though! Better to watch your sugars than not. It can be harmful to your baby if you have high blood glucose levels. Might make it easier afterwards to loose the baby weight

 

[AnakeRose]

Blood glucose was 6.6 right on the high limit of the after dinner number. I even went for a walk tonight too. I hate this!

 

[Pinkflower83]

It's looking more likely that I will have to go on insulin. My numbers have been creeping up and up. Not happy at all

Oh no! Are you still eating the same foods?

 

[Pinkflower83]

I'm glad to find this thread! My doctor refuses to test me despite my symptoms. I ended u going to a family doctor who checked and sure enough my fasting sugars were definitely too high. Anyway- I have been following the diet and am feeling better now- but I'm tracing constantly!!!

Did you ladies meet with a nutritionist to get your info?

Yeah I met with a nutritionist. And I agree I would've been so mad my dr had no concern for me! GD is nothing to fool with if you don't keep your blood sugars in check the baby can get too big.

Hopefully you can control just through diet. Good luck!

 

[AnakeRose]

Yeah I'm pretty much eating the same foods. I started eating whole wheat tortillas so maybe that's been the culprit. My averages for the week have still been pretty good, but I'm getting a few spikes here and there that I can't explain.

 

[Pinkflower83]

Here's hoping you don't have to be put on insulin! The only time I've gotten a spike is when I know it's a food I shouldn't have eaten. XP

 

[AnakeRose]

Yeah one of the days I ate Thai food and that really caused a spike. That one I can explain. It's the other days I can't. I'm out of tortillas now so I'll see if my levels come back down.

 

[Pinkflower83]

I just had 3 slices of pizza. Lord knows what my sugar will be in an hour! Yikes!

Let us know how your numbers are.

 

[AnakeRose]

oh geez, I would LOVE pizza right now!

 

[AnakeRose]

ok seriously...I swear I have a defective container of strips or something!! I was 7.3 only 45 minutes ago and now I'm reading 5.7....what the hell!

 

[Pinkflower83]

It was yummy! But I'm gonna pay for it in a little bit I know. :S

 

[AnakeRose]

LOL no kidding! Try going for a quick walk or walk up some stairs to see if that helps. Drinking water will flush it out quicker too.