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I was just diagnosed with GD, wondering who else is out there, and if you were successful treating it with diet alone?
Hiya, i'm 37+3 and have had gestational diabetes since i was 12 weeks pregnant. Unfortunately couldn't control with diet so i am on insulin 4 times a day x
I was just diagnosed with GD, wondering who else is out there, and if you were successful treating it with diet alone?
Hiya, i'm 37+3 and have had gestational diabetes since i was 12 weeks pregnant. Unfortunately couldn't control with diet so i am on insulin 4 times a day x
wow since 12weeks. i didnt even think they could tell that early on x
i had it with Lily and it was diet controlled. Had a 5 lb 13 oz baby I was just diagnosed with type 2. Anytime you find out before 20 weeks it's usually type 2 that's what I was told. They do another blood test to see what your sugars were for 3 months prior to get a better look at your sugars to tell for sure. Although we think mine is. It really sucks at this stage. I"m only 10 weeks and have morning sickness and since i can't eat much in the a.m. i get really really sick. But it's not really that bad (once the ms is gone) you can have things like ice cream, cakes, etc. let me tell you how.
skinny cow ice cream - tastes great and is reasonable priced and is only 2 carbs. would work for a snack plus it's low in fat and cholesterol
weight watchers - has ice cream too but it's a little more expensive but tastes good. they also have cakes (i had one of their cakes for my bday when i had gestational before) and they aren't bad
hostess and little debbie now carry the 100 calorie diet packs. they are only 2 carbs as well! not very filling but let's say you eat a bowl of tortilla soup that's only like 1 carb per serving when you make it like mine, you could eat one of these for desert and it won't affect your carbs for the meal (mine were 5 for lunch and dinner so that would have been 3 carbs sugars were perfect)
so you don't have to avoid anything. But you have to be smart and not over do it. I don't eat these things on a daily basis no. But if you are smart about it, work it into your meal plan you can have them. And you get a little more than if you would eat regular stuff.
There are also shakes by glucerna and boost. One is pretty high in carbs but the other is like one carb and they don't taste bad and are helpful for controlling carbs as well. I would eat for lunch a sandwhich with low carb bread (6 grams per slice) and a salad with just a little salad dressing (1 tablespoon is usually 4 grams) and then i'd have a shake and would be really really full and my carbs were always right on! Plus they taste like a shake! diabetes can suck, but it's not as bad as you could think. I have to go in wed for my meter and for the dietician and then a week later i'll be seeing the peri for my plan. he needs to see a weeks worth of records before he can dertimine if i need meds or not. but i probably will this time around but not insulin they said. it'll be a pill i take once or twice a day depending on that blood test and my week log.
honey, what you eat now doesn't make you diabetic after the baby but sometimes it doesn't go away. they think that's what happened to me and I didn't "cheat" i ate nothing I wasn't supposed to after I was diagnosed with my baby Lily. If it's in your family history and all that jazz you could get it anyway. Just remember the candy and biscuits you ate aren't bad, it's the amount. If you calculate them into your diet you will be fine. They aren't asking you to deprive yourself but to be smart for yourself and your baby. I'm sure things will be fine.