Talk to me about (gestational) diabetes diets!

[MamatoAlexa]

Things are still pretty busy here with family holiday visits but once things slow down I have so many posts to respond to especially the most recent IUI post and the post about having a 2nd child. I have a lot to say just no time to sit and type it all out. BLAH!

Anyway, I failed the 1 hour GTT. Not a big surprise as I can barley pass one of those in a non pg state. My Mom was just DX with Type 2 diabetes so add in another risk factor for me. I am not having a good feeling about the 3 hour test so I want to prep myself and start making changes. My parents were here visiting for a few days. We went out to eat, I had Sprite, cup of clam chowder, grilled cheese with tomato and vanilla ice cream for dessert. Obviously a meal that will raise the blood sugar a lot. I used my Moms meter to check my blood sugar, 3.5 hours after the meal my blood sugar was 134.....not good so this is why I feel I need to make changes now. Any info you can give me would be great. Now I am all worried about this baby. Maybe I should have asked to be tested earlier. I am so worried she has been exposed to high blood sugar levels and possibly harmed. When I was pg the first time around some how I passed the test but I think there was a lab error or something in my favor.

 

[MamatoAlexa]

Things are still pretty busy here with family holiday visits but once things slow down I have so many posts to respond to especially the most recent IUI post and the post about having a 2nd child. I have a lot to say just no time to sit and type it all out. BLAH!

Anyway, I failed the 1 hour GTT. Not a big surprise as I can barley pass one of those in a non pg state. My Mom was just DX with Type 2 diabetes so add in another risk factor for me. I am not having a good feeling about the 3 hour test so I want to prep myself and start making changes. My parents were here visiting for a few days. We went out to eat, I had Sprite, cup of clam chowder, grilled cheese with tomato and vanilla ice cream for dessert. Obviously a meal that will raise the blood sugar a lot. I used my Moms meter to check my blood sugar, 3.5 hours after the meal my blood sugar was 134.....not good so this is why I feel I need to make changes now. Any info you can give me would be great. Now I am all worried about this baby. Maybe I should have asked to be tested earlier. I am so worried she has been exposed to high blood sugar levels and possibly harmed. When I was pg the first time around some how I passed the test but I think there was a lab error or something in my favor.

 

[MamatoAlexa]

Things are still pretty busy here with family holiday visits but once things slow down I have so many posts to respond to especially the most recent IUI post and the post about having a 2nd child. I have a lot to say just no time to sit and type it all out. BLAH!

Anyway, I failed the 1 hour GTT. Not a big surprise as I can barley pass one of those in a non pg state. My Mom was just DX with Type 2 diabetes so add in another risk factor for me. I am not having a good feeling about the 3 hour test so I want to prep myself and start making changes. My parents were here visiting for a few days. We went out to eat, I had Sprite, cup of clam chowder, grilled cheese with tomato and vanilla ice cream for dessert. Obviously a meal that will raise the blood sugar a lot. I used my Moms meter to check my blood sugar, 3.5 hours after the meal my blood sugar was 134.....not good so this is why I feel I need to make changes now. Any info you can give me would be great. Now I am all worried about this baby. Maybe I should have asked to be tested earlier. I am so worried she has been exposed to high blood sugar levels and possibly harmed. When I was pg the first time around some how I passed the test but I think there was a lab error or something in my favor.

 

[MamatoAlexa]

Things are still pretty busy here with family holiday visits but once things slow down I have so many posts to respond to especially the most recent IUI post and the post about having a 2nd child. I have a lot to say just no time to sit and type it all out. BLAH!

Anyway, I failed the 1 hour GTT. Not a big surprise as I can barley pass one of those in a non pg state. My Mom was just DX with Type 2 diabetes so add in another risk factor for me. I am not having a good feeling about the 3 hour test so I want to prep myself and start making changes. My parents were here visiting for a few days. We went out to eat, I had Sprite, cup of clam chowder, grilled cheese with tomato and vanilla ice cream for dessert. Obviously a meal that will raise the blood sugar a lot. I used my Moms meter to check my blood sugar, 3.5 hours after the meal my blood sugar was 134.....not good so this is why I feel I need to make changes now. Any info you can give me would be great. Now I am all worried about this baby. Maybe I should have asked to be tested earlier. I am so worried she has been exposed to high blood sugar levels and possibly harmed. When I was pg the first time around some how I passed the test but I think there was a lab error or something in my favor.

 

[MamatoAlexa]

Things are still pretty busy here with family holiday visits but once things slow down I have so many posts to respond to especially the most recent IUI post and the post about having a 2nd child. I have a lot to say just no time to sit and type it all out. BLAH!

Anyway, I failed the 1 hour GTT. Not a big surprise as I can barley pass one of those in a non pg state. My Mom was just DX with Type 2 diabetes so add in another risk factor for me. I am not having a good feeling about the 3 hour test so I want to prep myself and start making changes. My parents were here visiting for a few days. We went out to eat, I had Sprite, cup of clam chowder, grilled cheese with tomato and vanilla ice cream for dessert. Obviously a meal that will raise the blood sugar a lot. I used my Moms meter to check my blood sugar, 3.5 hours after the meal my blood sugar was 134.....not good so this is why I feel I need to make changes now. Any info you can give me would be great. Now I am all worried about this baby. Maybe I should have asked to be tested earlier. I am so worried she has been exposed to high blood sugar levels and possibly harmed. When I was pg the first time around some how I passed the test but I think there was a lab error or something in my favor.

 

[hbollotte]

i failed the three hour and was diagnosed with gest. diabetes. it wasn't so bad, i just watched my carbs and checked my sugars two hours after every meal. they needed to be 120 or under and i hardly ever made that. i was always really close to it or around 130-150. i had morgan at 36 weeks 2 days and her sugars were fine. i think mine were fine too, to tell you the truth i haven't even checked them since i had her.

i had to fax my sugar levels to my peri. he decided to put me on glyburide every morning to lower my sugars and that made it too low, so i had to take a lower dose.

everything will be fine!!! right after i had morgan i made someone go get me a coke float!!!

 

[hbollotte]

i failed the three hour and was diagnosed with gest. diabetes. it wasn't so bad, i just watched my carbs and checked my sugars two hours after every meal. they needed to be 120 or under and i hardly ever made that. i was always really close to it or around 130-150. i had morgan at 36 weeks 2 days and her sugars were fine. i think mine were fine too, to tell you the truth i haven't even checked them since i had her.

i had to fax my sugar levels to my peri. he decided to put me on glyburide every morning to lower my sugars and that made it too low, so i had to take a lower dose.

everything will be fine!!! right after i had morgan i made someone go get me a coke float!!!

 

[hbollotte]

i failed the three hour and was diagnosed with gest. diabetes. it wasn't so bad, i just watched my carbs and checked my sugars two hours after every meal. they needed to be 120 or under and i hardly ever made that. i was always really close to it or around 130-150. i had morgan at 36 weeks 2 days and her sugars were fine. i think mine were fine too, to tell you the truth i haven't even checked them since i had her.

i had to fax my sugar levels to my peri. he decided to put me on glyburide every morning to lower my sugars and that made it too low, so i had to take a lower dose.

everything will be fine!!! right after i had morgan i made someone go get me a coke float!!!

 

[hbollotte]

i failed the three hour and was diagnosed with gest. diabetes. it wasn't so bad, i just watched my carbs and checked my sugars two hours after every meal. they needed to be 120 or under and i hardly ever made that. i was always really close to it or around 130-150. i had morgan at 36 weeks 2 days and her sugars were fine. i think mine were fine too, to tell you the truth i haven't even checked them since i had her.

i had to fax my sugar levels to my peri. he decided to put me on glyburide every morning to lower my sugars and that made it too low, so i had to take a lower dose.

everything will be fine!!! right after i had morgan i made someone go get me a coke float!!!

 

[hbollotte]

i failed the three hour and was diagnosed with gest. diabetes. it wasn't so bad, i just watched my carbs and checked my sugars two hours after every meal. they needed to be 120 or under and i hardly ever made that. i was always really close to it or around 130-150. i had morgan at 36 weeks 2 days and her sugars were fine. i think mine were fine too, to tell you the truth i haven't even checked them since i had her.

i had to fax my sugar levels to my peri. he decided to put me on glyburide every morning to lower my sugars and that made it too low, so i had to take a lower dose.

everything will be fine!!! right after i had morgan i made someone go get me a coke float!!!

 

[mom2lillian]

I was never officially dx with gestational but I was within borderline range where probably whether I passed or failed could depend on the day LOL! Anyway I had my test at 11 weeks because we knew I was at high risk so I did 'it' the whole time.

Basically you need whole wheat everything, nothing white (sugar bread etc) no pop juice or other processed yucky carbs. All complex whole grain, need to balance every meal with protein and fat.

I never had a rpoblem with mine my sugars were always good, I would have maybe 1-2 a week that were just a smidge high towards end 2nd term of pregnancy. Except one time I remember I was making a cake to take to work and wasnt even thinking adn sampling here and ther eand then I felt horrid and realized what I had done, my sugar was somewhere around 170's and I was BAWLLING afraid of what I had done to her. My doc assured me (not that day, later LOL) it would take extended periods at high blood sugar to have an effect or alot of rolling up and down.

Being proactive is best. I have my own meter and woudl highly recommend getting a rx for one even if your 3 hour is close. I know alot women now dont have GD technically but have these monster fat babies when they are born and I bet they were 'close' to failing. It is a one point check in time and I woudlnt feel comfortable with just checking that one time.

 

[mom2lillian]

I was never officially dx with gestational but I was within borderline range where probably whether I passed or failed could depend on the day LOL! Anyway I had my test at 11 weeks because we knew I was at high risk so I did 'it' the whole time.

Basically you need whole wheat everything, nothing white (sugar bread etc) no pop juice or other processed yucky carbs. All complex whole grain, need to balance every meal with protein and fat.

I never had a rpoblem with mine my sugars were always good, I would have maybe 1-2 a week that were just a smidge high towards end 2nd term of pregnancy. Except one time I remember I was making a cake to take to work and wasnt even thinking adn sampling here and ther eand then I felt horrid and realized what I had done, my sugar was somewhere around 170's and I was BAWLLING afraid of what I had done to her. My doc assured me (not that day, later LOL) it would take extended periods at high blood sugar to have an effect or alot of rolling up and down.

Being proactive is best. I have my own meter and woudl highly recommend getting a rx for one even if your 3 hour is close. I know alot women now dont have GD technically but have these monster fat babies when they are born and I bet they were 'close' to failing. It is a one point check in time and I woudlnt feel comfortable with just checking that one time.

 

[mom2lillian]

I was never officially dx with gestational but I was within borderline range where probably whether I passed or failed could depend on the day LOL! Anyway I had my test at 11 weeks because we knew I was at high risk so I did 'it' the whole time.

Basically you need whole wheat everything, nothing white (sugar bread etc) no pop juice or other processed yucky carbs. All complex whole grain, need to balance every meal with protein and fat.

I never had a rpoblem with mine my sugars were always good, I would have maybe 1-2 a week that were just a smidge high towards end 2nd term of pregnancy. Except one time I remember I was making a cake to take to work and wasnt even thinking adn sampling here and ther eand then I felt horrid and realized what I had done, my sugar was somewhere around 170's and I was BAWLLING afraid of what I had done to her. My doc assured me (not that day, later LOL) it would take extended periods at high blood sugar to have an effect or alot of rolling up and down.

Being proactive is best. I have my own meter and woudl highly recommend getting a rx for one even if your 3 hour is close. I know alot women now dont have GD technically but have these monster fat babies when they are born and I bet they were 'close' to failing. It is a one point check in time and I woudlnt feel comfortable with just checking that one time.

 

[mom2lillian]

I was never officially dx with gestational but I was within borderline range where probably whether I passed or failed could depend on the day LOL! Anyway I had my test at 11 weeks because we knew I was at high risk so I did 'it' the whole time.

Basically you need whole wheat everything, nothing white (sugar bread etc) no pop juice or other processed yucky carbs. All complex whole grain, need to balance every meal with protein and fat.

I never had a rpoblem with mine my sugars were always good, I would have maybe 1-2 a week that were just a smidge high towards end 2nd term of pregnancy. Except one time I remember I was making a cake to take to work and wasnt even thinking adn sampling here and ther eand then I felt horrid and realized what I had done, my sugar was somewhere around 170's and I was BAWLLING afraid of what I had done to her. My doc assured me (not that day, later LOL) it would take extended periods at high blood sugar to have an effect or alot of rolling up and down.

Being proactive is best. I have my own meter and woudl highly recommend getting a rx for one even if your 3 hour is close. I know alot women now dont have GD technically but have these monster fat babies when they are born and I bet they were 'close' to failing. It is a one point check in time and I woudlnt feel comfortable with just checking that one time.

 

[mom2lillian]

I was never officially dx with gestational but I was within borderline range where probably whether I passed or failed could depend on the day LOL! Anyway I had my test at 11 weeks because we knew I was at high risk so I did 'it' the whole time.

Basically you need whole wheat everything, nothing white (sugar bread etc) no pop juice or other processed yucky carbs. All complex whole grain, need to balance every meal with protein and fat.

I never had a rpoblem with mine my sugars were always good, I would have maybe 1-2 a week that were just a smidge high towards end 2nd term of pregnancy. Except one time I remember I was making a cake to take to work and wasnt even thinking adn sampling here and ther eand then I felt horrid and realized what I had done, my sugar was somewhere around 170's and I was BAWLLING afraid of what I had done to her. My doc assured me (not that day, later LOL) it would take extended periods at high blood sugar to have an effect or alot of rolling up and down.

Being proactive is best. I have my own meter and woudl highly recommend getting a rx for one even if your 3 hour is close. I know alot women now dont have GD technically but have these monster fat babies when they are born and I bet they were 'close' to failing. It is a one point check in time and I woudlnt feel comfortable with just checking that one time.

 

[tara]

134 is not a terrible number. I realize it was far past the 2 hour post meal window, but that doesn't mean it was much higher two hours post your meal, it could have just stayed in that range, you just don't know.

Like Nicole said, first, get the meter. AccuCheck is the only meter (at least 3 years ago) that does not depend on the oxygen saturation to provide accurate results. That's important to CFers because our low(er) o2 sats could throw off a reading in any other meter. (and you wonder why hospitals use accucheck? LOL!) Because it's the most accurate.

Standard operating procedure is to monitor sugars at least four times a day. (fasting = before breakfast, 2 hours post breakfast, 2 hours post lunch and 2 hours post dinner) "Normal" folks (non-CFers) are taught to monitor 1 hour post meals, but CFers do 2. (slow digestion??? I don't know for sure) Pregnancy numbers, 2 hours post meals should be between 80-140.

Now, you specifically asked about the diet. Keep the carbs and sugars low, that's a general rule of thumb. Don't be discouraged if you can't control the GD by diet alone. I was on insulin shots (humolog) the entire pregnancy, from 7 weeks on. I came off it immediately after delivery. I became very good at Carb counting. I had to. My insulin was dependent on the number of carbs I ate (for me 1 unit for every 15 grams) And that was it. I could eat whatever, whenever, because for me, the most important thing was weight gain. Not to mention, I enjoyed my carbs. There was a little book that fit in my purse I bought called "Calorie, Fat and Carbohydrate Counter" which listed the calories, fat and carbs for every food imaginable along with major chain restaurants. It made dining out a breeze and I used it to calculate my meals at home as well. Great investment (only a few bucks, under $10)

I hope some of this helps. Good luck Anne.

 

[tara]

134 is not a terrible number. I realize it was far past the 2 hour post meal window, but that doesn't mean it was much higher two hours post your meal, it could have just stayed in that range, you just don't know.

Like Nicole said, first, get the meter. AccuCheck is the only meter (at least 3 years ago) that does not depend on the oxygen saturation to provide accurate results. That's important to CFers because our low(er) o2 sats could throw off a reading in any other meter. (and you wonder why hospitals use accucheck? LOL!) Because it's the most accurate.

Standard operating procedure is to monitor sugars at least four times a day. (fasting = before breakfast, 2 hours post breakfast, 2 hours post lunch and 2 hours post dinner) "Normal" folks (non-CFers) are taught to monitor 1 hour post meals, but CFers do 2. (slow digestion??? I don't know for sure) Pregnancy numbers, 2 hours post meals should be between 80-140.

Now, you specifically asked about the diet. Keep the carbs and sugars low, that's a general rule of thumb. Don't be discouraged if you can't control the GD by diet alone. I was on insulin shots (humolog) the entire pregnancy, from 7 weeks on. I came off it immediately after delivery. I became very good at Carb counting. I had to. My insulin was dependent on the number of carbs I ate (for me 1 unit for every 15 grams) And that was it. I could eat whatever, whenever, because for me, the most important thing was weight gain. Not to mention, I enjoyed my carbs. There was a little book that fit in my purse I bought called "Calorie, Fat and Carbohydrate Counter" which listed the calories, fat and carbs for every food imaginable along with major chain restaurants. It made dining out a breeze and I used it to calculate my meals at home as well. Great investment (only a few bucks, under $10)

I hope some of this helps. Good luck Anne.

 

[tara]

134 is not a terrible number. I realize it was far past the 2 hour post meal window, but that doesn't mean it was much higher two hours post your meal, it could have just stayed in that range, you just don't know.

Like Nicole said, first, get the meter. AccuCheck is the only meter (at least 3 years ago) that does not depend on the oxygen saturation to provide accurate results. That's important to CFers because our low(er) o2 sats could throw off a reading in any other meter. (and you wonder why hospitals use accucheck? LOL!) Because it's the most accurate.

Standard operating procedure is to monitor sugars at least four times a day. (fasting = before breakfast, 2 hours post breakfast, 2 hours post lunch and 2 hours post dinner) "Normal" folks (non-CFers) are taught to monitor 1 hour post meals, but CFers do 2. (slow digestion??? I don't know for sure) Pregnancy numbers, 2 hours post meals should be between 80-140.

Now, you specifically asked about the diet. Keep the carbs and sugars low, that's a general rule of thumb. Don't be discouraged if you can't control the GD by diet alone. I was on insulin shots (humolog) the entire pregnancy, from 7 weeks on. I came off it immediately after delivery. I became very good at Carb counting. I had to. My insulin was dependent on the number of carbs I ate (for me 1 unit for every 15 grams) And that was it. I could eat whatever, whenever, because for me, the most important thing was weight gain. Not to mention, I enjoyed my carbs. There was a little book that fit in my purse I bought called "Calorie, Fat and Carbohydrate Counter" which listed the calories, fat and carbs for every food imaginable along with major chain restaurants. It made dining out a breeze and I used it to calculate my meals at home as well. Great investment (only a few bucks, under $10)

I hope some of this helps. Good luck Anne.

 

[tara]

134 is not a terrible number. I realize it was far past the 2 hour post meal window, but that doesn't mean it was much higher two hours post your meal, it could have just stayed in that range, you just don't know.

Like Nicole said, first, get the meter. AccuCheck is the only meter (at least 3 years ago) that does not depend on the oxygen saturation to provide accurate results. That's important to CFers because our low(er) o2 sats could throw off a reading in any other meter. (and you wonder why hospitals use accucheck? LOL!) Because it's the most accurate.

Standard operating procedure is to monitor sugars at least four times a day. (fasting = before breakfast, 2 hours post breakfast, 2 hours post lunch and 2 hours post dinner) "Normal" folks (non-CFers) are taught to monitor 1 hour post meals, but CFers do 2. (slow digestion??? I don't know for sure) Pregnancy numbers, 2 hours post meals should be between 80-140.

Now, you specifically asked about the diet. Keep the carbs and sugars low, that's a general rule of thumb. Don't be discouraged if you can't control the GD by diet alone. I was on insulin shots (humolog) the entire pregnancy, from 7 weeks on. I came off it immediately after delivery. I became very good at Carb counting. I had to. My insulin was dependent on the number of carbs I ate (for me 1 unit for every 15 grams) And that was it. I could eat whatever, whenever, because for me, the most important thing was weight gain. Not to mention, I enjoyed my carbs. There was a little book that fit in my purse I bought called "Calorie, Fat and Carbohydrate Counter" which listed the calories, fat and carbs for every food imaginable along with major chain restaurants. It made dining out a breeze and I used it to calculate my meals at home as well. Great investment (only a few bucks, under $10)

I hope some of this helps. Good luck Anne.

 

[tara]

134 is not a terrible number. I realize it was far past the 2 hour post meal window, but that doesn't mean it was much higher two hours post your meal, it could have just stayed in that range, you just don't know.

Like Nicole said, first, get the meter. AccuCheck is the only meter (at least 3 years ago) that does not depend on the oxygen saturation to provide accurate results. That's important to CFers because our low(er) o2 sats could throw off a reading in any other meter. (and you wonder why hospitals use accucheck? LOL!) Because it's the most accurate.

Standard operating procedure is to monitor sugars at least four times a day. (fasting = before breakfast, 2 hours post breakfast, 2 hours post lunch and 2 hours post dinner) "Normal" folks (non-CFers) are taught to monitor 1 hour post meals, but CFers do 2. (slow digestion??? I don't know for sure) Pregnancy numbers, 2 hours post meals should be between 80-140.

Now, you specifically asked about the diet. Keep the carbs and sugars low, that's a general rule of thumb. Don't be discouraged if you can't control the GD by diet alone. I was on insulin shots (humolog) the entire pregnancy, from 7 weeks on. I came off it immediately after delivery. I became very good at Carb counting. I had to. My insulin was dependent on the number of carbs I ate (for me 1 unit for every 15 grams) And that was it. I could eat whatever, whenever, because for me, the most important thing was weight gain. Not to mention, I enjoyed my carbs. There was a little book that fit in my purse I bought called "Calorie, Fat and Carbohydrate Counter" which listed the calories, fat and carbs for every food imaginable along with major chain restaurants. It made dining out a breeze and I used it to calculate my meals at home as well. Great investment (only a few bucks, under $10)

I hope some of this helps. Good luck Anne.