Need advice: Just diagnosed with GD, no monitor yet
I bombed (I mean BOMBED) the 1 hour test yesterday.
Instead of being anywhere in the neighborhood of 140,
my results came in at 197. I did not fast before the test
because I was told not to.
So here's my problem: Now I'm scared out of my mind. I've been drinking nothing but water today and I've eaten mostly protein (eggs with a little natural cheese, salmon) and I've only eaten sugar once (an apple - and I paired it with a scrambled egg). Right now my head HURTS. It feels like it is going to collapse inward. My baby is not moving as much as he usually does, but I'm still getting about 1 movement every 10 minutes. They can't get me an appointment with the doctor that will set me up with a glucose monitor until NEXT Wednesday. What do I do? Do I eat something? Do I not eat anything? I have absolutely no way of checking my blood sugar and I am freaked out.
Re: Need advice: Just diagnosed with GD, no monitor yet
Thanks. I just tested and it's at 91. The last time I ate was almost 5 hours ago.
I think I'm just going to do my best to start writing down everything I eat and to test my blood at least twice daily until the doctor can see me. I'm a Heparin patient, too, so I'm pretty sure my doctor won't want me testing any more frequently than that until he sees me.
Don't worry about your numbers yet, just eat well. And you should be eating every 2-3 hours.
Your sugars are usually the highest in the morning so don't eat a lot of carbs for breakfast (like if you usually have 2 pieces of toast, just eat a half piece of toast, etc) and eat more of the eggs and cheese for example.
Aim for whole grains or starchy vegetable as your carbs. Avoid sugar (avoid white flour and milk if you can as well).
Eat almonds they lower blood sugar. If you eat fruit, eat it with cheese or nuts as your snack. Peanuts and peanut butter are also good.
Always eat a carb with a protein and a fat.
Don't freak out. And by no means should you not eat. That will make it worse! You can eat as much protein and fat as you want, just eat low carb until you can meet with a counselor.
I would call. You are symptomatic with a headache and there has been a change in fetal movement.
In the meantime, try this.
Eat every 2-3 hours 2 carb servings for breakfast and snacks. And 4 carb servings for lunch and dinner. That means 3 snacks and 3 meals.
15 grams of carbohydrates = 1 serving.
I am hesitant to tell you to purchase a meter, because it really won't do you any good unless you have instructions from your OB regarding what they want you to do with the results. Plus, your office has meters that they give you for free based on your insurance and what strips/lancets your insurance reimburses for.
Call first.
i was in the same place as you the Friday before Christmas. BREATHE!
Best advice- eat something small every 2 hours. When you eat, eat a carb and a matching protein (ie 1/2 apple and string cheese, 1/2 peanut butter sandwich (probably no jelly unless sugar free, 1 blue label yoplait yogurt and 1/2 c 2% cottage cheese). Also, make sure to have a snack at bedtime, i feel like i am eating ALL the time, so i do an EAS carb control shake at bed and that has been perfect.
My doctor explained to me that you HAVE to eat carbs for the baby, but if you match the carbs to the protein, it will help with your levels.
I also bought a monitor right away, just so i could track my levels and see if i could figure out foods that made me spike. Milk was bad, and fruit in the morning didn't work for me.
When you test (if you do) make sure your hands are super clean (no lotion) - i had lotion once and my number was RIDICULOUS!
Hope this helps- it is super overwhelming at first but it does get better ( i promise!)