Gestational Diabetes Check in

Laroo0220

Wahoo! 123. I will take it! That was a straight up carb filled meal so not going over makes me very happy. That totally was me ^^ an hr ago SoulTermination.

MissWhis

I haven't posted on here as my diagnosis was pretty recent - but I've been following you ladies the past couple weeks and wanted to say thanks for the humor and inspiration.

I just gave myself my first insulin injection, so I felt like it was finally time to come out of the GD closet!

flyingmommy

Hubby took me out to dinner tonight. What a treat!!! I splurged and ordered the brownie with nuts and ice cream for dessert. My 2 hr reading was 112. Woohoo. I'll gladly give up potatoes if I can eat brownies and ice cream.

My new breakfast treat is Special K protein cereal. Such a nice break from eggs!

rockstarlaw

Weekends are the hardest for me.  I miss going out for a good brunch - complete with waffles or pancakes or some other delectable carb platter lathered in syrup.  

I've just added waffles to my post-baby-going-to-grub-down-on-this list.

Jesster11

I so want a brownie right now!

rockstarlaw

I can't complain too much.  I ate a very sensible salad for lunch at Jason's Deli and then treated myself with a rootbeer float (made with the soft serve there) - and my sugar was still 77 two hours after lunch!  Score!  had I known that, I would have had a second float  )

christinanoelle

Weekends are especially hard for me too!! We have a favorite breakfast place we usually go to every Sunday and they make the most amazing crepes! I love to drown them in maple syrup.. This is definitely one meal I am looking forward to post baby!

newter135

So not only has my doctor limited my activity but my husband is out of town until Wednesday...I'm so bored and stir crazy!!! I've gone on a few walks but now I'm too sore to do anything else. I started knitting LO a sweater and have already finished the back...at this rate I I had enough yarn I think I could knit covers for all my furniture by the time DH returns!

Rrrrrachel

I have hard core diet fatigue. I'm just sick of thinking about what I eat and when I eat. And I'm sick of exercising every day. Basically I'm just sick of everything

newter135

Rrrrrachel said:

I have hard core diet fatigue. I'm just sick of thinking about what I eat and when I eat. And I'm sick of exercising every day. Basically I'm just sick of everything

YES! And not just the GD diet the general pregnancy diet too I miss spicey tuna rolls, I miss turkey subs, I miss French toast with orange zest and powdered sugar, i miss penne vodka, I want all the foods but my paranoia of a high number or hurting my baby keeps me from eating any of these things

flyingmommy

I can't wait to have syrup again. I don't care if it's French toast, pancakes, waffles or crepes. I've already ordered a fresh supply of maple syrup from Vermont.

SoulTermination

Mmmm, maple syrup.  I miss pancakes and waffles so badly.  I think the morning after delivery, my breakfast is going to be a Build Your Own Grand Slam from Denny's with sausage and 3 orders of pancakes! XD

flyingmommy

My nutritionist said to drink 3 oz of juice when I have crazy lows. Mine is usually low in the morning.

Abcollins57

MrsEll said:

So I had a crazy low yesterday of 47. It was close to 2 hours after lunch. I realized I had forgot to test. I'm usually at least 90 two hours after eating, so I was shocked. I stuffed a handful of jelly beans into my face and went about the rest of my day. The diabetes educator never talked to me about what to do for low blood sugar.
I finally looked at the literature this morning, and I guess I was supposed to keep checking my level every 15 minutes. I have to report all my numbers tomorrow anyway, so we'll see what the lady says.

This would be a good opportunity for a little splurge on whatever you've been craving! Mine dropped a couple days ago, I felt terrible. Two Girl Scout cookies later and I felt great, totally justified also!

flyingmommy

I'm not on insulin and I'm below 60 at least once a week. My lowest has been 46. I can't figure out what triggers it but the nutritionist at the diabetes center said juice is the quickest way to get it up to normal. I've actually only had 3 high readings in the 6 weeks I've been testing so insulin hasn't even been discussed.

christinanoelle

@mrsell that is really frustrating!! If I get a number that I think is off, I'll usually wait a few minutes and test again. There is some discrepancy usually but not by much. 

Rrrrrachel

I picked up what will probably (? Maybe ?) be my last round of test strips today! Woo hoo! Small victories

fourthnlast

Starting to get a lot more lows, which means my Endo will hopefully lower my insulin dosage when I see him on Wednesday. The only upside to lows is that I can eat whatever I want to bring the numbers back up

christinanoelle

fourthnlast said:

Starting to get a lot more lows, which means my Endo will hopefully lower my insulin dosage when I see him on Wednesday. The only upside to lows is that I can eat whatever I want to bring the numbers back up

That's amazing!! 

Jesster11

I would just like to thank whoever mentioned root beer floats and having a reading within range.

I have been dying for a root beer float since reading that post and finally made a small one (1.5 scoops of vanilla ice cream and probably a little under a cup of root beer).  I was reading the carbs/sugars and freaking out a bit, but I really, really, really wanted one.

Well, I had it after a dinner of three tacos (hard shell) and thought my numbers would be high.  I'm only testing twice a day now and didn't need to after dinner, but I was very curious, so I did anyway... 114!  Woohoo!  There will definitely be more (small) root beer floats in my future.

rockstarlaw

I have a treat many nights after testing 2 hours post-dinner. I've not had a post-dinner reading be over yet (I struggle mid-day, usually while at work. I blame stress) so I've not really come up with a specific number to justify my treats yet. It may be cheating, since I don't test again until my fasting AM test, but my fasting numbers are consistently in the 70s or 80s, so hopefully it's ok.

flyingmommy

It's usually when I wake up that I'm low but during my 3 hr test I was at 45 at hr 3 and felt like I would pass out when I got up. I'm usually slow to get up these days so I think as long as I don't get up quickly I can't tell if I'm low or high until I test.

Rrrrrachel

What foods are working for you guys right now?  I'm on total diet fatigue and my meals are mostly pitiful.  I have been eating those chobani flavored greek yogurts and those are nice because it's carbs and protein all in one package, and I don't usually eat flavored yogurt so it feels kind of like a treat   I'm tired of food being so high maintenance!

sweetmelissa0707

Big on the Greek yogurt here. Sometimes for breakfast I can get away with oatmeal. I was able to eat a small portion of regular pasta ( with a bunch of chicken) and a small spoonful of sauce. Still a lot of eggs, peanut butter and string cheese though. Chicken salad. Green salads with avos and chicken and hard boiled eggs.

boxerbabylove

MrsEll said:

I just talked to the diabetes educator, and she said it really wasn't possible for my blood sugar to be that low (47) if I'm not on insulin. Uh, ok, but it was. Whatever.

That's BS because prior to pregnancy I had those kinds of lows and found myself passing out at the grocery store and getting stitches in my forehead. My dietician woman suggested milk for a good stable boost in sugar. Personally, a gooey s'mores cupcake from the cupcake shop across from my office hit the spot when my blood sugars were in the low 50's last week. (BTW I'm not on insulin now either.)

Jesster11

What about making a quiche? I buy the frozen crusts and fill them with cheese and veggies. So you have your carbs, proteins, veggies and fat all in one dish. Leftovers work for lunch too.

boxerbabylove

Melody*W* said:

What's your 'good' range after dinner to justify a yummy dessert? For me, it's around 115. I have a skinny cow bar about an hour & 1/2 after dinner.

I eat ice cream every night as my evening snack. I haven't had any levels over 115 except for the 2 times I ate pizza though. I'm actually really sick of it but I wasn't a big ice cream or sweets person prior to all this so I'm probably strange.

boxerbabylove

I eat chobani every morning for breakfast and I'm so bored of it. I have been mixing it up with Noosa yoghurt which is so creamy and yummy.

I'm afraid I'm in a diet slump too. I've gotten so fed up that I end up eating protein bars during the day. They are fast and easy (and yes boring). Yesterday I had a pink grapefruit and some nuts for breakfast and my numbers were in the 70s so I guess if I'm going to go that route I need to eat something more...not sure what though.

Rrrrrachel

Balanced is out the window for me at this point! Several days in a row I had taco meat with cheese on tortilla chips for lunch or dinner

rockstarlaw

I eat a lot of eggs. My current favorite is this Pioneer Carb buster breakfast, which I also eat for dinner: https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2013/10/carb-buster-breakfast/

Snacks are string cheese or an apple with peanut butter.

I hate this diet. HATE IT. And today my numbers were all fairly high, still around 120, but that's despite taking a walk at lunch. I think the emergency Starbucks sausage, egg & cheese sandwich I ate in haste on the way in to the office and stress set me off for a bad day. Probably the worst I've had yet. Oh well, tomorrow will be better!

rockstarlaw

I've also had to compromise my morals and start eating at Chick fil A again. I hate them because they hate the gays, but it's the only real chicken place I can stand and they do have a decent fruit cup. So in a pinch I'll get a 12 piece nugget and a fruit cup, and the carbs are still pretty low.

rockstarlaw

sorry @Melody*W* - that stinks 

Hopefully baby will come on its own and he/she won't be that big so you won't have to deal with that...

Abcollins57

playingonadream said:

Melody*W* said:

What's your 'good' range after dinner to justify a yummy dessert?
For me, it's around 115. I have a skinny cow bar about an hour & 1/2 after dinner.

I eat ice cream every night as my evening snack. I haven't had any levels over 115 except for the 2 times I ate pizza though. I'm actually really sick of it but I wasn't a big ice cream or sweets person prior to all this so I'm probably strange.


I've been alternating ice cream and chocolate milk. I find my numbers to be the same no matter which one I have, and I get tired of ice cream also!

Laroo0220

Melody*W* said:

Got some super shitty news today at my appt My midwife was a full hour late (thank god my husband was there to entertain me!) and rushed the appt. There's 7 drs & midwifes in the practice that could deliver, I hadn't met this one before and I really don't care for her. Horrible bedside manner. She tells me I need a NST today (why they didn't set us up while we waited, I don't know), they will induce me at 40 weeks and I'll get a c-section if the ultrasound indicated my baby is 10.5lbs or more. And I have to schedule 2 appts/week from here on out (was previously told this would happen at 36 weeks). Never mind I work 1/2 hour away from the office and the appts will all be at least an hour long - and every appt will need to be on a day I work. We drown my sorrows in froyo afterward. We are going for a long walk once get get home. Hopefully it will all even out. So mad/sad at all this shit I can barely hold back tears.

I'm sorry to hear this. Are all the drs on the same page or is that just this ones policy? I feel like each one I see has a dif opinion which can make it tough.

rockstarlaw

2 per week does sound like a lot. I'm not happy though that I'm going every 1-2 weeks at this point, though, as I'm only 33 weeks. Fortunately for me I'm 10 minutes from my Dr's office, though.

christinanoelle

It's definitely been a roller coaster.. I have three appointments next week - 1. doctor check-up 2. diabetes check up 3. NST.. 

It's a lot but I am nearing the end so that makes things more manageable. I am sorry for any of you having difficulties with your practices but if there is something that does not make sense to you i'd definitely question it.. 

As for meals, I have pretty much the same thing for breakfast EVERY SINGLE DAY lol I'll have an english muffin with peanut butter or egg and cheese and a glass of milk. Lunch is a lot easier for me usually because I have a great cafeteria at work. Right now, I am loving chicken quesadilla's with sour cream. 

I think the hormones have finally started to level off though because I had white pasta for lunch yesterday and my numbers were still under which is a relief!! 

We're almost there ladies!!!!! 

boxerbabylove

Melody*W* said:

Got some super shitty news today at my appt My midwife was a full hour late (thank god my husband was there to entertain me!) and rushed the appt. There's 7 drs & midwifes in the practice that could deliver, I hadn't met this one before and I really don't care for her. Horrible bedside manner. She tells me I need a NST today (why they didn't set us up while we waited, I don't know), they will induce me at 40 weeks and I'll get a c-section if the ultrasound indicated my baby is 10.5lbs or more. And I have to schedule 2 appts/week from here on out (was previously told this would happen at 36 weeks). Never mind I work 1/2 hour away from the office and the appts will all be at least an hour long - and every appt will need to be on a day I work. We drown my sorrows in froyo afterward. We are going for a long walk once get get home. Hopefully it will all even out. So mad/sad at all this shit I can barely hold back tears.

So sorry to hear you are going through this. I'm in a similar boat. I started 2 times a week NST and AFI at 34 weeks and It's been super inconvenient since my work is 45 min from the doc office. They tell me they will induce me at 39 weeks if I haven't gone naturally. Hang in there my dear. Just a little while longer and this will be behind us and we'll have our beautiful babies and this GD will be behind us.

boxerbabylove

to those saying 2 times a week seems like a lot, I completely agree but its what they say I have to do. When I pushed back I got a lecture about what is best for baby and that isn't my baby more important than everything else. I left pissed off and with lousy appointments scheduled in the middle of the day. I am now missing 3 hours min of work every Tuesday and Friday then staying late to catch up. I got home at 10pm last night after the OB (first one I've seen since I started a the practice, usually see a MW) was an hour late for my 10:15am appointment which was after my 1 hour NST.

I'm just so frustrated by this whole thing. The judgments, the pressure, the scheduling, the diet...I'm just over it all.

Rrrrrachel

I feel like my hormones have leveled off or something, too. I still have to be careful what I eat,but my fasting sugar is consistently in the 80s instead of the 90s, even though I've cut back on exercise.

Jesster11

Melody*W* said:

Melody*W* said:

Got some super shitty news today at my appt My midwife was a full hour late (thank god my husband was there to entertain me!) and rushed the appt. There's 7 drs & midwifes in the practice that could deliver, I hadn't met this one before and I really don't care for her. Horrible bedside manner. She tells me I need a NST today (why they didn't set us up while we waited, I don't know), they will induce me at 40 weeks and I'll get a c-section if the ultrasound indicated my baby is 10.5lbs or more. And I have to schedule 2 appts/week from here on out (was previously told this would happen at 36 weeks). Never mind I work 1/2 hour away from the office and the appts will all be at least an hour long - and every appt will need to be on a day I work. We drown my sorrows in froyo afterward. We are going for a long walk once get get home. Hopefully it will all even out. So mad/sad at all this shit I can barely hold back tears.

I'm sorry to hear this. Are all the drs on the same page or is that just this ones policy? I feel like each one I see has a dif opinion which can make it tough.

I feel like she's the only one with this mindset, unfortunately I have her again on Thursday so I won't be able to get a second opinion until next week. Did anyone else jump from appts 2/month to 2/week? My husband and I realized she skipped the whole 1/week we were originally told. She said it was routine at this point, but she was saying a lot of odd things we hadn't heard from ANY of our other drs or midwifes were routine. We are guessing there was some sort of drama or trauma (that made her an hour late) that caused her to spout a bunch of shit at us all at once without much background info. Hopefully she was just distracted with whatever she had to deal with and next Thursday she will be easier to talk to.

Can you call and try to reschedule your appt. with one of the doctors instead of the midwife?

Just wanted to say that I understand your frustration with different doctors and different perspectives.  I had spotting my entire pregnancy and had cultures tested by several different doctors.  Then finally a different doctor tested for something different, identified the problem around 30 weeks!!!! and it's been better since.  Made me very mad at the other doctors.

But as a side note, the doctor that identified the problem had previously been my leasat favorite doctor and I didn't want to see him at all... so maybe the midwife will be better the next time.

Definitely advocate for yourself and question/demand an explanation for things you think are a little off.