GD Question

hep01

Hey ladies! I was diagnosed last week w/ GD & my question is do you think it is possible for your body to only process that drink horribly & most everything else normally?

The reason I asked this is b/c all of my numbers have been great. Over the weekend, w/ permission from my dr, I had shower food & a cupcake & my 2 hour # was 114. I have been throwing different things in the mix to see if it goes up & it took me eating 2 slices of pan pizza last night & it was 126 which is the highest it's been.

TIA!!

BulldogMomma

I would try testing at 1 hour after eating. You might be spiking and then dropping... My 2 hour numbers are always fine, but my 1 hour number is what we're worried about. I've test and gotten 170 at one hour and then retested at 2 hours and it was 116. If I'd just tested at 2 hours, I never would have known about the 1 hour spike.

Good luck!

chicsub

Was that 126 after 2 hours?  That would have been a circled "high" number for me.  Plus the further along you get, things could change, just a heads up. 

ETA:  I was able to eat pizza and bread, but rice did me in.  That could make a difference too since different foods can be triggers for different people.  I only ended up with two high numbers the whole time and that was after Xmas Day dinner and NYE dinner, go figure! 

hep01

chicsub:

Was that 126 after 2 hours?  That would have been a circled "high" number for me.  Plus the further along you get, things could change, just a heads up. 

ETA:  I was able to eat pizza and bread, but rice did me in.  That could make a difference too since different foods can be triggers for different people.  I only ended up with two high numbers the whole time and that was after Xmas Day dinner and NYE dinner, go figure! 

Yes it was after 2 hours. I think I am going to do like pp suggested & test at 1 hour just to see what it says.

Thank you both for your responses!

mdsjch

These numbers would be high for me.  I have to be under 120 after 1 hour.

TwiMom

I've actually thought about playing around with the foods I eat a little too, just because I'm curious to see what happens if I eat something that I would've eaten pre-diagnosis!  If your doctor told you to test after 2 hours I wouldn't worry too much about your 1 hour number.  I was told to test either 2-2 1/2 hours from the start of a meal or 1 1/2-2 hours from the end of a meal.  I've never tried to test 1 hour after!  I am jealous that you ate a cupcake and still had a 114!  I hope that happens for me at my showers too! 

LifeInANutshell

I know how you feel... after going through the education class I revamped my diet to follow all the 'rules' and even when I would cheat and have extra or a little bit of a treat my one hour number never rose beyond my given threshold.

I just went to my first GD follow up and the dietician instructed me to eat even more carbs... I had lentils chips and a whole Jimmy John's sub for lunch that day and didn't go over 120 an hour after.

I can't help but feel the same way your described.

I do have to admit that the good thing about the GD diet is that I'm without a doubt focused on getting more protein into my diet which I know is great for the kiddo.