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Weekly GD check in

DreadGamerWifeDreadGamerWife member
in October 2014 Moms

This weekly check-in is for anyone with Gestational Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, or other blood sugar issues during pregnancy.  If this is your first time posting, please let us know with a short intro.

Check In:   How is the diet going?  Any challenges that we can help out with?  Any new recipes/successes that you want to share?  Rant/Vent about the lack of cake?

QOTW:  Did you have a favorite name(s) growing up that you wanted to use for your future children?  If so, what was it and would you still consider using it?

Married 10/06

Baby Girl "C" arrived on 10/07/14 (39 weeks, 6 days)


 

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Re: Weekly GD check in

  • wildflower75wildflower75 member
    edited May 2014
    Quick intro - I am pregnant with my 2nd baby... For my first I had GD (failed the test by 1 point)!
    I am getting tested on Monday and I am REALLY hoping that I pass this time. I feel like I can control my diet to make sure I pass but then I know they will test me again a little bit down the road.
    I'm just feeling anxious about it because last time was such a hassle with being strict on my diet (pricking my finger 8 times a day) and then having to readjust my diet because my ketones were too high, appointments twice a week... etc etc... I actually ended up losing weight during Christmas break because I was really watching my diet... 
    I feel like I might have an emotional break down if I get it this time... especially because the diagnoses would come at week 14 and last time it came at week 26!

    How do you deal with the stress?

    As a girl I always liked the name Mauritania for some reason (a country in Africa). I would never name my child that but as a child I thought it was so cool and pretty.

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  • DreadGamerWifeDreadGamerWife member
    edited May 2014
    First pregnancy.  Waiting on the official diagnosis, but with my family's medical history, my pre-existing conditions, and recent fasting numbers, I am just waiting on Friday's 3 hour test to confirm it.  I have been following a somewhat GD friendly diet since I got my positive Beta but I know that I will need to work with the staff to refine it and personalize it for me.

    My biggest challenge will be combining the GD diet with my fructose malabsorption diet.  Essentially, I can't eat about half of the fruits commonly available in the grocery store, onions, and anything with fake sugar, sugar alcohols, or foods with more fructose than glucose.  

    Anybody have any good after dinner snacks that they wish to share?  So far, that is the "meal" that I have had the most trouble with.  So many suggestions that I find are either sugar free sweets or involve fruit. 

    However, breakfast has been much more successful than I first thought it would be.  I discovered that I love frozen turkey sausage patties and have been able to eat those for my morning protein.  

    QOTW:  For some reason, as a child I wanted twin boys and I would name them Robert "Robin" and James "Jay".  Don't ask me why I wanted to nickname boys after birds - I have no idea.  

    Married 10/06

    Baby Girl "C" arrived on 10/07/14 (39 weeks, 6 days)


     

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    I had GD with my first and am pretty sure that I will have it again with my second. I have been feeling a little strange any time I let myself get too hungry or after I eat a lot so I am planning to start testing my sugars now to see how they are doing (first I have to go find my glucose monitor from the last time). Honestly, I am not dreading the diagnosis - GD helped me keep my weight gain in check the last time which helped me bounce back to my pre-pregnancy weight much quicker. with my first, I gained 20lbs in 1st and 2nd tri and only 5lbs in 3rd tri - even though I am being mindful of what I eat this time around, I am still gaining weight just as quickly.

    My mantra with GD is portion control. I still ate ice cream the first time around but switched to a brand that had one serving of carbs in 1/4 cup and stuck to the serving size. Luckily, my sugars were still pretty well controlled. Since I am older this time around, I don't know if I will be able to get away with the same strategy.

    Hmmm - I never really had any favorite baby names growing up and when DH and I were dating, I kept a mental list of names I liked. Of course, DS's name is one that we never thought of before we had him! :) We are seriously struggling with a name for baby #2 but luckily we have time to make a decision.

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  • Kendrav4Kendrav4 member
    I'm pregnant with #4 and this is my second time with GD.

    I am struggling to keep my sugars up. Mine keep dropping down into the 40-60 range so my midwife told me to increase my calories and carbs but watch it and that I will most likely have to adjust back down around 25 weeks.

    My favorite childhood name has always been Jordan for a girl and I named my first DD that! I am struggling with names for this LO
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    DreadGamerWife said:
    First pregnancy.  Waiting on the official diagnosis, but with my family's medical history, my pre-existing conditions, and recent fasting numbers, I am just waiting on Friday's 3 hour test to confirm it.  I have been following a somewhat GD friendly diet since I got my positive Beta but I know that I will need to work with the staff to refine it and personalize it for me.

    My biggest challenge will be combining the GD diet with my fructose malabsorption diet.  Essentially, I can't eat about half of the fruits commonly available in the grocery store, onions, and anything with fake sugar, sugar alcohols, or foods with more fructose than glucose.  

    Anybody have any good after dinner snacks that they wish to share?  So far, that is the "meal" that I have had the most trouble with.  So many suggestions that I find are either sugar free sweets or involve fruit. 

    However, breakfast has been much more successful than I first thought it would be.  I discovered that I love frozen turkey sausage patties and have been able to eat those for my morning protein.  

    QOTW:  For some reason, as a child I wanted twin boys and I would name them Robert "Robin" and James "Jay".  Don't ask me why I wanted to nickname boys after birds - I have no idea.  
    @DreadGamerWife, I like sweet things as my after dinner snack and I was able to get away with eating ice cream. Breyers has one serving of carbs in 1/4 cup so I just had a very small portion of it. I also used to blend a cup of soy milk (Silk light vanilla flavored has 5g of carbs in a cup and tons of protein) with half of a frozen banana to make a "milkshake". If I felt like chocolate, I would add a little unsweetened cocoa powder to it. Other options would be Greek Yogurt (I love Fage and still eat it almost every day).

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  • DreadGamerWifeDreadGamerWife member
    @ss265  I love the "milkshake" idea - especially because I can eat bananas! 

    Married 10/06

    Baby Girl "C" arrived on 10/07/14 (39 weeks, 6 days)


     

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    DreadGamerWife said:
    @ss265  I love the "milkshake" idea - especially because I can eat bananas! 
    @DreadGamerWife, Yay! And it is really good - tastes exactly like a milk shake but is filling and diabetes friendly. I used to crave one every night. :)

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