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Gestational diabetes advice please!

rwolters01rwolters01 member
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I failed my one hour gt by enough that my doctor is expecting that I will fail the three hour. First time mom here so I'm pretty nervous about all this. Any advice on dealing with GD?
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    wildtotwildtot member
    Sorry to hear this! No experience here but I would recommend using the search option for recent similar posts. Your BMB is also a great place for support. Good luck!
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    KateLouiseKateLouise member
    edited March 2016
    Hey there, I had GD with my 3rd pregnancy. I found it really manageable and kept my blood sugars under control with diet and exercise.

    It was a bit of a hassle timing when to test my blood, and eat around work (I'm a teacher so can't just eat when I want), but at the end of the pregnancy I felt amazing because I'd eaten so well and was swimming everyday.

    You might end up needing insulin, which I have no experience with, but if you do that's just what your body needs. The further along you are the more likely you are to make it to the end without insulin, because it's just the placenta affects your body's ability to process sugar the more it develops.

    I'm in NZ so I don't know what support is offered where you are, but here you are set up with the diabetes clinic which has specialist midwives, and nutritionists and you also meet with an OB and have a few more scans.

    They are unlikely to let you go over 40 weeks and you may be induced, but you can discuss all of that with your OB.

    The high risk pregnancy board has a number of people with GD. Best wishes to you.
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    BoonhildeBoonhilde member
    Most who fail the 1 hour pass the 3 hour. I passed the 3 hour with my first but no luck this time. So far this GD diet has me feeling better than I've felt in years! It's all about protein and eating regularly and limiting carbs and axing sugar. It's not so bad. Good luck!
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    purplefan1purplefan1 member
    I was recently diagnosed and, while it sucks in some regards (I.e. I just found out chips ahoy cookies bonded with oreo stuffing and I stood staring at them for forever just wanting them) otherwise I agree with PP, this is the best and healthiest I have eaten in a long time. And I like that it isn't just a diet to follow, but actually a really healthy way of looking at food. It motivates me to stick with it to keep baby as healthy as possible. And I hope that by following the GD guidelines for 3 months that even when baby comes my body will still want those foods and I will be able to take the baby weight and then some back off and be even healthier then I was prepregnancy. Trying to look for silver linings in an otherwise sucky diagnosis.
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