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Try these eating tips for dealing with gestational diabetes. Learn how to adjust your diet to fit your specific health and nutrition needs in this video on grocery shopping.

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Hi,

Did you have gestational diabetes (GD) at any of your pregnancies?
Did you manage it with diet or insulin (or medication)?

If you had GD, please let me know your experience after labor. What happened to your GD following labor?

Did you become type II diabetic afterwards? If so, when and how? Is there anything you hope you would have done that could prevent it?

Last but not least? How is your baby you carried with GD now?

Please share your experience. Thanks a bunch.

I was diagnosed with GD during my second pregnancy. I had to self inject insulin.

I was told to expect one of two things. I could either have a very large baby (up to possibly 15 lbs.) or a small baby with an overwhelming amount of amniotic fluid. I actually gave birth to a nine lb. son (which was big for me) and had so much amniotic fluid it put stress on the baby and he had to be delivered a little early.

While I was pregnant, I was losing weight which made me very happy but the doctor insisted I eat more or else the baby would be born with a low IQ. So I ate, I am now the overweight mother of a 19 year old genius. (seriously).

The doctor said I would probably develop full blown diabetes in a few years after the pregnancy if I did not lose weight. He was right. I did. I should have starved myself but I didn’t.

doc said eat what i normally do(3 meals),and only snack on bananas,2 slices of bread,rice,oj, because i failed my first 1 hour glucose test.going for the 2nd soon- the 3 hour..so i have to be on this diet for 3 days prior.then fast from 11 pm until the test is complete the next afternoon….
what i normally eat is pastas,breads,veggies and cereals,milk,TONS OF WATER,a vitamin everyday. and other various healthy foods.
my concern is,i have to follow this diet.i have been eating no carbs/much sugary stuff AT ALL NOW. but 1 bagel for breakfast with a little butter and milk and water in the a.m. midmoring snack- a banana.
for lunch it is followed with a prenatal vitamin and water with a plain burger on a plate with no bread or chicken tenders by purdue…then later for a snack, i had a cucumber,then after that i was still starving,so i cut up a bowl of lettuce and ate that! and thank god its almost dinner time!! chicken drumsticks with a veggie and dont know what else… my point is, i am trying to lower my blood sugar so i have a healthy baby,but also want to pass my next test..
i am so hungry! anyone have any menus for a meal i can dive into and stuff my face and be full for more than an hour??? lunch,dinner..?
what about snacks.. the snacks they recommended were high in carbs and sugars!! at a level of 171,at the last blood draw,i dont know if i should be eating this..and want to know what other gestational diabetic moms eat so they arent so hungry!!?? i shouldve watched what i ate better,but with all my pregnancies i always ate pasta nd stuff.please help a lady out..

I am pregnant and a type one diabetic so I have to follow the same kind of menu. First off one banana is about 30 grams of carbs and drinking OJ and eating rice is awful. So I am confused as to why they would tell you this?

I eat a lot of veggies. Meat and eggs are good for you, as well as cheese. I limit my milk and juice intake as well. I do eat yogurt. Also I drink a lot of water as that helps to flush the sugar out of your system lowering you glucose.

Good luck

http://www.ihealthtube.com Dr. Molly Ferguson on gestational diabetes, and the risk factors for it and how it could affect the fetus.

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Jacquie is pregnant with her first child and has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. In this interview she shares her experiences being diagnosed, testing her blood each day and injecting herself with insulin.

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I am going out for a preplanned dinner date with my husband. he works 70 hours a week so we planned this quite a while ago. he told me to pick a restaurant I can eat at and he would find something but I don’t really know what to eat. I got a diabetic diet from the doctor but it isn’t for pregnant women. I am only allowed 6 oz of meat a day on this plan. It i just a guideline. I don’t have to follow it word for word but I don’t see a nutritionist till tomorrow morning. any suggestions would help.
meat is protein so you have to eat protein to counteract the carbs. you need to cut carbs not meat. I am asking for people who have gone out to dinner with it.

I currently have gestational diabetes and have been able to manage it with diet and exercise. I have eaten at Applebees and had the oriental chicken roll up and about half the fries that come with it. I have also gone to Red Lobster and had the king or snow crab, the mashed potatoes, one biscuit, and a caesar salad. I have eaten at Chipotle and had the burrito with chicken, black beans, rice, cheese, mild salsa, and sour cream or the burrito bowl with the same stuff and half a bag of the tortilla chips. I’ve gone to Noodles and Company and had the Med Salad and a three piece pot sticker. I can have a taco salad from anywhere…There’s lots of choices. My diet says 4 carb choices (up to 60 grams of carbs) 3 oz of protein and one fat choice (sour cream, salad dressing, etc) for lunch or dinner type meal. This is a guideline and your body may tolerate some stuff better than others. Get a portion of meat that is about the size of your palm, a carb like potatoes or rice that’s about 1/2-1 cup, veggies, a salad with dressing on the side, drink water or diet soda or tea with artificial sweetener, avoid fruit. If you want a desert, share it…NO HONEY!!

Try to walk around for about 15 minutes about one hour after you eat. I’ve done this and been fine with my sugars (they stay between 60-120 two hours after a meal). Have fun!!!

Burton Rochelson MD Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Obstectrics at
NS/LIJ Healthcare System
www.DrMDK

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I am craving ice cream or a bowl of cocoa crispies but my doc is checking me on mon for gestational diabetes because of glucose in my urine. I am trying to follow a diabetic diet until I get the results but it is so hard! I cannot have deli meat or artificial sweetener so that really limits me, plus I do not like a lot of dairy. I have been eating only lean meat, green low starch veggies and very small portions of grains and almonds and some fruit but I am starving! Plus I really crave sweets. Any suggestions?
FYI- I am not usually overweight but as of now I am 36weeks prego and am always hungry now that I am not eating as many carbs, what do diabetics eat that I can actually have without posing risk to my baby?

I had GD too, it’s really tough.

What your other responders don’t realize is that you’re not supposed to have sugar substitutes while you’re pregnant. So the sugar free candy and hot cocoa is a no-no.

Eating less will get much easier after a while. If you can stick to the new diet for a couple of weeks, then it won’t bother you as much.

Here’s what I did, and it worked out really well. You need to start exercising. Because every time you exercise, you get to have extra carbs. And with a little experimentation you can figure out exactly how much extra you can have.

I would walk 2 miles. 1 mile to the store to buy a Snickers bar, and 1 mile back. And when I got back, I got the candy bar. The snickers bar was the better choice because it has nuts in it, which will help keep your blood sugars more level.

I got to the point where I would walk every other day. I wouldn’t have a snickers bar every time of course, but I did have more than a few during that time )

Even with the candy, the exercise made me lose weight while I was in my last trimester. It actually started to make my GD better to the point I could eat a little more the rest of the time too. And most women get it worse just before the baby is born, not better.

This is so confusing. I need to know if this is alright. I just started my gestational diabetes low-carb diet. My three meals a day range from 30-45g of carbs while my three snacks range from 15-30g of carbs. I don’t want to keep eating just turkey sandwiches and fruits and vegetables. Would it be ok if I ate the following, as long as it is within carbohydrate guidelines?

For example ..
(3) chicken strips from Sheetz w/ nacho cheese – 26g carbs, no sugar
Grilled chicken wrap from Sheetz w/ cheddar cheese, cooked peppers & onions, bacon, & tomatoes – 31g carbs, 3g sugars
McChicken from McDonald’s w/o the bun, mayo, & lettuce (just the plain chicken patty) – 10g carbs

Can I eat this stuff (obviously not at the same meal or anything) since it’s within the carb guidelines I am supposed to follow?

Also .. some more examples .. not that I want to eat this stuff daily or anything, just using these as examples ..
Low Carb Options (each under 10g* of carbs):
• Low Carb WHOPPER® Sandwich* • (3g)
• Low Carb WHOPPER® Sandwich w/ cheese* • (5g)
• Low Carb DOUBLE WHOPPER® Sandwich* • (3g)
• Low Carb DOUBLE WHOPPER® Sandwich w/ cheese* • (5g)
• Low Carb WHOPPER JR.® Sandwich* • (1g)
• Low Carb WHOPPER JR.® Sandwich w/ cheese* • (2g)
• Low Carb BK™ Double Stacker Sandwich* (5g)
• Low Carb BK™ Triple Stacker Sandwich* (6g)
• Low Carb BK™ Quad Stacker Sandwich* (6g)
** ALL WITHOUT THE BUN **

My numbers weren’t that bad they said, they didn’t give me exacts though, I’m going to ask them next time I go in. I’m not asking you to verify if my diet is good — I just want to know if I am counting carbs for a diabetic diet could I eat this stuff since the carbs are within guidelines? Obviously not for every meal every day, but maybe one meal a week or something like that.

Just to add — my levels today were -
Fasting – 81
1 hour after breakfast – 103
1 hour after lunch – 105
(didn’t have dinner yet .. and YES my doctor has me monitor ONE hour after a meal, not two!)
ok no need to lecture me on fast food alright i believe i clearly stated above that i do not eat this every day nor do i have any intentions on it i was just asking a simple question

I had gestational 3 years ago…
my numbers werent that bad either…..I only had to do diet as do u.
I would eat from Wendy’s a child’s meal and a side salad almost daily for lunch and I was fine…..
Actually the nutritionist had me try this and it worked fine….and sometimes I would sneak in a half of a choc chip muffin and it was still fine.
Take Care and good luck.
Sounds like ur doing great.
Machelle

Dr. Siobhan Dolan talks about some of the complications that can arise from gestational diabetes.

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