gestational diabetes

[Guest guest]

When I was pregnant with my first child, I had gestational diabetes. Mine

was controlled with diet. He is 17 now, so let me see what I remember, lol.

I can have small portions of most everything, as long as it wasn't fried.

Keep a watch on how much carbohydrates you eat. No sweets, even fruit. I

could have one piece of fruit a day, if I had canned fruit it was to be

packed in water not syrup. Eat 6 small meals a day instead of 3 large ones.

I can't think of anything else right off, I am sure there will be more

suggestions coming from others also.

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>

> Hi! I'm new here, and am new to diabetes. I am 30 weeks pregnant with

> my first child (a girl due 3/8), and was diagnosed with gestational

> diabetes about 2 weeks ago. So far, I have been able to control this

> through diet alone, although my morning sugar levels have been a little

> high, but they seem to be normal if I eat something around 2 am. I want

> to learn more about controlling this so that my baby and I can be as

> healthy as possible. So far, the nutritionist I've seen (2 actually)

> haven't been much help, so hopefully those who live with similar

> situations will give me good ideas.

>

>

[Guest guest]

i was not told i had this until i had my now 10 yr old son. but i had come

down with type 2 diabetes and i was diagnosed with that in 1994..

take mini meals to keep your energy level strong.. that is what i was told to

do

oh about my blood tests? i am fine in all except that i got high cholestrol

of 210 and i take 2 chrominum picolonate 1x a day.. in addition to taking my

vitamins..

pauline

so until then, i schedule my meals to 5x a day..

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[Guest guest]

,

I just finished reading your post. I take it you are the one with

the gestational diabetes. My daughter who lives in Florida had it

with her pregnancy & when I was recently diagnosed, she told me her

Dr.'s advice. She said that her patients who are diabetic (T2)

whether is it gestational or just onset should count their carbs at 3

meals of 40g carbs & 2 snacks at 25g carbs. Don't skip meals or

snacks & you'll be fine. There are lots of ways to control your

diabetes, but this is just her Dr.s plan.

On the subject of canned fruit which was mentioned here in another

reply, I've never seen canned fruit in water. I'm not positive, but

I think she might have meant it should be packed in juices as opposed

to heavy syrup which is mostly sugar on the latter.

If you need more info, do like I did & do a search on diabetes,

diabetes forums or message boards, diabetic recipes, etc. If you

will read up on gestational diabetes on the web, you will find it is

nothing to fool with for you & your babies sake.

And Congratulations! Enjoy that new baby!

Pat Trope

> The following was sent to list owner, moderator only.

>

> Hi! I'm new here, and am new to diabetes. I am 30 weeks pregnant

with

> my first child (a girl due 3/8), and was diagnosed with gestational

> diabetes about 2 weeks ago. So far, I have been able to control

this

> through diet alone, although my morning sugar levels have been a

little

> high, but they seem to be normal if I eat something around 2 am. I

want

> to learn more about controlling this so that my baby and I can be

as

> healthy as possible. So far, the nutritionist I've seen (2

actually)

> haven't been much help, so hopefully those who live with similar

> situations will give me good ideas.

>

>

[Guest guest]

NHI and welcome. Even though it was 8 years ago I too had

Gestational Diabetes and I controlled it with Diet alone. A good

place for advice is www.ivillage.com they have some EXCELLENT forums

for mothers in the parenthood section.

I found that filling up on leafy things helped me alot. I also went

and bought me some 4oz cups. So if I wanted some apple juice I

filled it up 1/2 way and the other 1/2 with water. I also as long as

I was able walked to get the blood going. I ate fruit in 'its own

juice' as they called it I would drain it run it through some water

and then eat it, lol lol. I lived in Philly at the time and was

CRAVING cheesesteaks I would buy one give 2/3 away and then I would

just eat the insides with a fork not the bread, lol.

Surprisingly when you are with child you automatically take so much

better care of yourself. I'm happy to report my daughter was born

healthy she weighed 5 lbs 15 oz. and though her sugars were a little

low after they cut the cord she had no severe ill effects and she's

just fine today. So check out that site I mentioned above and I wish

you all the best.

> The following was sent to list owner, moderator only.

>

> Hi! I'm new here, and am new to diabetes. I am 30 weeks pregnant

with

> my first child (a girl due 3/8), and was diagnosed with gestational

> diabetes about 2 weeks ago. So far, I have been able to control

this

> through diet alone, although my morning sugar levels have been a

little

> high, but they seem to be normal if I eat something around 2 am. I

want

> to learn more about controlling this so that my baby and I can be

as

> healthy as possible. So far, the nutritionist I've seen (2

actually)

> haven't been much help, so hopefully those who live with similar

> situations will give me good ideas.

>

>