Post-Breakfast Sugar Issues

[HarmonyML]

I am very new to this, so please bear with me.  Pre-pregnancy I had a history of high insulin levels in random blood tests as well as symptoms that corrolated to excess carb intake (dizziness, "foggy" brain, shaking, blacking out when going too long without food, etc), but when I was referred by my PCP to an endocrinologist he laughed and said there was no way someone with my body type was hypoglycemic (which he said was a myth aside from pre-diabetes), and so I must be imagining the symptoms.

Fast-forward to pregnancy.  I fail the gestational diabetes test.  Only by a couple of points, but I still fail.  Now for the past 3 days I've been testing my blood sugar.  It's been perfectly normal all day long, as high as 102 and  as low as 72: except after breakfast.  It spikes to well over 140 (my doctor wants me to keep it under 130) and then crashes an hour later more than 50 points.  It makes me feel *awful*.  I eventually recover, but I spend hours throughout the morning where I can't concentrate at all, I get dizzy doing anything that makes me walk around, and I'm constantly squeezing my eyes shut to try to get rid of the blurry vision.

I don't eat a bad breakfast, please don't think that.  I know that too many carbs for breakfast makes me sick, it always has my whole life.  IF I eat carbs, they will be whole grains, hands down.  

Because my results were so borderline, I was not referred to a dietitian or an endo for this pregnancy.  So I'm kind of on my own right now.  Does anyone have suggestions to help me get through this?

Thanks!

[WaveRider]

Here's an Web page that may interest you on pregnancy vs low carbs.
Part 1 - http://babyfit.***********.com/articles.asp?id=217
Part 2 and 3 are  clickable to the right of the page.
Also, a forum that may fit your needs - "Eating right for two".
Good luck with the baby.

[HarmonyML]

I don't crash nearly as bad, but I still do crash without breakfast.  Or I did pre-pregnancy.  I haven't skipped breakfast in a long time because of morning sickness. ;-)

Actually, that was pretty much what I had for breakfast that morning.  Oats, barley, and whole wheat, with apples, flax seeds, and walnuts.  I think I counted about 30 g carbs for breakfast that morning.

Yesterday I tried going ultra low carb for breakfast: cheese eggs and a little bit of slightly sweetened drink.  Total carbs around 10g.  1 hour after breakfast, it was only 90.  I think I'll try playing with it a bit more, but I'm starting to think that my body just doesn't respond well to carbs early in the day.  Lunch and dinner it doesn't seem to matter, but for some reason I have to be super careful for breakfast....

Thanks for the help. :-)

[WaveRider]

"I don't eat a bad breakfast, please don't think that."
BUT.... "after breakfast.  It spikes to well over 140 (my doctor wants me to keep it under 130) and then crashes an hour later more than 50 points.  It makes me feel *awful*. " It seems obvious that your breakfast meal is causing your "crash". Do you crash if you fast, skipping breakfast?

Since you kept it a secret as to what you eat for breakfast, I would suggest that you eat only oatmeal, spiced with some cinnamon and blueberries. If your "crash" symptoms go away, its your "bad breakfast".