help!!! Gestational Diabetes!!

[Poblano224]

Hi ladies has any of you suffered of gastational diabetes during your pregnancy??? My sugar levels won't go down and im doing everything my nutriologist said to do for it to go down!!! Nothing works!!! What can I do??? I'm scared for my baby's health :(

[peytonarmani_]

I'm 26 +4 and I have a hard time eating the right food and money kind of tight right now so its hard buying  the tight stuff

[StevieSchoolcraft]

I can have a snack between each meal, and they can consist of 30g of carbs

[StevieSchoolcraft]

Yes, I'm still pregnant. I am 33 weeks. They do extra monitoring, just to keep an eye on the growth of the baby. I have weekly non-stress tests, to check the baby's heart rate. So they definitely do what's best for the baby when you find out you have Gestational diabetes. The insulin has definitely made a difference though! You still have to monitor your carb intake, and watch your sugar intake, but it helps! And yes, I'm pretty much on the same diet. I'm supposed to eat 6 times a day. For breakfast I can have 45g of carbs, and for lunch and dinner, I can have 60g for both. Anything over 60 sends my levels through the roof, so to speak! The carbs are definitely the culprit when it comes to sugar readings.

[katiie_]

I forgot about carbs to ! I got put on a 60 carb meal diet, each meal has to be under 60 carbs

[Poblano224]

Thank you very much i feel much better!!
Are you still pregnant?
Did it work? Did your sugar go down to normal?

[StevieSchoolcraft]

I didn't want to use insulin either! I was terrified that I would have to. Which turns out that I was right, and do need it. It's different than what i thought it was though. It's insulin pens. They look like ink pens, and have the tiniest little needles that attach to them. You honestly do not feel the needle! Pricking your finger to get the blood sugar reading hurts compared to the insulin injection!! I was definitely shocked. I didn't believe my doctor when he told me that I wouldn't feel the shot, until I had to give myself one. Some people get lucky and the diet will work for them, but some people, like me, need the insulin to help boost the diet. I have to say, after having to give myself the injections, I really don't know what I was so scared of lol.

[Poblano224]

Thank you very much for that advice. I try eating as healthy as I can. I try to only eat red meats once a week and I eat veggies everyday and fruits. I don't drink any bottles juice just 100% squeezed orange juice. And that's my fear insulin I don't want that.

[StevieSchoolcraft]

It's not the sugars that you have to worry about. It's the amount of carbs. Carbs always turn into sugar, which is what causes you to have high blood sugar. Everything has carbs in it, so you basically have to cut back on EVERYTHING. my blood sugar levels would not go down, no matter what I did or how little I would eat, so my diabetes doctor has me using insulin to control my blood sugar levels. Your baby will be fine. The doctors should start monitoring you closer, to make sure your levels stay as low as possible. If they don't get lowered by a diet, you may have to use insulin. It's not as bad as you think it would be. I mean, nobody wants to for themselves shots, but it definitely gives you peace of mind, to know that the insulin will make it to where your baby won't be getting harmed by your high blood sugar levels

[Poblano224]

Thanks katiie im going to try that even tho my nutriologist said that I could eat fruits. But you are right fruits have a lot of natural sugars maybe that's why my sugar gets high?

[katiie_]

Don't eat fruit ! Drink lots or water, only things that work for me