Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

From my 2nd pregnancy….

Got my glucola test today (11/26) for my 24 week test. This time I stayed NPO. My diet has NOT been good this pregnancy. Everything sweet has been so appealing to me. Sweets and carbs have been my jam. But, I have no real cravings like I did with the first pregnancy.

So I got the results back from the 1 hour glucola test and my BS is 155, and it should be less than 130. Ugh! I read this girl’s blog entry and totally related.

Now, I work on diet, portion control, snacks, and exercise.

• Northwestern: Gestational Diabetes Meal Planning
• Yale Health: Sample menu for women with GDM
• Women and Children’s Hospital Australia: Healthy eating for gestational diabetes
• Very Well Family: Quick and Tasty Recipes and Meal Ideas for Gestational Diabetes
• Mommypotamus: Real food for Gestational diabetes

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Week 25: Dec 4 – 10, 2018

I have been clean eating for the last two weeks since I failed my 1st glucola testing. Today, I did an experiment of doing random blood sugars.

7:00a — fasting since 8pm the night before.

BS = 84

8:58a — done one hour after my last bite of breakfast (1/2 cup greek yogurt, strawberries, paleo granola)

BS = 97

9:22am — last bite of homemade beef and bean paleo chili (1 cup). 1 tbsp unsweetened, unsalted organic crunchy peanut butter.

12:33p — last bite of work soup (1/2 chicken and sausage jambalaya, 1/2 lentil and chickpea, salt load thru the roof).

13:43p — BS 93

16:45p — last bite of grilled chicken, brown rice, veggie bowl from FlameBroiler. 1/2 an orange.

17:36p — BS 120

19:15 — granny smith apple; 1 tbsp natural, organic crunchy peanut butter. 1 piece of dark chocolate.

More info I found on glucola testing and GDM:

• Gestational Diabetes: Please Don’t Drink the “Glucola” Without Reading the Label

• Think Before You Drink: A Closer Look At Glucola

• Why I Drank the Glucola

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On Jan 11, 2018, I took my 3 hour glucola test. It’s as awful as the first time but now there’s a 100g sugary drink (yuck!) and 3 hours of hanging out at the lab. Took my 3 hour glucola test and passed the first two blood draws (fasting, and 1 hr after 100g drink)… then got the call that my glucose was slightly elevated on the last two draws (2 hours after the drink and 3 hours after the drink). I’m disappointed that now I have to go and meet with a diabetic educator. Pretty much since I found out that I had a positive 1 hour glucola test, I have been on a lower carb, no-sweets diet. That’s been about a month and a half. I totally related to what this gal said about her diagnosis of GDM.

So, I did more research on what I actually need to do now before meeting with the diabetic educator.

Northwestern Medicine GDM Meal Planning

Yale Health Sample Menu Plan for Women with GDM

Kaiser Permanente; 2000 calorie meal plan for GDM

Sample meal plans from a nutritionist

Intermountain Health Care: GDM Meal Plan

Diabetic food list

From https://bluepineappleblog.com/blog/gestational-diabetes-diet-tips/

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Wed, Feb 27, 2019

Fasting BS @ 6:45a = 82

37 weeks, 1 day

Took a fasting BS bc the perinatologist said if there was only one fingerstick I could do, that would be the most important one regarding prognosis and future DM.

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Fri, Mar 1, 2019

2 hour post meal @ 8:50a = 88

37 weeks, 3 days

Had a protein shake, hard boiled egg, 1 tbsp peanut butter, 1 orange, and 1 small can diet Dr. Pepper.