Freaking Out About Gestational Diabetes at 30 Weeks (Reading Is 150) - Plano,TX

I was also devastated when I found out that I had GD but in the end it wasn't so bad. See if your insurance company will pay to have you see a nutritionist. That will get you on the right track with portion control. It is also important to balance protein, fat, carbs, etc. when you eat. I did not find the diet to be that difficult and could manage my sugar just with diet. Be proactive in your treatment and make sure that you get a specific diet to follow and a device to check your sugar. Good luck mama...its going to be fine. My kiddo was 8.5 lbs and perfectly healthy. I even lost weight the last 10 weeks and was down to my prepregnancy weight immediately as a result.

When you say the reading is 150, is that your fasting level taken first thing in the morning?

When you do your first reading in the morning, aka fasting reading, it should be under 120. So 150 is high, but it's not extreme. Worrying and stress will make it worse. Also, remember that your doctor is letting you control it naturally and not putting you on medication. That's excellent! Try not to stress or "freak out", it'll be just fine.

Most women control GD by diet and exercise. You just need to make a few adjustments to your lifestyle. Try eating 6 times a day, about every 3 hours (light breakfast, morning snack, small lunch, afternoon snack, small dinner, evening snack)

In addition, to the advice given by your doctor, here are a few more.....
No fruit juice
I would limit the amount of milk
Drink water, water, and more water, go pee, and drink some more water
For beverages herbal or decaf tea, seltzer, add a lime or lemon slice to your water or seltzer
Limit carbohydrates - very little potatoes and rice or avoid altogether, also limit bread and avoid white bread
Eat lots of green veggies (remember corn and potatoes are not considered veggies on the diabetic diet, they're carbs), orange and red veggies are good too, but limit them
Read labels, check cereals and condiments for sugar content
No chips or packaged snacks. Low fat, high fiber crackers are good.
Yogurt - you can have the light variety

Some meal/snack ideas...
Oatmeal with raisins or apples, use cinamon to flavor
1/2 whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and a piece of fruit
stir fry - lean meat with a variety of veggies (onions, carrots, celery, green pepper, snow peas, broccoli) with a small portion of rice
low fat crackers with low fat peanut butter
sugar free jello
sugar free jello pudding made with 2% milk
large salad, add some grilled chicken breast
taco's - meat w/onions, lettuce, black beans, tomatoes, a little bit of cheese
whole grain crackers w/humus
raw veggies with dip or humus
omelette - add lots of veggies (mushrooms, green peppers, onions, tomatoes), keep cheese to a minimum

Please don't worry. There's really not much to worry about. Both you and baby will be just fine.

I had gestational diabetes with my son. My readings were always that high and I had to use portion control for meals as well as insulin to help regulate my sugars. I will say that mine were always high, higher than 150 some days. It stressed me out as well. I figured that when I gave birth my son would have issues because of the inability to control my sugar levels however he was perfectly fine. The docs even stated that it was obvious how well I monitored and took care of things in spite of the numbers being so high because of how well my son was doing at 35 weeks gestation. Please don't let it scare you that I had my son early I also had my other child early so this most likely had little to do with the gestational diabetes. Wish you the best.

dont trip but you have to eat some sugar or you will do what I did and plumment. my doc forgot to tell me wheat bread instead of white. brown rice and wheat pasta are ok. flour tortillas turn to sugar slower than bread double your meat cheese and veggies. if you fix a balogna sandwich use wheat bread 2 pieces of bologna and cheese use tomatoes and lettuce and onion. basically up your protien alot.I bought the diabetic fix it and forget it cook book and lived by it when i was preg and still use it and my sugar has regulated itself now. I used splenda instead of sugar and couldnt tell the difference. the splenda fudgecycles are awesome I still eat them. they are the bomb. so no you cant have sugar but you can have sweets with splenda in it. there is still hope you dont have to torture yourself. get diabetic cookbooks and follow them to a tee and your sugar should go down on its own

I had it late in my pregnancy. Do NOT let it get to you. Just watch your sugar and be mindful of what you eat. A ton of women get this and it is not as big of a deal as long as you follow the doc's orders. I think it has a lot to do with our eating habits as a nation, but that is a different gripe...hehehe.
Now, here are a few things to consider but still NOT stress over...just be mindful of.
My daughter came two weeks early. I ended up having a c-section, but everything was ok and my dd is perfect. :-) I would just make sure you have your bag packed a month ahead of your due date...just in case.
Another thing...babies from mommies like us tend to be bigger on the whole. My little lady was 8 1/2 pounds and early. No health issues for either of us...I was even let go a day early. I was so glad to get home. :-)
I would read up on c-sections even if you don't have one. I had done it, so when they started everything, I didn't freak out on them. As c-sections go, I think I had a good one.
Good luck and feel free to message me if you would like.

Diabetes is a sign that you have adrenal gland problems.

Addisons disease causes low blood sugar,.... and high blood sugar is caused by Cushings (over production of cortisol from the gland). Cushings disease is usually involved in diabetes.

"The Gerson Therapy" cures Cushings disease with corrot/apple juicing every hour, LOW, low sodium, high potassium, niacin, raw foods, low meat products, low fat, and throid extracts. I have found this book at the library).

ok first thing - dont freak...it makes it worse. call you dr and ask if they can recommend a nutritionist at the hospital you can go see. my dr did that and i met with her 1 time for about an 1 1/2 hrs and she gave me a chart that had sample meals listed on it and showed what was good carbs and bad carbs. the key is to count your carbs. it kind of sucks but it will work out. i drank TONS of water and i did walk on a treadmill for about 20 mins a day. you gotta cut juice, cookies, cakes, etc. you also have to watch the fruits you eat. you need a gest diet plan and you have to start reading the labels on food to see how many carbs are in a serving of what your eating. she told me how many carbs i could have at each meal and i just counted everything out. i ate tons of veggies and lots of protien. it will all work out...i too had a c section and my baby was not big by any means. everything went fine and my suagr returned to normal after birth and the baby is healthy. good luck!