i got the call that i was dreading to hear.....i have gestational diabetes:no ! i am upset and nervous and just don't know what is going on:( . well i know that i have to go see someone to go over what i should be eating and how to control my sugar levels. i am not looking forward to pricking my finger :shock at all!! i hope that i can handle this! and i also hope that is goes away once the baby gets here!!!! well if anyone has anything they would like to share please. maybe it will make me feel a little better.
thanks
:D

so sorry....see if the glucometer you use to test your blood will let you test on yoru earlobe or forearm rather then using your finger and if you must use your finger use the side of your finger not the tip. The tip has a TON of nerve endings and is more sensetive. Also, make sure you wipe really well with alcohol and let it dry before sticking. You can have sugar on your skin that can give you a false high reading.

Good luck!

oh im sorry to hear that. but i had GD when I was preggo with Robbie and I hope and I pray that you only need to control it with diet because I tried to control mine by diet and it didnt work and I had to get insulin shots which wasnt always fun but thats why I am praying that you will be lucky like Brandi was and just need to control it by diet. I wouldnt be to upset or nervous about it because its definitely something you really want to stay in control of if you dont want to have a really large baby. Oh and mine went away after I had Robbie too. Good luck to you. If you have any other questions please feel free to PM me and I am sure Brandi can answer any questions you have or any of the other ladies on here that have gone thru it.

Good Luck :hugs

:pray :hugs

:hugs

been there, done that. if you know of any specific questions, please feel free to ask! its a pain in the ass but it's really not that bad. so, don't worry (L)

:hugs :hugs

been there, done that. if you know of any specific questions, please feel free to ask! its a pain in the ass but it's really not that bad. so, don't worry (L)

What kind of "diet" were you on? like what were you allowed and not allowed?
What kind of tester did you use?
Oh excersice, what kind where you told to do, i mean walking is that enough or did you have to do more?
sorry if i am asking alot.............
thanks again

:goodvibes :hugs :goodvibes :hugs

Well, when I went in, they had me talk to two counselors. One was a dietician and one was a nutritionist. One basically talked to me about the diabetes disease, how it effects your body, etc. The other person talked to me more about the diet, foods to eat and stay away from, etc..

They gave me a free AccuChek meter that worked with MultiClix Lancets. It's different because most lancets only have one needle and you have to change it each time. With the multiclix, you have 6 needles in one lancet so you just change the thing out after you use it 6 times (they actually told me as long as my hands were clean, I could use each needle twice so I only needed to change it out after 12 pricks).

But, the sucky part is that it only came with 1 lancet (6 needles) b/c it was a "Trial" package. They said that Tricare is too cheap to pay for that kind so after I used those 6 needles, I'd have to use the cheapy kind that tricare issues. :rolleyes Well, I ended up really liking the AccuChek lancets because it didn't hurt at all. Then when I ran out, I tried using the ones tricare gave me and no way in hellllllll could I use those. There was a VERY noticable difference in pain. So, I ended up buying my own lancets.

This is the multiclix that I used
http://cgi.ebay.com/Accu-chek-MultiClix-lancets-10-sealed-boxes-1000-20_W0QQitemZ120063889811QQihZ002QQcategoryZ72875QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is the meter I used:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Accu-Chek-Aviva-Blood-Glucose-Monitoring-System_W0QQitemZ160061259941QQihZ006QQcategoryZ72874QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



This is similar to what Tricare issues:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ONE-TOUCH-LANCETS-BOX-OF-200-DIABETES_W0QQitemZ130058529865QQihZ003QQcategoryZ72875QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Anyhow, I loved the accu-chek stuff so if I'm ever diabetic again, thats what I will use.


The diet is pretty similar to south beach, honestly. They encourage high protein and protein at every meal/snack. You have to really watch your carbs and sugars. You can have SOME good carbs such as whole wheat pasta or whole wheat bread but only small amouts and you need to eat it with protein. An example would be half of a whole grain bagel with a hard boiled egg or something along those lines. Or whole wheat spaghetti pasta with turkey meatballs. Lunch could be a turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread. Its mostly really limiting your carbs and pretty much getting rid of real sugar all together. If you have to use sugar, you need to use splenda. The diet really is not that hard to follow. Its basically like any other low carb diet out there, such as southbeach or atkins but it's not even as intense as atkins (atkins would be very dangerous during pregnancy because of the ketones). Really though, if you want my honest opinion, the diet they put you on for diabetes is what EVERY person should be eating like, not just diabetics. We, as Americans, are so used to eating crap food and way too much at each serving, we don't know what it's like to eat a NORMAL, HEALTHY diet and that's all the diabetic diet is. You cut out the stuff that is bad for you. Carbs are good but they aren't good for anyone in large amounts. Sugar is ok but only in very serious moderation. So many foods contain natural sugars as it is, that's where we get the sugar we "need". No one "needs" all the extra cookies and cakes and snacks. We're all just so used to eating them.

As for exercise, I was on modified bedrest so I couldn't do much of exercise. The exercise will vary depending on your blood sugars. They want you to be active no matter what (as long as you're not on bedrest) but the more exercise you do (without overdoing it, of course), the better your sugars will be. The exercise basically works as a natural insulin. The more you do, the better your sugars will digest. You may be able to eat a little more carbs or a little more sugar if you're doing enough exercise to counteract it.

Basically, it all boils down to balance. I think that the diabetic lifestyle is the way everyone should live, IMO. Its just a healthy diet that cut outs the bad crap and promotes staying active and exercising.

If you have any other questions at all, please feel free to ask away!

Good luck hon! I am considered at high risk for diabetes so I have to watch what I eat as it is, it's not too bad! It really doesn't mean eliminating too much because you can eat almsot anything in moderation!

Well, when I went in, they had me talk to two counselors. One was a dietician and one was a nutritionist. One basically talked to me about the diabetes disease, how it effects your body, etc. The other person talked to me more about the diet, foods to eat and stay away from, etc..

They gave me a free AccuChek meter that worked with MultiClix Lancets. It's different because most lancets only have one needle and you have to change it each time. With the multiclix, you have 6 needles in one lancet so you just change the thing out after you use it 6 times (they actually told me as long as my hands were clean, I could use each needle twice so I only needed to change it out after 12 pricks).

But, the sucky part is that it only came with 1 lancet (6 needles) b/c it was a "Trial" package. They said that Tricare is too cheap to pay for that kind so after I used those 6 needles, I'd have to use the cheapy kind that tricare issues. :rolleyes Well, I ended up really liking the AccuChek lancets because it didn't hurt at all. Then when I ran out, I tried using the ones tricare gave me and no way in hellllllll could I use those. There was a VERY noticable difference in pain. So, I ended up buying my own lancets.

This is the multiclix that I used
http://cgi.ebay.com/Accu-chek-MultiClix-lancets-10-sealed-boxes-1000-20_W0QQitemZ120063889811QQihZ002QQcategoryZ72875QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is the meter I used:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Accu-Chek-Aviva-Blood-Glucose-Monitoring-System_W0QQitemZ160061259941QQihZ006QQcategoryZ72874QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


This is similar to what Tricare issues:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ONE-TOUCH-LANCETS-BOX-OF-200-DIABETES_W0QQitemZ130058529865QQihZ003QQcategoryZ72875QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Anyhow, I loved the accu-chek stuff so if I'm ever diabetic again, thats what I will use.

The diet is pretty similar to south beach, honestly. They encourage high protein and protein at every meal/snack. You have to really watch your carbs and sugars. You can have SOME good carbs such as whole wheat pasta or whole wheat bread but only small amouts and you need to eat it with protein. An example would be half of a whole grain bagel with a hard boiled egg or something along those lines. Or whole wheat spaghetti pasta with turkey meatballs. Lunch could be a turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread. Its mostly really limiting your carbs and pretty much getting rid of real sugar all together. If you have to use sugar, you need to use splenda. The diet really is not that hard to follow. Its basically like any other low carb diet out there, such as southbeach or atkins but it's not even as intense as atkins (atkins would be very dangerous during pregnancy because of the ketones). Really though, if you want my honest opinion, the diet they put you on for diabetes is what EVERY person should be eating like, not just diabetics. We, as Americans, are so used to eating crap food and way too much at each serving, we don't know what it's like to eat a NORMAL, HEALTHY diet and that's all the diabetic diet is. You cut out the stuff that is bad for you. Carbs are good but they aren't good for anyone in large amounts. Sugar is ok but only in very serious moderation. So many foods contain natural sugars as it is, that's where we get the sugar we "need". No one "needs" all the extra cookies and cakes and snacks. We're all just so used to eating them.

As for exercise, I was on modified bedrest so I couldn't do much of exercise. The exercise will vary depending on your blood sugars. They want you to be active no matter what (as long as you're not on bedrest) but the more exercise you do (without overdoing it, of course), the better your sugars will be. The exercise basically works as a natural insulin. The more you do, the better your sugars will digest. You may be able to eat a little more carbs or a little more sugar if you're doing enough exercise to counteract it.

Basically, it all boils down to balance. I think that the diabetic lifestyle is the way everyone should live, IMO. Its just a healthy diet that cut outs the bad crap and promotes staying active and exercising.

If you have any other questions at all, please feel free to ask away!



thanks brandy!! if i have any other questions i will ask you! so basically i need to be more alert to what i am putting in my mouth!! i guess it will be a bit of an adjustment in the begining but hopefully it will be easy to remember to eat my meals and snacks.
oh how often did you have to go back and see the doctor for this while you were preggo?

Once a week after I found out I had the diabetes. You have to write down exactly what you eat at each meal, then you have to write your fasting blood sugar (when you wake up in the morning before you eat), then your sugars after each meal through out the day. At your appt, your doc will go over it all with you. I also had to get nonstress tests done at each weekly visit and they also did a blood draw at each visit.

Once a week after I found out I had the diabetes. You have to write down exactly what you eat at each meal, then you have to write your fasting blood sugar (when you wake up in the morning before you eat), then your sugars after each meal through out the day. At your appt, your doc will go over it all with you. I also had to get nonstress tests done at each weekly visit and they also did a blood draw at each visit.

wow well i guess i will have to take some more time off from work:D ! oh well!! what was the nonstress tests for? oh and i was reading that majority of the time with women who develop GD they end up having their babies between 37-39 weeks. is that true? due to the size of the baby.
k thanks
~sorry i am still waiting for the dr office to contact me with some more information like my appt time and date to go speak to someone in maternal fetal medicine(i think that is what she said). so i am just reading as much as i can and asking those who have had GD. so thanks again!!!

Well when i had GD with Robbie I had asked for them to take him 2 weeks before his due date just so that he wouldnt be such a big baby. they had to induce me though. if it hadnt been for the insulin and if i went to 40 weeks he could have been 8lbs or more and my first 2 boys were 11 lbs 2 oz and 9lbs 2 oz and i didnt have GD with either one of them surprisingly.



Good luck again to you. Brandi gave you some really great advice on her experience and hers is alot more recent and I think better.

so i guess basically it is up to my dr/midwife if i should be induced? well i hope that they take her maybe a week or two early i don't know if i want to have over and 8lbs baby (since this is my first and all) ya know!! oh well i guess time will tell and i will be able to talk to my dr more about this at my next appt (hopefully)

That stinks hun! Keep us posted on everything! Hope everything goes smoothy for you!

Well, when I went in, they had me talk to two counselors. One was a dietician and one was a nutritionist. One basically talked to me about the diabetes disease, how it effects your body, etc. The other person talked to me more about the diet, foods to eat and stay away from, etc..

They gave me a free AccuChek meter that worked with MultiClix Lancets. It's different because most lancets only have one needle and you have to change it each time. With the multiclix, you have 6 needles in one lancet so you just change the thing out after you use it 6 times (they actually told me as long as my hands were clean, I could use each needle twice so I only needed to change it out after 12 pricks).

But, the sucky part is that it only came with 1 lancet (6 needles) b/c it was a "Trial" package. They said that Tricare is too cheap to pay for that kind so after I used those 6 needles, I'd have to use the cheapy kind that tricare issues. :rolleyes Well, I ended up really liking the AccuChek lancets because it didn't hurt at all. Then when I ran out, I tried using the ones tricare gave me and no way in hellllllll could I use those. There was a VERY noticable difference in pain. So, I ended up buying my own lancets.

This is the multiclix that I used
http://cgi.ebay.com/Accu-chek-MultiClix-lancets-10-sealed-boxes-1000-20_W0QQitemZ120063889811QQihZ002QQcategoryZ72875QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is the meter I used:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Accu-Chek-Aviva-Blood-Glucose-Monitoring-System_W0QQitemZ160061259941QQihZ006QQcategoryZ72874QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



This is similar to what Tricare issues:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ONE-TOUCH-LANCETS-BOX-OF-200-DIABETES_W0QQitemZ130058529865QQihZ003QQcategoryZ72875QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Anyhow, I loved the accu-chek stuff so if I'm ever diabetic again, thats what I will use.


The diet is pretty similar to south beach, honestly. They encourage high protein and protein at every meal/snack. You have to really watch your carbs and sugars. You can have SOME good carbs such as whole wheat pasta or whole wheat bread but only small amouts and you need to eat it with protein. An example would be half of a whole grain bagel with a hard boiled egg or something along those lines. Or whole wheat spaghetti pasta with turkey meatballs. Lunch could be a turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread. Its mostly really limiting your carbs and pretty much getting rid of real sugar all together. If you have to use sugar, you need to use splenda. The diet really is not that hard to follow. Its basically like any other low carb diet out there, such as southbeach or atkins but it's not even as intense as atkins (atkins would be very dangerous during pregnancy because of the ketones). Really though, if you want my honest opinion, the diet they put you on for diabetes is what EVERY person should be eating like, not just diabetics. We, as Americans, are so used to eating crap food and way too much at each serving, we don't know what it's like to eat a NORMAL, HEALTHY diet and that's all the diabetic diet is. You cut out the stuff that is bad for you. Carbs are good but they aren't good for anyone in large amounts. Sugar is ok but only in very serious moderation. So many foods contain natural sugars as it is, that's where we get the sugar we "need". No one "needs" all the extra cookies and cakes and snacks. We're all just so used to eating them.

As for exercise, I was on modified bedrest so I couldn't do much of exercise. The exercise will vary depending on your blood sugars. They want you to be active no matter what (as long as you're not on bedrest) but the more exercise you do (without overdoing it, of course), the better your sugars will be. The exercise basically works as a natural insulin. The more you do, the better your sugars will digest. You may be able to eat a little more carbs or a little more sugar if you're doing enough exercise to counteract it.

Basically, it all boils down to balance. I think that the diabetic lifestyle is the way everyone should live, IMO. Its just a healthy diet that cut outs the bad crap and promotes staying active and exercising.

If you have any other questions at all, please feel free to ask away!

Mine is a accucheck with the multiclix too, and when I went to the Naval Pharmacy they gave me the cheapy ones, and I hated them so I just pay the nine dollars at Walmart Pharmacy for the multiclix. lol! I really like the accucheck too!

Im so sorry but I am sure everything is going to be fine

well today is the day!! i will go see the doctor about my GD.....so i will see how it goes and i will let ya'll know if i have anymore questions! thanks for all your help and support!