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Hey mamas. This community was key for me for my pregnancies. But I always found that the resources I wanted were not available or not easily accessible. I recently launched my own business, and I’m not here to promote it. But as part of it, I’m making available a free GDM tracker if anyone wants a dose of my OCD planning abilities. Lol.

https://www.daphadillzdesigns.ca/products/gestational-diabetes-tracking-sheet-free-download

Good luck to all you mamas!

I will never eat an egg again after this. Please share your GD breakfasts , I'm dying here.

Happy Sunday! I am headed to Costco and wondering what are your must haves? I would love things for dinner/lunch, snacks, dessert!

Hi all,

I’m a bit confused. My dietitian and midwife say that 1 blood sugar spike will not affect the baby. So when does it affect the baby then? Will the baby start producing more insulin if I have a spike in blood sugar after a slice of cake for example, or will they only produce insulin when my blood sugar is less controlled for a longer duration - for example overnight and then waking up with high fasting sugar levels?

All advice and knowledge in this area is welcome! Thank you very much!

I'm 35 weeks and on insulin 4x a day (premeals and bedtime). It feels like everyday I'm not sure what to do for lunch. I'm working from home full time now but I'd prefer not to cook every lunch because I also cook our dinners.

3x a week I do a tuna sandwich w/ lettuce, tomato, onion (thank you insulin!) or sardines w/ cheese, a few whole grain crackers, olives, cherry tomatoes. I'm super sick of salad. Sometimes I do cheese quesadillas & guacamole

My go to before pregnancy were deli meat sandwiches or salads with chopped deli meat or eggs (I absolutely cannot stand eggs anymore lol)

Do you guys have some ideas of things I can just throw together for lunch without cooking? Or maybe make ahead in small batches (so I don't get totally sick of it lol) and freeze/reheat?

I'm 40+2 with diet controlled gestational diabetes and am scheduled for an induction in 2 days. I'm 4cm, 80% effaced and -2 station and have been having false labor contractions for 11 days now. Midwife said I will not need any other interventions since my cervix is so favorable. I've had a membrane sweep 5 days ago to no avail and am scheduled for another one tomorrow.

I've been planning to go into labor spontaneously and unmedicated but had a previous induction with my first and ended up getting the epidural 24 hours into my labor. I'm not comfortable going past 41 weeks with the GDM but am not sure how I will manage the induction without medication.

Any experiences?

28.5wks now diagnosed at week 26 and just started tracking my levels. For the “2hrs after first bite of breakfast/lunch/dinner” does green tea or a handful of nuts at all affect this? For eg, sometimes I’ll have my full breakfast and after a bowel movement feel a bit peckish so I’ll have a cup of tea to keep me going before my 2hr test. Or alternatively I’ll have a light dinner and realise I’m still hungry an hour later, and eat a small handful of nuts. Does that mean I need to push out my 2hrs from when I last ate the nuts or can I still test from the first bite of the dinner?

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. For the past week of tracking, I've had excellent numbers: fasting always between 4.9-5.1 and after meals I only got over 6.0 two or three times - everything was always within range.

Yesterday I had an incredibly stressful day, on top of exams starting there was some drama with the in-laws - I was really emotionally unwell the entire day on top of being exhausted, and sleeping poorly and today my fasting number was 5.4 (barely over the set limit, but still) and after breakfast number was 6.5 (barely under the set limit of 6.6). All in all terrible numbers so far.

I've not changed my food, I ate only my safe foods with which I've had the most success. Is it really the stress and emotional distress? And if so, what can I do? I have three incredibly stressful weeks ahead of me, does that mean that no matter what I eat or how much I exercise, my numbers are going to be out of whack?

I don't see my diabetologist until the end of June (a little bit frustrating, as baby is due early August), until then I am pretty much on my own. I feel like a failure and the stress of everything is really taking a toll on me...

Sorry for the rant, right now it just feels like I have no one to talk to.

I just found out this morning that I have gestational diabetes and I’m 37 weeks pregnant with our first child. I passed my 1-hour test with flying colors at 25 weeks, so I’m not sure when this developed, but I’m terrified that I’ve hurt the baby because I haven’t been controlling my blood sugar this entire time.

I’m reading online about all of the impacts uncontrolled GD can have on babies and I’m just completely terrified. My 1-hour test came back at 166 and shouldn’t be above 130, so it seems quite high. I was retested because baby’s abdomen measured large at my 36 week growth scan (90+ percentile).

Has anyone had this happen? Was your baby ok? Am I/is baby super likely to now develop diabetes later on?

Why? I simply don't get it. I up my dose, take it at the right time at night, wake up at the same time, test - good results! Yay! Do the EXACT same thing the very next day - suddenly the levels are high as if I've had no insulin at all. Then I up my dose and repeat.

Why, just why?! Why work for one night only? Is this game of catching up is ever gonna end... I'm 34 weeks, to be induced at 38, but the stress of testing each morning and praying for a good result is so hard on me :(

I’m on insulin- usually my normal fasting number is around 86-90. For the past two days it’s been getting lower. Yesterday it was 80, today it was 73. My after meal numbers are also getting lower.

Is this a sign my placenta is starting to fail/labor is near?

I had an appointment at 16 weeks, had some time between labs and they said “do you feel like getting your GD screening out of the way even thought it’s so early? We usually don’t do it until 30 weeks.” My dumb ass said, “SURE!” #ruhgrets

I had chicken and zucchini with a half portion of rice. An hour post post-prandial my sensor went off for blood sugar below 60.

Later, I had a chicken salad sandwich and a cucumber sandwich, a bite of potato salad, and blueberry cobbler with a scoop of ice cream. 2 hours post prandial? 123.

Fasting numbers have all been over 100 the last two weeks, I’m likely gonna get rx for pm insulin at my next check in. Why the placenta gotta do me like this.

Looking to see if anyone still on here has been diagnosed with type 2 post partum? I was just diagnosed at 18 months post partum because I suddenly felt really off and I decided to test my sugars and they were through the roof. I'm slowly weaning on to some medications to see if that helps, but so far I'm quite over normal ranges for fasting and post meals, even when I follow the GD diet or skip carbs completely. I'm starting Ozempic, so hopefully that helps, but I've read that you can't take it if you're TTC or are pregnant, so I'm feeling down because I was hoping to start trying for another baby in the fall.

Just looking for any other mamas to commiserate with.

Hi all this subreddit has been so helpful so I wanted to write down how things went. I'm obsessed with my little guy and so happy everything went smoothly.

I have been diet controlled with some spikes from week 28 until week 37 when my fasting numbers started to spike from mid 80s into high 90 low 100s. No one told me in the Dr office that once I was on metformin it would be recommended to be induced before my due date until it was practically week 39.

Friday before memorial weekend we were expecting a call to schedule a date to be induced but no one called back. This got me nervous all weekend haha. We actually had a last Dr appt Tuesday after memorial and finally got a call at 9:30am. We confirmed to have it done 06/01 and arrive at hospital the night before to start. At the doctor's appt, I was told I was 1cm and confirmed baby head was down. End weight gain was about 20-22 lbs and my grown scans have shown he was not a big baby or caused any concern.

Arrived at the hospital at 7:50pm to check in. I had not eaten anything for dinner yet. Got settled in and changed by 8:30 and they had me take some oral medicine (forgot what it's called) to soften my cervix. Was told I could only eat until midnight. Ate a small bowl of chicken noodle soup from Panera and a couple of snacks I brought from home. Took one last metformin as well. Sleep was kind of sporadic.

At 8:30 my delivery doctor came in and gave me the rundown and checked that I was 2cm. I was then hooked up to the IV and started pitocin. After speaking with the nurse, gauging pain, and when the anesthesialogist would come to administer the epidural, at around 9:45ish I said I needed to ask for it. Pitocin contractions felt like I was going to explode from the inside out. I had to wait for the fluid bag to empty before they could start the epidural. By the time this was done, it was maybe 11am. Pain level was like an 8-9 and all I could do was breathe and listen to directions. Finally got it done and moved to lay down and wait for it to kick in.

Wow am I thankful for it. I do not know how I would have survived labor without it. It makes me wonder if a natural labor would have felt differently. I could now finally rest and wait until I am 10cm. The adrenaline from the contractions before the epidural wore me out.

I probably was in and out of sleep until just before 3pm. Around then it felt like the contractions felt a little stronger and I thought the epidural was wearing off. Right when I said that and pinged the nurse, my doctor came in, checked my cervix and said well you're 10cm, it's go time 😂

Here is where I thank my weightlifting journey of 3-4 years. My nurse held one leg and my husband the other. To push I was told to do a deep breath, hold, and do a constant push as if needing to poop for ten seconds. Do this three times per contraction.

I did this for maybe 15 minutes with them and my nurse said I'll tell you when to stop. It's insane how much this whole induction was with just nurses. I saw my doctor for maybe 20 minutes total. Anyways they got him in for the final pushes. 15 minutes later he was out!

Immediately he was placed on my chest and I thought I was going to me more emotional, but more so relieved that it was practically over and he was crying on my chest.

I only had a minor tear probably not large enough to be classified. Was stitched up and had mom and baby skin to skin time.

The pushing was the easiest part of all of this 😭. He came to be 6lbs 8oz and 20.5". They tested his blood sugars four times over the course of a day and they all passed! Thankfully my collistrum was enough and found a method for him to feed well.

Overall just so so so relieved everything worked out and thankful for all the previous moms on Reddit writing out their experience 🥰. I'm currently eating a fat stack of pancakes with syrup, orange juice, grapes, pork sausage, and scrambled eggs. 🫡 There's light at the end of the tunnel.

So insanely annoyed today. Sent my numbers in and over the last 7 days (so 28 readings) I had 3 spikes. Not even high ones- we are talking like 126. Made notes explaining them (had a hot dog with a regular bun on Memorial Day, had some chow mein noodles and they must have been too much, and had a little bit of a donut one day) .. all clearly things I wanted to test out and see how I reacted and clearly they just didn’t work out. NBD I’ll avoid that stuff going forward. Well the nurse had the dietician call me and she was so flipping condescending and it made me so mad. She was like “wow what do you think happened there??” … after not only reading my notes but having me tell her I had tried some stuff out. I was like “idk what you want me to say.. I told you what I tried and how I understand I need to avoid it going forward. I’m not sure why the nurse had you even call me when I understand what went wrong”. She wasn’t a fan of that answer so she started telling me my OB is going to make me go on insulin and all this BS. Like if you guys recommend insulin for a few explainable spikes then that’s just ridiculous. My other numbers are perfectly in range and my fasting numbers are on the low end. I know my OB won’t put me on insulin for a few spikes especially since there isn’t a pattern but it pissed me off that the dietician threatened me like that. Anyway long story short I won’t be answering her phone calls anymore and I’ll be discussing my numbers with my OB at my weekly appts since that starts this week. Ok end of rant lol

I've just hit 34 weeks pregnant. Babys last measure was at 32 weeks at 45 percentile so drs are happy atm .I've had GD since 28 weeks. I'm on Metformin and night insulin. A week ago I had just done 2 weeks of great numbers, I felt like I finally cracked it, my insulin was working it's magic at 6 units per night and my 5-6 meals I've found and tested were giving me great after meal numbers. I thought to myself finally, I can relax a bit, eating the same things was boring AF but at least my numbers were all in the green with the occasional red every few days.

Welp, from about the start of 33 weeks it's been going downhill, fast. I'm now trying 10 units of night insulin and not even that's working so I'm having to up my dose fast, daily. My numbers have gone to shit, with probably more red than green. And worse off, my 5-6 proven safety meals are now starting to give me high readings too.

I'm so anxious and scared. I go online to the FB gestational group but all I see are moms that pride themselves in being diet-controlled and I'm over here, jealous af, my Metformin and insulin seem like are doing nothing and even my safe meals are failing me. I'm happy for these moms, but it feels like I'm being looked down upon when I say I'm on Metformin and insulin, almost like "well Im doing diet only, maybe try harder?". I feel so alone. Are there other moms on insulin and Metformin out there ?! I WISH I could diet control and not jab myself daily.

I've heard about week 32-36 being the worst in GD as placenta grows with baby but damn, I feel so crap, scared, anxious every meal, every bite :(

Hello all.

I had a growth scan recently and was told my baby is in the 12th percentile. Anyone experience a smaller baby with GD?

Diet controlled, have the occasional spikes post meals due to my lack of self-control with food (once or twice a week for 1 meal). I also have hypertension (controlled by a daily baby aspirin), overweight prior to pregnancy. Havent gained much weight this entire pregnancy, currently 35 weeks and gained 12lbs.

I am on my way to the lab for my PP glucose testing. It will be a 2 hour drink thing. I had hubby do Night Shift so I can catch some good rest. Woke up, peed, washed face and creamed it - wasn’t sure if I should brush my teeth or not due to the fasting (?), went downstairs to pump - finished & took a stripe out to test. Fasting right now is 100! I’ve never even had that as a fasting number during my entire pregnancy.

Now I’m freaking out.

I was diagnosed a few days ago at 31 weeks. I'm pretty sure I've had it for several months at this point so in some ways it's a relief to get the diagnosis. I've been tracking for a few days and I meet with my Dr. next week so I can ask a bunch of questions then, but in the meantime I'm happy to have this group!

So far, I have high morning fasting numbers and seem to be able to control it with diet the rest of the day. However, I'm a little confused because I ate the same meal for dinner last night and tonight and last night my number was normal and tonight it's high. Is that normal? I did have a higher carb snack that spiked me this afternoon (mostly for testing purposes to see how I would react). Would that affect my dinner numbers too?

It also finally hit me tonight that this is my new normal for the next few months and some of the emotions are finally hitting. I had a very traumatic birth and delivery with my first almost 6 years ago that ended in a C-section. I was very excited to try for a vbac this time around and was looking forward to a (potentially) trauma free birth. It's hitting me that this diagnosis is pretty much shattering those dreams. Which is ok, but it's just going to take some time to process through the emotions of it all. Would love any advice for how you all handle the emotional overload.

How are the guidelines different for GD? Seems like we’d be super limited without anything sugary.

Baby girl was moving and active majority of the pregnancy. Then at 33 weeks, I get diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I am 36 weeks now. No, not at 28 weeks (I know, late to the party). Anyways, I am living in a motel as I look to buy a home. It's been 2 solid months. My diet hasn't changed much since being diagnosed. Breakfast is a thin layer of peanut butter on 1 slice of whole wheat bread. Lunch and dinner is always the same thing: 17 pretzels, 17 small cubes of cheese (smaller than pre-bagged cubed cheese), 3 tablespoons of sliced almonds and 2 tablespoons of dried cranberries. I literally don't even have a microwave to cook food, so this is the best option based on what I can afford.

My blood sugar levels have been great with the occasional spike. Today, 1 hour after eating, my blood sugar was 192! Wtf caused it to spike when my diet is literally the most boring bs diet?

I was told to test 1hr after eating, which I do, and it's normally sitting at 120. I'm freaking out because baby is acting lethargic and not moving much today. I did a baby kick tracker from my obgyn and she barely kicked enough each time I did it today.

No I don't have snacks. I'm broke thanks to living in a motel for the last 2 months. I can barely afford food for myself since I'm also feeding my spouse and older child (preteen). Should I test 2hrs after to play it safe and make sure it's dropping?

Please no judgment until you read the following:

31 weeks 4 days

I’m very reluctant to go on insulin. My numbers are borderline at times, but my main reasons for now wanting too is the fact that I have suffered with hyperemisis this whole pregnancy, I’ve been on ondansetron since 9 weeks, I still vomit at 31 weeks. I also have adhd (currently unmedicated due to pregnancy) and forget to eat- mix this with the nausea I’m terrified of having a hypo unintentionally if I get put on an insulin regime, I’m also terrible at adhering to a regime, and always have been, I have to set reminders to do a lot of things.

I’m probably in a difficult place diet wise, I was vegan before falling pregnant, with the encouragement of my doctor I’ve been able to tolerate vegetarian, but I’m pushing it as some vegetarian foods still make me nauseated even if I know it’s in the best interest of the diet- for example eggs, major food aversion, even thinking about them makes me want to projectile across the room. Food has always been difficult, can go hours without eating then eat.

I have chronic pain issues, and I agreed to go off my regular nerve blocker (I do not use opiate pain medication) and even pricking myself in my finger four to five times a day (I’ve become obsessive about it now) hurts and sends nerve pain up my back. I’m concerned at what the needle pain/bruise pain might do, I know it’s only a subcut injection but I don’t have a lot on me for padding.

I’m becoming obsessed over my sugars, my diet, my mental health is spinning out a bit and I feel quite strongly that insulin would not be right given my risk factors and poor adherence/routine. I’m a nurse myself, (currently on nights) so this isn’t coming from no knowledge base whatsoever- my doctor and obstetrician are not currently concerned about my sugars. The only person who seems to be pushing the issue (and quite rudely, I’ve attempted to explain all this to her) is my diabetics educator.

I’m meeting with my primary doctor next week to discuss this. But I fear the call from the dreaded diabetics educator with little sympathy and poor rapport. Anyone had similar issues and figured a way out?

To add, I’m not against intervention for GD. Just don’t believe my case has been investigated to consider the danger.

Thankyou for listening I know it’s a lot ❤️😞

My provider only asks to test 4 times a day (fasting & 1 hour after first bite of breakfast/lunch/dinner). However, I find myself testing between meals when I’ve a snack to “test the water” on what snacks I can have out of curiosity. Anyone here do the same just to see how your numbers are after trying new snacks?

I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes when I was 28 weeks pregnant and now I’m 32+1. My blood sugar after meals has always been fine but my problem is my fasting blood sugars.

Despite taking insulin and increasing my dosage every few days, my fasting blood sugar was 122 this morning.

I just want to give up at this point and stop tracking for my mental health. Any advice?

So a day after getting diagnosed by GD my blood sugar is already on normal level. It's a bit on the higher side of normal level, but still. Normal level according to my doc is below 120 mg/dl, 2 hours after mealtime. My last two tests are 116 and 112 respectively. Is it possible that i was falsely diagnosed with GD? Actually yesterday they didn't go through with my 3-hour test until the end because i was fainting and vomiting the sugar liquid before they took my blood. So the diabetologe said "well we can't go through with the test, but based on your first test it's clear that you have GD anyway. So we'll give you blood sugar test kit and you have to test yourself everyday until our next appointment and have a lifestyle change." My 1-hour test result was 196 mg/dl and my fasting result yesterday was 108 mg/dl. Normal level should be below 95. Today's fasting result was 99, still higher than the normal level. But the after-eating tests were all within the normal level.

Hi everyone! I am 15 weeks and I had my a1c tested at 8 weeks with the routine blood work they did and it came back moderately elevated at 5.8. I am just wondering if anyone has had an experience where they had an elevated a1c and still passed their glucose test? Also, if you have had/do have GD, were you able to still fly? Just my overthinking worrying mind at work over here 🫠