[~A2~]

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Ali

[InsertAwesomeHer...]

I've just been diagnosed with GD. I had it first time round, just diet control, skipped 2 pregnancies and here we are again. Pretty sure it's relating to my weight but I was checked early on in pregnancy and sugar levels were fine.

I was just wondering which bread everyone is using. I was using white, got diagnosed (only this wk) so I got helga's wholemeal as it was on sale but it still seems to leave my levels quite high, not over just up there in comparison to everything else I eat.

Can anyone tell me a really good low gi bread please.

[rhihoot]

Hi fellow GDer's,

Having read the last thread on GD it's definitely made me adjust my attitude, and knowing I can get support from the lovely women here is very reassuring.

I was diagnosed at 28 weeks, currently 31 weeks and just finished my first 2 weeks testing and keeping a food diary, in prep for dietician visit on Monday.

My situation is slightly different from many of the women I've read so far, I had zero risk factors, am usually labelled as 'underweight' in BMI (am perfectly healthy though), and haven't put on extra weight aside from baby bump throughout my pregnancy. As you can imagine, a massive shock, there's been many tears shed and some very down moments. Guess my pancreas is just a bit slack and struggling to keep up.

Haven't had to change my diet all that much, have had to increase my activity though. Find my levels change day to day even though I might be eating the exact same things, so it all depends on the amount of activity I do. Luckily I do have low fasting levels consistently - hope it stays that way.

Trying to get over the negatives and focus back on having a wonderful birth experience and healthy baby. How is everyone else coping with keeping positive? It's hard when you get a high reading to keep upbeat for the rest of the day.

[Becstarinator]

Hello All,

InsertAwesomeHer... - I'm having success with any of the Burgen breads. They are all low GI but some are lower if you know what I mean. Just look on the packet to work out which one is lowest. They are all very grain bread which wasn't a hard switch for me as we normally eat grainy bread (usually just the woolies one).

rhihoot - welcome to the thread and sorry to hear you need to be here. I keep reminding myself that there are far worse things that can happen in/to a pregnancy. At least this is something I can do things to help control it such as eating well.

It didn't come as a total shock to me because I had several risk factors, although I had the same risk factors with my first pregnancy and was lucky enough to pass the tests last time.

I'm still plodding along ok with my BSL's staying under the desired levels. I am however starting to get over the restrictions of the GI diet.

I think it has to do with it was my DS 5th birthday last Saturday and I made all the usual "party" foods and then realised I couldn't have any of it and had to watch everyone else eat it...lol. At least my DS had a great birthday.

Also I'm only 21 weeks so it seems like I have forever still before all this good work and eating will pay off.

On a positive note though I haven't put on any weight so far so if I continue not to gain too much I should come out lighter in the end.

[InsertAwesomeHer...]

Hello All,

InsertAwesomeHer... - I'm having success with any of the Burgen breads. They are all low GI but some are lower if you know what I mean. Just look on the packet to work out which one is lowest. They are all very grain bread which wasn't a hard switch for me as we normally eat grainy bread (usually just the woolies one).

rhihoot - welcome to the thread and sorry to hear you need to be here. I keep reminding myself that there are far worse things that can happen in/to a pregnancy. At least this is something I can do things to help control it such as eating well.

It didn't come as a total shock to me because I had several risk factors, although I had the same risk factors with my first pregnancy and was lucky enough to pass the tests last time.

I'm still plodding along ok with my BSL's staying under the desired levels. I am however starting to get over the restrictions of the GI diet.

I think it has to do with it was my DS 5th birthday last Saturday and I made all the usual "party" foods and then realised I couldn't have any of it and had to watch everyone else eat it...lol. At least my DS had a great birthday.

Also I'm only 21 weeks so it seems like I have forever still before all this good work and eating will pay off.

On a positive note though I haven't put on any weight so far so if I continue not to gain too much I should come out lighter in the end.

I'm 19 wks tomorrow. I'll give the burgen a go, trust it to be the most expensive bread possible.

I only started the other day and only 2 readings have been over. My first reading ever was because I had a massive carb loaded last dinner and I had a really late dinner by accident last night which put my reading this morning over, by a lot actually. Otherwise it's been stable.

I'm really hoping it stays manageable over the rest of the pregnancy.

I searched www.taste.com.au for diabetes friendly recipes, I found a few but with 3 kids already I'm a stickler for easy meals.

[~spirited~]

Hi everyone, I thought I might join this thread. I was also here 2ish years ago, when I was pregnant with my first. I was diagnosed at 18 weeks last time, tested early as my sister has type 2 and I am overweight. I ended up on insulin almost immediately for my fasting levels, and then for dinner, and then lunch. By the end of my pregnancy I was on over 70 units per day, with over half being slow release before bed.

Once on insulin I knew I would not be allowed to go past 40 weeks. I was induced at 39+4 and DS was born on 39+6, one day early. Yep, it took 46 hours! I was monitored throughout the labour, but didn't need an insulin drip. I was really concerned that the amount of insulin I was on would mean he'd be taken to SCN, but he wasn't. His BSL was monitored (at birth, then twice more) and it was fine. He wasn't given any formula. He didn't latch on immediately after birth so the midwife expressed some colostrum for me and he had that from a syringe. He fed fine after that.


Despite being told he was measuring large at my 35 week growth scan he was born 3.25kg and 51cm, he really was very skinny, but my placenta was fine. I monitored my own BSL post birth and it was fine. Follow up GTT gave me the all clear.


I haven't been tested yet this time, but I have made the decision to follow a GD diet and monitor my levels from next week (now the first trimester nausea seems to be easing). If I find my levels are high, even when following the dietary guidelines, I'm hoping that will be enough of a diagnosis and I can avoid the GTT. I won't have my booking in appointment until around 16 weeks so not sure what to do in the mean time if my levels are high, as I won't have access to the endo and diabetes educator until then.

My previous guidelines were 30g carbs for breakfast/lunch/dinner and 15g for morning tea, arvo tea and supper. Fasting level under 5.0 and 2 hours post meals under 6.7. Does that sound about right?

Looking forward to getting to know you all,

C

This post has been edited by ~spirited~: 20/10/2012, 11:53 AM

[Becstarinator]

~spirited~ - I have been told to have 3-4 serves of carbs at main meals and 1-2 serves for snacks. A serve being 15 grams but I have found if I have potato at dinner I can only have half a cup (1 serve). I have to be under 5.3 in the morning (fasting) and then under 7.0 two hours after meals.

So far I'm totally diet controlled at the moment so I don't know if those numbers change if I have to use insulin.

[Lokum]

HI Ladies!

Insertawsomeness - I second Burgen bread. I can eat a smaller portion of other multigrains, but no wholemeals at all!! I can also get away with Bakers Delight low GI white bread - but I can have a smear of low joule jam on the Burgen, and only Vegemite on the Bakers Delight.

Spirited - yeah, my targets are 5 for fasting, and 6.7 for post meals. Apparently the current/old guidelines are for 5.3 and 7, and the new (unofficial) guidelines for 5 and 6.7 have been in the pipeline since I last had GD 2 years ago!!! Apparently the 'experts' can't agree on whether to reduce the target levels. My endo thought the peak endo body (whoever they are) would have made an announcement in September, but she's still in favour of more conservative controls for GD for her patients anyway.

Rhihoot - hang in there - I'm sure you'll be fine and GD won't be a big deal.

Becstarinator - sad to hear about the party food! My 'treat' foods are apple and rhubarb crumble (not too much crumble!), or a smallish slice of apple strudel with puff pastry and LOTS of apple (not the thick, shortcrust pastry kind). I can also eat my own recipe banana bread which is very heavy on banana and light on sugar, provided I keep slice size to about half what you get in a cafe.

If I have one of these snacks now and then, I feel like I'm a normal person - because I do have a really sweet tooth, and these are still 'cakes!' I am missing risotto though.

AFM - I'm on 22 units of slow acting insulin over night, and still creeping up. My c/s has been booked for 38+6, as I can't be induced and OB won't let me go past 39 weeks given my last baby's experience. I had a growth scan this week showing healthy, normal sized baby, which is great! I'm having twice-weekly CTGs from next week to keep an eye on him, which is reassuring but time-consuming.

I think if I go into labour before the c/s, I'll have a trial of labour rather than automatically convert to an emerg c/s. It's a pain (LOL) as the monitoring will be full-on, and I know it might end in a c/s anyway, but I'm dreading the possibility of being separated from baby while I'm stuck and he's off having BSLs and maybe FF (as my first one needed.) At least if I can push him out, I can be with him in SCN and try to keep the colostrum up to him.

Hope you're all having a nice weekend!

[Mum2TwoDSs]

Burgen! Smaller piece, super delicious! I am stuck to this brand now.

[InsertAwesomeHer...]

OK i got the burgen bread to try. I hope for $5 a loaf it works hehe.

I'm wondering with the GD and my high blood pressure if they will let me go overdue. I've been induced once and overdue twice, I seem to go over about 5 days.