Gestational diabetes

I’ve been diagnosed since 24 weeks - I’m now 31 weeks today. It’s super common - something like 1 in 20 pregnant women have it! So you’re not alone ☺️

If you only just been diagnosed, my biggest advise is to not change your diet completely at first, as something that spikes one persons sugars may not spike yours. To start with you need to learn what you can tolerate. Things I would limit are white carbs or obviously sweet things white bread, cake, chocolate, cereal. However it’s super important that you still have carbs within your meals otherwise you’ll feel awful. They advise no more than a fistful portion, but again it just depends what you can tolerate. Also pairing carbs with protein really helps or going for a walk after your meal if you feel like it was carb heavy.

Basically, your first week is trial and error. See how you get on and adjust where you need to. You got this☺️

I was diagnosed with it about a month ago and haven't really changed my diet too much. I've just swapped white bread for wholemeal and keep making sure that I have protein with every meal. I've had to cut back on biscuits and chocolates etc but definitely don't feel like I'm hungry or restricting myself too much. X

Me too! I haven't changed my diet much at all, I've cut down from two sugars in my tea to one, I've been eating more nuts and I've stopped having oranges and started having berries instead.

Thanks both 🙏🏼 I have a group meeting on Tuesday so hopefully they'll educate us more. But picking up a shop with lots of wholemeal stuff today, amd like you say, cutting white bread , and chocolate (so sad about that!!)

Do you have to test your blood?

How did you get tested later on in pregnancy? Were you experiencing symptoms?