Gestational Diabetes Diagnosis at 34 Weeks

There’s a group on Facebook that I joined gestational diabetes uk I think and that really helped me manage my sugars and keep diet controlled, it explains for pairing and stuff so for instance I love a sweet treat in the evenings and I was able to have a freddo and along as I had it with a handful of nuts my sugars and my fasting sugars were absolutely fine. Deffo read up on food pairing x

i was diagnosed at 33 weeks they started me straight on metaformin and insulin a week later! it was my first child aswell. it was a lot to handle. i was induced at 37 weeks due to mental health around everything that happened and developing a needle phobia. i hope you can control it with diet. my birth ended up in an emergancy section but completely unrelated to the gestational diabetes. she was initially measuring on the 94th centile when diagnosed but managed to get her down and she was born on the 75th centile.

the only thing i will say is she was born with a lot of fluid on board, she was re admitted due to weight loss and we really panicked. it was later told to us that this could’ve been due to the diabetes even though i was made to feel like the weight loss was my fault. sorry i don’t have a better story for you but for me as hard as it was it was worth it once she was here. i know everyone says that and it doesn’t help at the time but honestly she is incredible x

Exactly the same as me. I failed the post drink bloods at 7.9. I have found bread is my issue.

I have found it very helpful to eat veg then protein then carbs during my meals.

I was really panicky when I first got diagnosed but remember it’s not your fault and it’s a learning curve. Try one type of carb at a time and test. If it is high then have less next time. Also gestationaldiabetes.co.uk has great recipes and meal plans

I was diagnosed at 24 weeks. I ate high protein low carb and managed to stay diet controlled. I had a vaginal birth with no interventions at 41 weeks and my girl was 7lb 12. All very normal and boring tbh!