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Hi, I failed my one-hour glucose test, and I couldn’t tolerate the three-hour test because I vomited the glucose drink. My fasting numbers have actually been really good and never go above 90. After meals, my numbers usually stay around 109–150 at most.
Today, though, I got really stressed because I ate a half wheat Subway sandwich with water, and one hour after eating, my glucose was 214 and my blood pressure was low and had headaches It scared me so much that I cried because I honestly don’t know what to do. I’ve never experienced anything like this in my previous pregnancies.
I’ve been monitoring my glucose on my own, and I have an appointment with my OB next week. I’m planning to show her all of my readings.
Honestly, I’m extremely scared, because i see is bad and i would not want to get a c section or to be induced, I know that the stress isn’t helping me. I’m going to do my best to eat as healthy as I can, but it feels so hard because I’ve been having so many cravings. I just want to make sure my baby and I are okay.🥹 and btw my ob hasn’t told me that I have gestational diabetes, but based on my readings, I feel like I might end up having it.
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So I had the same thing recently. I just realized that there is a way to help counteract the sugar spikes. It sounds like you tried to counter balance it a bit by ordering a sandwich with protein. But protein heavy meals tend to help counter balance the sugars from carbs a bit. Maybe do more meat or protein than breads or carbs. I know it sounds super rough especially if you're not used to protein heavy meals.
An example is I had a sandwich today with Three scrambled eggs, two pieces of bacon and two pieces of bread for breakfast. I had a smaller meal for lunch of two hash brown patties and a couple strawberries with a large glass of milk. Then I had what I call Mexican Lasagna. It is hamburger meat, black beans, cheese, cream cheese and a couple slivers of tortilla between the layers. All kept me within a lower Carb diet.
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