Gestation Diabetes in Pregnancy - Baby's health ??

Renu,

I feel your pain :-(...I too failed the 3 hr GTT but much to my frustration I found out that my sugar levels were high because of the steroids that I was given a week before the test. But the doc has already categorized me under GD and is insisting that I test 4 times a day and control my diet.

Anyways, have been doing it for the past two weeks and my average blood sugar is usually in the 95-120 range, 2 hrs after food. Why are you testing 1 hr after food? My guideline is this: Fasting blood sugar should be 60-95 and 2 hrs after meals 60-120. I honestly think this is a rigid upper limit as I know the normal upper limit is 140, but if the doc says so then I guess we have to do what we have to do :-(

My baby seems to be doing just fine, although I haven't had a scan yet after the test (am 32 weeks along)...If they took a scan and they feel the baby is developing well, I don't think you should get worked up. Just maintain your diet and watch out for the carbs that you eat. Eliminate white rice, direct sugar, pastries,mithai, etc as well as fruit juice. (THE MOST difficult part for me) Am sure everything will go well. All the best.

 

Hi Renu

Don't worry .Baby will be fine .the only thing with GD is that during you labor if your sugar levels are too high baby will be over weight and his/her body will be be producing more insulin to burn the high sugar receievd from ypu and when he or she is born they might have low sugar due to the presence of high sugar

Your post sugar looks too high .1 h r after food should be less than 140 .try to cut down the starch and eat more protein .Walk after every meal for 15 mins .that makes a huge difference .I had GD on both my pregnancies and both my babies are fine .for my second pregnancy I took insulin as I couldnot manage with diet alone .Both my kids are fine and they were not over weight as well .

so relax and enjoy ur pregnancy

your fasting should be less than 100 and post meals should be less than 140 ( 1 to 1 .5 hrs after meal )

 

Renu, I understand how you feel...in fact, even today I said the same thing to my DH (just when I should be eating to my heart's content, I am being forced to count carbs, prick my fingers 4 times a day, and be conscious of everything that goes into my mouth!)

I too have had a few confusing days where I eat the same amount and same food in the afternoon and the sugar is normal and it shoots up at night. I realized that ragi is high in carbs, surprisingly. So I restrict intake to 1 cup ragi porridge (made from 2 tbs ragi flour, 1/2 cup water, and 1/2 cup 1% milk) a day. Also, I have replaced ponni boiled rice with basmati rice (haven't tried brown rice yet and am not keen on it!) and it seems to be working. Idlis and dosas seem to shoot my BS up...so, if at all I eat them, I have two small egg-dosas for breakfast. One thing that is working great for me is wheat tortillas...I bought some lettuce and usually grill shrimp/salmon/chicken, sautee some onions and bell pepper, and roll them all in one tortilla and gobble it up for dinner. I also snack on digestive biscuits, a small cup of watermelon, 1 cup ready-made plain oatmeal, 1 cup low-fat popcorn....again, am always watching the carb count budget for each meal/snack and making sure what I eat falls within that range. Of course, there are times when I feel it is not enough and am famished...that's when I struggle not to break down...I think of my son and I pull through. I hope some of these tips help you bring your glucose levels down. If it continues to be high, no matter what you do, I suggest you check the next plan of action with your OB.

 

dont worry. control your diet. Baby will be fine. Dont take stress. be happy and eat low carb food.

 

Hi Renu,

My baby is now 20mnths old and me too faced the same issue during the third trimester of my pregnancy. I wsas put on insulin for the last month and was feeling terrible about it. But beleive me there is nothing to worry about. Just do brisk walking as much as you can. I use to walk for almost 40-50mns in my last month with a huge baby bump. My gynac introduced me to a dietician who suggested me a juice of Capsicum, bitter gourd(karela) and doodhi in equal proportion just before both the main meals. It has to be consumed just before you start your meals. It helped me to some extent. You can try it too but pls check with your gynac before doing the same. I wish you aall the best for your delivery and let me know if i can be of some help to you.
regards
ritu

 

and please remember taking too much of stress is also one of the reasons for BS to shoot up. So just relax keep walking and be watchful about your diet.

Regards,
Ritu