Apparently I have GD, I'm freaking out! help!

[leesha]

Take a deep breath!! It's going to be ok!
I had GD with my third pregnancy (first and second were fine) I ate well and was physically healthy. It is something that is just out if your control.
However I was adamant I would just be diet controlled and no induction what so ever for me after two spontaneous drug free and fast vaginal deliveries!
And that's exactly what I got! Diet controlled and yes it is a pain in the ass glucose testing before and after meals and watching what you eat but it also was a healthy learning curve for me. I didn't realise that carbohydrates turn into sugar so you must watch the portions you have when you eat rice and pasta, cereals, bananas just to name a few. Watermelon I love love love but it is very high in sugar so I had to limit that!
Anyhoo I refused induction and hospital policy was if you weren't insulin dependant then you can go to 41 weeks. I went that far didn't I.. I was booked in for an induction on the Friday morning after I had consented and realised the health of my baby was more important than my issues with induction. Bubs must of known and at midnight the night before induction my waters broke and 3 hours before my admission time my third bubs was born!!!
So check your hospital policy on GD mothers gestation periods and really educate yourself on what you can eat! Smaller meals but more often was the key for me!!! Good luck with the journey!

[Mak]

I had GD for DD2, I managed to control it with exercise and diet. Seemed to be certain combos of things that set me off, particularly processed/prepared food which I guess is no surprise! So use the first few days to watch how your BSL's respond to different foods. Some tips I found were that cinnamon helps to even your BSLs so I added it to my porridge every breaky and yoghurt for my snack. I also found that my BSL's settled better if I had some leafy greens/vege at each meal - but watch out for the high GI things like corn/potato etc. I also found lots of fruit gave my higher readings but strawberries had little impact.
I also found that by having a snack at 10pm my fasting levels were lower - so I would have yoghurt/cheese for supper.
I was at a public hospital which has a policy of induction from 37 weeks. I managed to negotiate with the midwives and obs there to have some extra monitoring (CTG/ultrasound) and watchfully wait until 41 weeks. They agreed as I had such great BSL's and stable weight etc. I went into labour spontaneously and the only extra for DD2 was a BSL after birth and as that was fine no further action.
I hope you can get some good info re diet and exercise - I walked for at least 20mins twice a day and really feel this helped also.