Gestational Diabetes General Chatter #1

[melbel]

Mel...did your doctor talk you about the GI of foods. This is a very important concept in treatment of diabetes especially when it is purely diet controlled. May I recommend you invest in the book called The New GI Revolution....it well tell you all you need to know and more plus it has a great section on menu planning and yummy recipes....you should be able to get it at most book stores....ice cream is not the no-no many people assume it is.......sugar is not necessarily your enemy....you will understand what I mean when you have a read. I hope this helps

Melanie..... Insulin Dependent Diabetic for 27yrs

[skorpy]

Gestational Diabetes is different then having it in life permanatly

My Aunt is Diabetic and so is my Husbands grandad and occasionally they can treat themselves to little nibbles of something sweet.

But with pregnancy every little bit puts towards in your baby growing that little bit bigger faster then he/she should.Its a definate no no on eating anything too fatty or with any sugar in to be honest.I asked if i could have a nibble of a choc biscuit to my Doctor when i had Diabetes in pregnancy because i craved Chocolate and he said not really.Im not meaning to go over what you have said mel,just going by what i was told with do's and dont's. Every little bit of sugar will show up on the monitor we have to take everyday and when we log it down on paper the Midwifes/Doctors check it out and then there is a high chance of having to be put on insulin.Its very strict and to be honest annoying at times....just lucky most woman like myself get diagnosed it later in pregnancy so we dont have to put up with it for too long.Having gestational makes you realise what you guys who have it for life gos through,even tho because we had it in pregnancy we are told we may get proper diabetes later in life.