hey ladies,

I had 2 slices of pizza and a big bowl of salad - got a 6.6 so that was good.
I know exactly what you mean re eating the same things. I walk into the kitchen sometimes and just say to DH, what should I eat? I'm sick of trying to think of something!

I just bought some great PJ's from myer - button down top, light & stretchy, I figure they should be good for BFing.
Belfie - Well done on the slices of pizza and salad. I don't think from memory I made a homemade vegetarian pizza using lebanese bread once and it didn't spike my levels so if you bought a pizza then you are doing extraodinarily well.
Yep highly recommend the button down PJ's for BF'ing in hospital. I took about 3 pairs of PJ's and in the first night went through 2 of them so my lovely mother took them home and washed them and bought them back. Also recommend some really comfy track pants. I got some from Jay Jays and wore them after about Day 3 to have some sort of normal clothing and especially good when I knew I had visitors coming.

Hi Ladies

Hope you dont mind if i join you, I am 28 weeks pregnant with boy/girl fraternal twins and found out last Monday i have GD, must admit its been pretty crap week sugar withdrawals and trying to balance my levels and find food that doesn't throw me up to an 8 (still in shock that 2 of my three bad readings were after weetbix!). I see the ob tomorrow to find out if i need insulin etc but really hoping to avoid it.

Hope you are all having a good weekend

Shan
Shannon22 Welcome to the thread. You've come to the right place to ask questions and by all means ask as many as you can think up. I found I was good with WeetBix, it became my staple breakfast, but I also used to eat the Hi Bran variety so they may be worth a shot. Porrdige also was my 2nd staple breakfast. I'd either have weetbix with sultanas, strawberries (these are an ALL YOU CAN EAT FOOD FOR GD) along with either an "almost" ripe banana or a few slices of peach. I'd generally have the same fruit items with either weetbix or porridge. On the porridge throw in a sprinkle of cinnamon and you've got a really yummy and filling breakfast.

Hi Girls,

I posted the other day telling you all I had just been diagnosed with GD. Been reading your posts over the last few days and know too that I will be sick to death of having GD by the time my baby is born. I am so scared that I will be stuck with it after the baby is born.

I have my appointment on Tuesday with the Diabetes educator at my hospital, I am sooo nervous to go but will be good finally knowing what I can and cant eat & knowing how to control it properly. Not looking forward to checking my BSL's after each meal though. For those of you who have to inject yourself with insulin how long did they give you to try and control it by diet before they made you go on insulin injections? Also where on your body do you give the injection? Jeez I am totally clueless about all this stuff.

My hospital wasn't even going to test me for GD, it was only that I asked to have the test done. I keep thinking what would've happened if I never found out that I had it?

Sorry for the ramble but its just good to talk to someone who knows what I am going through.
Leigh26 - Ramble Away!! You had the exact same fear I had regarding it staying around. Majority of the women who still have diabetes after giving birth, actually had diabetes prior to getting pregnant but just didn't know it. I know 2 ladies who had GD and both of them it went away after the birth and they are now in their 40's and do not have diabetes. I do not get tested for another 2 weeks yet but I've had no signs of diabetes and I've done some random BSL's including after a bowl of OH SO yummy ice-cream complete with chocolate sauce and they were under 6.5 and under. It is still a huge fear but ultimately have to look at the positives.
Would highly recommend you read through some of our old threads as there has been heaps of food ideas and suggestions. You will find though that foods some people had no problems with and vice versa so it really is a trial and error thing. Best time to give new foods a try is during your snacks as it gives you more time for your body to break down the sugars and largest gap between eating and having to test.
If you hadn't asked for the GD test it could have meant you may have had a bigger than average baby, but it also isn't a given. My baby girl was 6lb 14oz so don't assume that as you have GD that you'll have a big bubba.

In terms of the GD... hmm someone asked me the other day what i'd say to someone just diagnosed, so here's my chance

Belfie
Belfie - Well done on the tips for GD!!!!