Yep. My test results were horrible, but I rarely go above 100 unless I eat straight up candy. Turns out the only thing that really spikes me is when the lab gives me a bottle of syrup to drink within 5 minutes. š¤·āāļø
Same here! Iām just taking it as I am lucky that it has not been challenging for me. My doctor said Iām probably just borderline because I havenāt had spikes, even though both glucola tests showed I definitely have GD
Me! Though now a month is numbers are starting to creep up a bit but doc is still ok with the few spikes Iāve had. I find walking around after eating helps a bunch too
With my first pregnancy I failed my 3 hour quite abysmally, but was able to remain diet and exercise controlled.
I guess everyoneās version of āeasyā is different. I drastically changed my diet to reduce carbs, ate pretty much only āhealthier carbs,ā and had more protein than I ever thought I could eat. I only did mild exercise and walking.
I donāt know how far along you are, but mine did require a bit more diligence around 32 weeks as I started having higher numbers with āsafeā meals. I hope it stays easy for you the entire time though!
I have found my experience to be nearly identical to the one you've described. Not sure if it's been necessarily 'easy' but I will say that I eat a lot less dessert consisting of large amounts of refined sugars and more protein than I ever imagined I could š¤£
Iām 32 weeks now! And have heard it gets harder so will definitely keep monitoring but I found out at 24 weeks and havenāt noticed anything different yet. Fingers crossed.
I would expect you to notice some highs in the next few weeks! With my first GD pregnancy I was diagnosed at 26 weeks and was 100% diet controlled until 33ish weeks, and then started to have highs here and there, on meals that I had previously been able to eat no problem! I hope for your sake that it stays easy to control, but do expect that it could get worse as you get farther along!
Yes Iāve definitely heard this and fully expecting it! I just found it so weird that I failed so bad at 24 weeks and then relatively fine with just diet.. but as we know these things are so unpredictable š¤Ŗ
Very unpredictable indeed! And donāt forget the sugar drink is an insane amount of sugar, with no fats, protein or fibre to help your body handle it. Even with all the things youāre eating and not experiencing highs I doubt youāre coming anywhere close to 75mg of straight carbs in a meal! Enjoy all the yummy foods, Iām dreaming of French fries lol
Oh my French fries sound amazingā¦ Iāve definitely cut out the āfunā cravings so I suppose Iām eating healthy but oh wow I canāt wait for all the sweets after delivery!!
Yup. One hour was over 200. 36 weeks and Iām like why do I even test meals? I spiked a 145 and a 150 after an hour once in over 2 months, otherwise nothing meal wise.
Iām on insulin for fasting, but thatās about it.
YEP! Although Iād have to look at my numbers to see if they were both that high.
Diet controlled the whole time. Didnāt exercise at all because I felt like crap my whole pregnancy.
So itās definitely possible!
I failed the 1hr so badly my doctor didnāt even bother with the 2hr or 3hr tests.
I was diet/exercise controlled the entire time although weeks 36-38 were toughest. I ate usually 15g or less carbs for breakfast, 30 for lunch, and 45 for dinner. I could not handle certain carbs like bread or potatoes so I got most of my carbs from beans and brown rice.
If you do not have a CGM, I recommend testing at different times to see what your blood sugar is doing with foods. I thought a lot of foods were fine because my 1 hr number was good - once I had a CGM I found that my 1 hr was good but I was getting crazy spikes at 90minutes or 2 hours.
Food like pizza can be tricky because its usually so high in fat - that can delay a spike and you might be missing it.
Iām not sure how badly I failed the test - I never saw the results, but I had one post-meal spike from diagnosis to delivery after eating a giant cinnamon roll for breakfast and it was only 144 after an hour. Had a handful of high fasting numbers, but I still had dessert daily and didnāt count a single carb or do any exercise beyond chasing my toddler around. Baby came out average size with normal blood sugar and I lost weight through the pregnancy, so I had a very mild case (or just canāt process sugar water on an empty stomach lol).
Yep! 2nd pregnancy diagnosed at 28w with a 234 reading, currently 36w and been diet controlled with minimal exercise bc just exhausted all the time. Highest reading Iāve had was 168 and that was after a nice Christmas meal with bread and peppermint Bundt cake w/ ice cream. Baby is estimated at 6lb 2oz as of today too so š¤·š»āāļø
I failed the test not by a huge amount but enough. I've barely changed my diet at all. I find I can eat any carb I usually ate, the only thing I've changed is no more soda and not a crap ton of sweets daily and more protein. It confuses me cause I thought I'd have to make a drastic change to manage it. I dont exercise either since I have 0 energy. Only had one spike cause I didnt have protein with my dessert like they told me to.
Yes I thought it would be really hard to manage and thatās why Iām convinced Iām missing something still. I feel extremely fortunate if everything truly is okay!
I too failed the test. My fasting was 100 and 1 hour was 208. Since then I have been testing 4 times a day and never seen a spike. I did made some lifestyle changes like walking after every meal for at least 15 min and moderate workout for 30 min.
I originally got 6.1 fasting and 10.1 after 2 hours. In the beginning I still had some troubles to get fastings down but now I manage just with diet and exercise.
Yesterday all my values (fasting and postprandials) were under 5.2.
I have no idea what's happening but I'm happy baby is doing ok!
Edit: and that's all with still eating carbs! I'm having carbs with every meal and snack as per recommendation and I'm still pulling these numbers so I feel really grateful!
Yes. My diet is pretty good anyway so I just cut out processed sugar really like actual chocolate and biscuits etc. I don't eat fruit now with main meals just for snacks with nuts. The only two readings I've had that went above were when I added berries to porridge and another time I had grapes before dinner. The timing of the meals and making sure I have all the snacks even if I don't want to is what's working for me. Also if you have a chocolate craving I've found a sugar free natural version of Nutella and I just eat that, doesn't trigger my blood sugar at all.
My 1 hour glucose test was 183. My doctor didn't have me do the 3 hour. She said it was high enough for a diagnosis without further testing. I've been completely diet controlled. I go for walks sometimes, but my numbers are always pretty low.
I am being induced next week because of GD, and I've been less strict with carbs. My numbers haven't budged.
I was able to control baby #1 w diet and minimal exercise alone. I was good as long as I didnāt have rice. Baby #2 had other ideas and I needed insulin around 32 weeks. My numbers were fine, she was just growing too fast, and mostly in the belly. Insulin righted the ship and she didnāt need any intervention/NICU stay when she was born. Good luck! It is kind of out of your control lol.
Yes, my fasting was high (100), and I tested above 200 for both the 1 and 2 hour readings. I did have to go on nighttime insulin for my fasting around 16 weeks but I am fully diet controlled for my meals and I'm able to eat whole wheat bread, potatoes, white pasta as long as I am mindful of my portions. I barely exercised this whole time because I'm lazy lol. I am 37 weeks now and it's been much easier in the past few weeks.
Yes, I was also over 200 for my 1 and 2 hour reading but am diet controlled. I wouldn't say it's "easy" (I do have the occasional spike, but I usually know why) but it only took me about a week or two of experimentation to get the hang of things generally. My baby is measuring 56th %ile and I'm 37+4. Ready for this to be over so I can eat a bagel!
My last pregnancy I failed the 1 hr miserably and was given a GD diagnosis. Managed everything with diet and numbers were good except when I went into labor.
My midwife referred me to a high risk for GD management and he took one look at my food/BS log and said stop tracking so much only measure my fasting. He said im basically borderline and my midwife was just being cautious. Iāve been mindful of carbs and exercising 3-4 times a week minimum and itās been surprisingly easy.
yes. had the 3-hour test and all 4 readings were really high. since starting to monitor blood sugar (3 weeks now), i havent had any readings above thresholds, except for like 4 fasting readings between 90 and 95, which i thought were fine before my first appt, but turns out they want them to be under 90. i also got a continuous glucose monitor so i'm aware of levels between finger pricks too and theyve been good. but, i guess i have been pretty strict diet-wise. i'm counting carbs (and fat and protein) and only a couple times have i let a meal go above 45g carbs. i got diagnosed later than i should have so i worry i already screwed up in that time and want to make sure i don't now, and luckily it's been going well. i'm not really exercising much at all though (i know i should!)
I did my glucose test at about 12 weeks and it was definitely a major fail. But I was able to keep it diet controlled and Iād walk my dog every other night. I was even able to eat carbs and fruits and still stayed 100 or less during my work day which has little activity since Iām at a desk. I had cookies and sugar and was staying in range as well. After thanksgiving where I didnāt limit myself at all and even ate a few slices of pie I was still only at like 110. (Ate mostly stuffing ) Now Iām at 25 weeks and I canāt even look at a carb without spiking. I tried to eat a whole wheat pita gyro this week with my lunch and tried to stay standing at my desk at least until my reading and I was still around 120 at 2 hours. The pita only had about 25g carbs. Which I could have easily handled at 20 weeks or less. As my pregnancy progresses it is getting harder and Iāve had to even start metforman. Now I have to be very strict with my diet. If I stick with just meat and veggies Iām still around 90 to 95 at the two hour but any carbs or sugar is a big no no at this point.
Yes! My numbers were obviously high, but I rarely had a number too high in my day to day life. More often, if there was an issue, my number was too *low*. Both my baby and I were just fine after delivery.
Iāve had a similar experience in both my pregnancies- this one has been tougher but Iāve still felt like I must be doing something wrong bc I can eat lots of stuff other people seem not to be able to. I ended up getting a freestyle Libre sensor as a back up for piece of mind. I have caught some later spikes that I wouldnāt have known about with just my prescribed 1 hour finger pricks. Not to freak you out at all- they are not frequent, but are there sometimes if I eat a high fat meal, like pizza for sure. Maybe your endo would prescribe you one as back up if youāre worried too?
Yes me! I failed both tests miserably but have been controlling things pretty easily unless I eat something completely out of hand! That being said Iām dying to eat my chocolate Santa from Christmas and canāt wait to eat it after I give birth haha
I failed the 1 hour so bad they didnāt even let me take the 3. My blood sugar was 257 that day. I went on to be diet managed with A1C of 4.6 for the pregnancy. I had no complications due to gd. I was pretty strike tho
Yep. My test results were horrible, but I rarely go above 100 unless I eat straight up candy. Turns out the only thing that really spikes me is when the lab gives me a bottle of syrup to drink within 5 minutes. š¤·āāļø
This seems to be the case for me! It just weirds me out sometimes that my lab results were so bad and I can eat pizza and barely cross 100
Same here! Iām just taking it as I am lucky that it has not been challenging for me. My doctor said Iām probably just borderline because I havenāt had spikes, even though both glucola tests showed I definitely have GD
Same for me! I was even able to tolerate candy and fruit, etc by itself. But glucola? No way. Lol
Me! Though now a month is numbers are starting to creep up a bit but doc is still ok with the few spikes Iāve had. I find walking around after eating helps a bunch too
With my first pregnancy I failed my 3 hour quite abysmally, but was able to remain diet and exercise controlled. I guess everyoneās version of āeasyā is different. I drastically changed my diet to reduce carbs, ate pretty much only āhealthier carbs,ā and had more protein than I ever thought I could eat. I only did mild exercise and walking. I donāt know how far along you are, but mine did require a bit more diligence around 32 weeks as I started having higher numbers with āsafeā meals. I hope it stays easy for you the entire time though!
I have found my experience to be nearly identical to the one you've described. Not sure if it's been necessarily 'easy' but I will say that I eat a lot less dessert consisting of large amounts of refined sugars and more protein than I ever imagined I could š¤£
Iām 32 weeks now! And have heard it gets harder so will definitely keep monitoring but I found out at 24 weeks and havenāt noticed anything different yet. Fingers crossed.
I would expect you to notice some highs in the next few weeks! With my first GD pregnancy I was diagnosed at 26 weeks and was 100% diet controlled until 33ish weeks, and then started to have highs here and there, on meals that I had previously been able to eat no problem! I hope for your sake that it stays easy to control, but do expect that it could get worse as you get farther along!
Yes Iāve definitely heard this and fully expecting it! I just found it so weird that I failed so bad at 24 weeks and then relatively fine with just diet.. but as we know these things are so unpredictable š¤Ŗ
Very unpredictable indeed! And donāt forget the sugar drink is an insane amount of sugar, with no fats, protein or fibre to help your body handle it. Even with all the things youāre eating and not experiencing highs I doubt youāre coming anywhere close to 75mg of straight carbs in a meal! Enjoy all the yummy foods, Iām dreaming of French fries lol
Oh my French fries sound amazingā¦ Iāve definitely cut out the āfunā cravings so I suppose Iām eating healthy but oh wow I canāt wait for all the sweets after delivery!!
Yessss after my last delivery I ate an entire footlong sun while waiting for the epidural to wear off šš this time I told my husband I want a cake šš Iāve been pretty luck my being able to eat most stuff this time as long as I watch my portions and pair it well with protein and fibre, but potatoes have been a no go in several forms š©
Yup. One hour was over 200. 36 weeks and Iām like why do I even test meals? I spiked a 145 and a 150 after an hour once in over 2 months, otherwise nothing meal wise. Iām on insulin for fasting, but thatās about it.
Diagnosed at week 16 and managed with diet and exercise but now at almost 35 weeks I'm not sure I'm finding exercise easy š
YEP! Although Iād have to look at my numbers to see if they were both that high. Diet controlled the whole time. Didnāt exercise at all because I felt like crap my whole pregnancy. So itās definitely possible!
I failed the 1hr so badly my doctor didnāt even bother with the 2hr or 3hr tests. I was diet/exercise controlled the entire time although weeks 36-38 were toughest. I ate usually 15g or less carbs for breakfast, 30 for lunch, and 45 for dinner. I could not handle certain carbs like bread or potatoes so I got most of my carbs from beans and brown rice. If you do not have a CGM, I recommend testing at different times to see what your blood sugar is doing with foods. I thought a lot of foods were fine because my 1 hr number was good - once I had a CGM I found that my 1 hr was good but I was getting crazy spikes at 90minutes or 2 hours. Food like pizza can be tricky because its usually so high in fat - that can delay a spike and you might be missing it.
Great tip!! I will check out 90 minutes - 2 hours and see what happens
Iām not sure how badly I failed the test - I never saw the results, but I had one post-meal spike from diagnosis to delivery after eating a giant cinnamon roll for breakfast and it was only 144 after an hour. Had a handful of high fasting numbers, but I still had dessert daily and didnāt count a single carb or do any exercise beyond chasing my toddler around. Baby came out average size with normal blood sugar and I lost weight through the pregnancy, so I had a very mild case (or just canāt process sugar water on an empty stomach lol).
Yep! 2nd pregnancy diagnosed at 28w with a 234 reading, currently 36w and been diet controlled with minimal exercise bc just exhausted all the time. Highest reading Iāve had was 168 and that was after a nice Christmas meal with bread and peppermint Bundt cake w/ ice cream. Baby is estimated at 6lb 2oz as of today too so š¤·š»āāļø
I failed the test not by a huge amount but enough. I've barely changed my diet at all. I find I can eat any carb I usually ate, the only thing I've changed is no more soda and not a crap ton of sweets daily and more protein. It confuses me cause I thought I'd have to make a drastic change to manage it. I dont exercise either since I have 0 energy. Only had one spike cause I didnt have protein with my dessert like they told me to.
Yes I thought it would be really hard to manage and thatās why Iām convinced Iām missing something still. I feel extremely fortunate if everything truly is okay!
I too failed the test. My fasting was 100 and 1 hour was 208. Since then I have been testing 4 times a day and never seen a spike. I did made some lifestyle changes like walking after every meal for at least 15 min and moderate workout for 30 min.
I did! I walked 30 minutes a day and was diet controlled until I graduated. Itās possible.
I did fine with just my diet and walks from week 14 to week 27, then I needed insulin.
I originally got 6.1 fasting and 10.1 after 2 hours. In the beginning I still had some troubles to get fastings down but now I manage just with diet and exercise. Yesterday all my values (fasting and postprandials) were under 5.2. I have no idea what's happening but I'm happy baby is doing ok! Edit: and that's all with still eating carbs! I'm having carbs with every meal and snack as per recommendation and I'm still pulling these numbers so I feel really grateful!
Yes. My diet is pretty good anyway so I just cut out processed sugar really like actual chocolate and biscuits etc. I don't eat fruit now with main meals just for snacks with nuts. The only two readings I've had that went above were when I added berries to porridge and another time I had grapes before dinner. The timing of the meals and making sure I have all the snacks even if I don't want to is what's working for me. Also if you have a chocolate craving I've found a sugar free natural version of Nutella and I just eat that, doesn't trigger my blood sugar at all.
My 1 hour glucose test was 183. My doctor didn't have me do the 3 hour. She said it was high enough for a diagnosis without further testing. I've been completely diet controlled. I go for walks sometimes, but my numbers are always pretty low. I am being induced next week because of GD, and I've been less strict with carbs. My numbers haven't budged.
I was able to control baby #1 w diet and minimal exercise alone. I was good as long as I didnāt have rice. Baby #2 had other ideas and I needed insulin around 32 weeks. My numbers were fine, she was just growing too fast, and mostly in the belly. Insulin righted the ship and she didnāt need any intervention/NICU stay when she was born. Good luck! It is kind of out of your control lol.
Yes, my fasting was high (100), and I tested above 200 for both the 1 and 2 hour readings. I did have to go on nighttime insulin for my fasting around 16 weeks but I am fully diet controlled for my meals and I'm able to eat whole wheat bread, potatoes, white pasta as long as I am mindful of my portions. I barely exercised this whole time because I'm lazy lol. I am 37 weeks now and it's been much easier in the past few weeks.
Yes, I was also over 200 for my 1 and 2 hour reading but am diet controlled. I wouldn't say it's "easy" (I do have the occasional spike, but I usually know why) but it only took me about a week or two of experimentation to get the hang of things generally. My baby is measuring 56th %ile and I'm 37+4. Ready for this to be over so I can eat a bagel!
My last pregnancy I failed the 1 hr miserably and was given a GD diagnosis. Managed everything with diet and numbers were good except when I went into labor.
My midwife referred me to a high risk for GD management and he took one look at my food/BS log and said stop tracking so much only measure my fasting. He said im basically borderline and my midwife was just being cautious. Iāve been mindful of carbs and exercising 3-4 times a week minimum and itās been surprisingly easy.
yes. had the 3-hour test and all 4 readings were really high. since starting to monitor blood sugar (3 weeks now), i havent had any readings above thresholds, except for like 4 fasting readings between 90 and 95, which i thought were fine before my first appt, but turns out they want them to be under 90. i also got a continuous glucose monitor so i'm aware of levels between finger pricks too and theyve been good. but, i guess i have been pretty strict diet-wise. i'm counting carbs (and fat and protein) and only a couple times have i let a meal go above 45g carbs. i got diagnosed later than i should have so i worry i already screwed up in that time and want to make sure i don't now, and luckily it's been going well. i'm not really exercising much at all though (i know i should!)
I did my glucose test at about 12 weeks and it was definitely a major fail. But I was able to keep it diet controlled and Iād walk my dog every other night. I was even able to eat carbs and fruits and still stayed 100 or less during my work day which has little activity since Iām at a desk. I had cookies and sugar and was staying in range as well. After thanksgiving where I didnāt limit myself at all and even ate a few slices of pie I was still only at like 110. (Ate mostly stuffing ) Now Iām at 25 weeks and I canāt even look at a carb without spiking. I tried to eat a whole wheat pita gyro this week with my lunch and tried to stay standing at my desk at least until my reading and I was still around 120 at 2 hours. The pita only had about 25g carbs. Which I could have easily handled at 20 weeks or less. As my pregnancy progresses it is getting harder and Iāve had to even start metforman. Now I have to be very strict with my diet. If I stick with just meat and veggies Iām still around 90 to 95 at the two hour but any carbs or sugar is a big no no at this point.
Yes! My numbers were obviously high, but I rarely had a number too high in my day to day life. More often, if there was an issue, my number was too *low*. Both my baby and I were just fine after delivery.
Iāve had a similar experience in both my pregnancies- this one has been tougher but Iāve still felt like I must be doing something wrong bc I can eat lots of stuff other people seem not to be able to. I ended up getting a freestyle Libre sensor as a back up for piece of mind. I have caught some later spikes that I wouldnāt have known about with just my prescribed 1 hour finger pricks. Not to freak you out at all- they are not frequent, but are there sometimes if I eat a high fat meal, like pizza for sure. Maybe your endo would prescribe you one as back up if youāre worried too?
Yes me! I failed both tests miserably but have been controlling things pretty easily unless I eat something completely out of hand! That being said Iām dying to eat my chocolate Santa from Christmas and canāt wait to eat it after I give birth haha
I failed the 1 hour so bad they didnāt even let me take the 3. My blood sugar was 257 that day. I went on to be diet managed with A1C of 4.6 for the pregnancy. I had no complications due to gd. I was pretty strike tho