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Bacon, eggs, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms and one small slice of wholemeal toast! Yum! :D

Morning all! Was hoping someone might have some experience or advice to share :) Little bit of background here for you! I am 38+1 with my second pregnancy. I have had GD with both pregnancies, so far all diet controlled. I had a c section with my first, nothing to do with GD but this has of...

Nuts were my snack of choice, it's amazing how many you can have! Cashews are bad, but walnuts, hazelnuts etc all great. My favourite were pistachio nuts! I also snacked on lots of meat and things like sardines....it's amazing which foods you grow to love. The suggestion of cheese is another...

I don't know if this will help you at all, but I found breakfast a challenge when I had GD in my first pregnancy. What solved it for me was a complex carb / protein snack just before bed. I usually had 1 slice of wholemeal toast and a glass of milk or a hardboiled egg. Then for breakfasts it was...

OK, so made myself £27 poorer and bought some test strips as my old ones were out of date - doctor being really unhelpful. So far, have only tested once, 2 hours after eating as I used to do in my previous pregnancy. The reading was 7.8...not the end of the world, but very much borderline too...

Hi everyone! Newbie here :D I am 24 weeks pregnant and had GD with my first pregnancy. Everyone keeps saying I might not get it this time as I have kept my diet and exercise regime up to date and my weight down (although I'm not hugely overweight anyway - size 14, BMI 26). However I...