Recent Content by Tilnoom

Fantastic, thank you :) I had been warned to bring someone to drive me home, so hubby will have to take another day off work. D'oh! Tils.

I'm all booked in for delivery now but have a final appointment with the diabetes team at my hospital in a fortnight. My consultant wants to put some drops in my eyes and run some tests - I am assuming diabetes impairs your vision or something? Has anyone else had this done? Thanks in advance...

My previous daughter was 11lb 10 1/2oz at 38 weeks (c-section, they knew she was big already hehe). No GD diagnosed though with her so they are keeping a super keen eye on me this time around :) I was diagnosed this time at 26 weeks and am now 33 weeks. I've been given the whole kit - monitor...

The list of ingredients are.... (good job I got the wrapper on my desk ;) ) Isomalt, Dried Whole Milk, Cocoa Butter, Coca Mass, Hazelnut Paste, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Aspartame), Flavouring. I've annoyingly managed to open the bar over the extra nutritional info...

Just stumbled across a Tesco No Added Sugar Milk Chocolate Bar with surprisingly low sugar content (although saturated fat is slightly higher). I hasten to add I was browsing the chocy aisle for my daughter, not myself... but was forced to buy one just to see what it was like. Honest guv. 8)...

Thanks for the replies. Thankfully my daughter is a much better eater than I - I was extremely fussy as a child but she will happily eat her 5 a day without prompting. Although I still can't stand my fruit, half my plate is normally packed with veg or a salad :) Thanks too Hanadr - that kidney...

Hiyas, I'm Tils, recently diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and I'm currently 32 weeks pregnant. Bit of background info - I had my first child in 2005 and she weighed in at an impressive 11lb 10 1/2oz (5.28kg to you metric folk) at 38 weeks gestation. No diabetes tests done, no sugar at all...