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- Type of diabetes
- Gestational
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I had gestational diabetes during my most recent pregnancy. In Australia, that means a fasting glucose over 5.0mmol. Sometimes mine was up to 5.6 as the pregnancy went on in the final trimester. I ended up on insulin at night for that. I ate low carb and mostly managed to keep my 2 hour post meal readings below the target of 6.7mmol, but if I ate anything carby, I was sometimes in the 8s at the 2 hour mark.
Now I am 3 weeks postpartum (baby is fine) and I have 3 weeks to go before I do another GTT to see if I was really already prediabetic, which I am highly suspecting. I know it can take 6 weeks for the hormones to settle down, which is why the GTT is not done before 6 weeks postpartum, but for some women, their blood glucose levels return to normal very quickly after giving birth. I'm 3 weeks on now and still eating low carb mostly but have tested by eating a few carby things again. My readings so far do not look much different from when I was pregnant. So the insulin resistance is still there for me, which is why I suspect I may have prediabetes already.
Just wondering, if you ate a meal with a few carbs - I made a curry with probably half a can of chickpeas in my serve, no rice but a handful of mixed veges including carrot, pumpkin, corn, peas, broccoli, mushroom, garlic, tomato and a bit of mince and onion. Ghee, coconut oil and spices then served with sour cream. I had a couple of serves and a big glass of goat's milk afterwards. I was 6.7 around 1 - 2 hours later, but then still 6.1 after 3 - 4 hours. Being in the 6s at 3-4 hours after a meal shows an impaired glucose tolerance, doesn't it? If you are prediabetic, what do your post meals look like if you eat a few healthy carbs like the chickpeas and veges were in my curry? If I eat a more keto stlye meal, I'll usually be in the 5s at the 2 hour mark and before meals. It's been hard to get a true fasting reading recently though because baby keeps me up half the night and I end up nibbling on nuts because I get hungry during my night shifts. I'm sleeping a bit during the day and not eating as much then so meal times are all over the place. Anyway, it seems my days of munching naughty carbs are coming to a close. I am seeing the benefits of low carb eating already now as I have shed the baby weight much faster this time than my last 2 pregnancies so no one has to convince me to stick to low carb. I'm only hoping I can still have a small slice or two of my husband's sourdough rye and spelt breads without it leading me to an early death
Now I am 3 weeks postpartum (baby is fine) and I have 3 weeks to go before I do another GTT to see if I was really already prediabetic, which I am highly suspecting. I know it can take 6 weeks for the hormones to settle down, which is why the GTT is not done before 6 weeks postpartum, but for some women, their blood glucose levels return to normal very quickly after giving birth. I'm 3 weeks on now and still eating low carb mostly but have tested by eating a few carby things again. My readings so far do not look much different from when I was pregnant. So the insulin resistance is still there for me, which is why I suspect I may have prediabetes already.
Just wondering, if you ate a meal with a few carbs - I made a curry with probably half a can of chickpeas in my serve, no rice but a handful of mixed veges including carrot, pumpkin, corn, peas, broccoli, mushroom, garlic, tomato and a bit of mince and onion. Ghee, coconut oil and spices then served with sour cream. I had a couple of serves and a big glass of goat's milk afterwards. I was 6.7 around 1 - 2 hours later, but then still 6.1 after 3 - 4 hours. Being in the 6s at 3-4 hours after a meal shows an impaired glucose tolerance, doesn't it? If you are prediabetic, what do your post meals look like if you eat a few healthy carbs like the chickpeas and veges were in my curry? If I eat a more keto stlye meal, I'll usually be in the 5s at the 2 hour mark and before meals. It's been hard to get a true fasting reading recently though because baby keeps me up half the night and I end up nibbling on nuts because I get hungry during my night shifts. I'm sleeping a bit during the day and not eating as much then so meal times are all over the place. Anyway, it seems my days of munching naughty carbs are coming to a close. I am seeing the benefits of low carb eating already now as I have shed the baby weight much faster this time than my last 2 pregnancies so no one has to convince me to stick to low carb. I'm only hoping I can still have a small slice or two of my husband's sourdough rye and spelt breads without it leading me to an early death
