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I was diagnosed as a type 2 at the end of June with a very very high hba1c. I've worked hard to get it within normal non diabetic numbers by going very low carb, exercising and losing a lot of weight. I had an appointment a few days ago at a local hospital in my area that has a a specialist unit that deals with pregnancy and delivery for those who have diabetes. It was a consultation and information session where I met with a diabetes midwife, a physician and a dietitian and if I get pregnant I would be under their care and have my baby there.
They were all very happy with my progress and my numbers and I feel relieved that this service and unit exists to help us through the journey to become parents. They gave us the green light to go ahead and start doing the baby dance to get pregnant! However they did tell me that they are happy with me going low carb when non pregnant but that I will need to eat two servings of carbs per meal once pregnant as carbohydrates are important building blocks for a developing fetuses brain and that studies show low carb can be detrimental to a baby's development. Eating what they term as two serves of carb per meal essentially equals eating 30 grams of carbs per meal and 15 grams per snack. That basically equals eating over a hundred carbs a day. I know by testing my bgls that anything over 20g of carbs in a sitting generally spikes me into high bgls. I get that pregnancy is naturally a state of poor insulin regulation for every mother irrespective of whether they are diabetic or not. I know I'll be having to inject insulin from the second trimester of a pregnancy.
I know high blood glucose can be harmful to a baby and because of the real lack of studies in real human pregnancy with low carb/ keto lifestyle, I am at a crossroads yet again on whether to ignore the medical advice regarding eating so many healthy low GI carbs during pregnancy. I went against their advice on the eatwell plate and took my hba1c from 13.3 to 5.6 in four months. As a result of that, all the medical professionals I've seen since my diagnosis look at me like I've done something amazing and like I'm an anomaly. (Which i guees i am because you cant set types 2 up for success if you keep pushing a diet high in low GI carbs). I'm questioning their advice on this too regarding pregnancy and eating more carbs. Don't know which way to go but I'd love some perspective from those of you who are type 2 gurus or those of you have had a pregnancy as a diagnosed type 2.
I was diagnosed as a type 2 at the end of June with a very very high hba1c. I've worked hard to get it within normal non diabetic numbers by going very low carb, exercising and losing a lot of weight. I had an appointment a few days ago at a local hospital in my area that has a a specialist unit that deals with pregnancy and delivery for those who have diabetes. It was a consultation and information session where I met with a diabetes midwife, a physician and a dietitian and if I get pregnant I would be under their care and have my baby there.
They were all very happy with my progress and my numbers and I feel relieved that this service and unit exists to help us through the journey to become parents. They gave us the green light to go ahead and start doing the baby dance to get pregnant! However they did tell me that they are happy with me going low carb when non pregnant but that I will need to eat two servings of carbs per meal once pregnant as carbohydrates are important building blocks for a developing fetuses brain and that studies show low carb can be detrimental to a baby's development. Eating what they term as two serves of carb per meal essentially equals eating 30 grams of carbs per meal and 15 grams per snack. That basically equals eating over a hundred carbs a day. I know by testing my bgls that anything over 20g of carbs in a sitting generally spikes me into high bgls. I get that pregnancy is naturally a state of poor insulin regulation for every mother irrespective of whether they are diabetic or not. I know I'll be having to inject insulin from the second trimester of a pregnancy.
I know high blood glucose can be harmful to a baby and because of the real lack of studies in real human pregnancy with low carb/ keto lifestyle, I am at a crossroads yet again on whether to ignore the medical advice regarding eating so many healthy low GI carbs during pregnancy. I went against their advice on the eatwell plate and took my hba1c from 13.3 to 5.6 in four months. As a result of that, all the medical professionals I've seen since my diagnosis look at me like I've done something amazing and like I'm an anomaly. (Which i guees i am because you cant set types 2 up for success if you keep pushing a diet high in low GI carbs). I'm questioning their advice on this too regarding pregnancy and eating more carbs. Don't know which way to go but I'd love some perspective from those of you who are type 2 gurus or those of you have had a pregnancy as a diagnosed type 2.