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Hello there I am a gestational diabetic mother to be as well. The amount of conflicting information out there is staggering to be honest. Also the differences between American and British approach is surprising as well. I was reading an American website regarding gestational diabetes and in...

Thanks for the reply. I found Lizi;s Granola at Tesco's yesterday and tried it this morning. I started with my routine of having some lemon water this morning and after that first had a boiled egg followed by 40 grams of granola with skimmed milk. Following your advice about addition of nuts and...

I have never tried granola but it certainly sounds promising and I would love to try. Can you tell me what you mean by lizis granola please? As for the fat in the egg, the same can certaily go for the nuts as they also have lots of fat, albeit in good ones, in nuts and seeds as well. That is why...

I am only a gestational diabetic, as far as I know yet anyway, but through my trials I found out the following 40g porridge (Scott's porridge oats) with skimmed milk (as described on the packet) and I got 8.8 within an hour I then tried 30g porridge with an egg for protein to slow down the...

No low carb is not safe in pregnancy due to ketosis. Ketones are toxic for the baby. That is why the diabetic nurses are insisting on taking carbs during pregnancy. The ketones can cause mental retardation and other problems in the baby. That is the difficulty with gestational diabetes or...

Hi Chizzum I am feeling like you too. Very frustrating. Just when I say I am doing well and I am on top of this condition just one iffy bg measurement is enough to make me feel demoralised. I have tonnes to do before this baby comes and I cannot concentrate :( . You are right about being damned...

Re: What are the target levels given for gestational diabete Well, I am not sure if I am managing so well. I am just trying to manage and to be honest it is seriously getting me down. It takes over life doesn't it? At least it does with me. I am constantly thinking what to have, what not to...

I was just wondering whether any of you have tried a seed bar as a snack and what was the result. I have been trying 9bar Original and it seems that it is agreeing with my blood sugars but it seems it has carbohydrates and proteins in it and different fats like monounsaturates and...

I am not sure how it works but I remember reading insulin and dopamin balance of the body were related. Dopamin is usually highly involved in brain chemistry together with serotonin and if dopamin is affected serotonin is affected as well. From what I have been reading it seems that dopamin and...

Re: What are the target levels given for gestational diabete Hi Yozer I am usually within this range but it is taking a lot of effort on my part. Sometimes I am having an odd over 8 and my highest was a 9.1, which freaks me out completely. I find that walking after every meal for 10 minutes is...

Re: What are the target levels given for gestational diabete I must be invisible on this forum! :)

I was just reading http://www.bayerdiabetes.co.uk/sections ... dpregnancy and it seems that this website is giving 3.5-5.9 as the healthy range of blood sugars for pregnancy. However, I am given a completely different range (<5.6 when fasting and <7.8 1 hr after meals). I just wondered what the...

Thank you very much for the answer Viv. In this case, it is not the peak that we are trying to find out when measuring at one hour.I thought we were trying to find out the peak and that is why I was confused.

Congratulations. I am glad to hear your good news. I am a newby here suffering from the same condition but I still have about 8 weeks to go yet.

Hello there I am new to the forum. I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes a month ago and I have been trying hard and struggling in managing my sugars since then. Some days I am doing well and some days I am having problems. I am told to keep fasting blood sugars below 5.6 and after...

I have actually tried porridge first with high bg results. I had 8.8 with skimmed milk 40g of porridge. I then searched online on different sites and I cannot remember which site it was on but I found a forum where it was suggested that eating some protein with the porridge could help. I was...