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<blockquote data-quote="skit94" data-source="post: 467855" data-attributes="member: 93626"><p>I am currently 32 weeks pregnant, and after much persuasion I was able to get my midwife to send me for an OGTT at 31 weeks. (Am south asian - so not quite sure why I hadn't been referred before).</p><p>It came back positive- which surprised me a little as we have always been healthy and I don't have relatives with it. I had my first appt with the midwives 2 days ago and since then have been checking my BMs 6x a day. My morning sugar after breakfast seems to be higher than recommended and this is with porridge made with water! I feel pretty awful as guilt comes over me when I get a high reading. I don't want to starve myself but am finding it hard to make changes to our diet - I mean we were already using skimmed milk, low fat spread and eating plenty of fruit and veg etc.</p><p>Am medical so am used to giving this advice out, but when it comes back to you it can be quite scary - really puts it into perspective of what patients go through.</p><p>The biggest thing I am having difficulty with is finding recipes in GDM - any suggestions? or words of wisdom?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skit94, post: 467855, member: 93626"] I am currently 32 weeks pregnant, and after much persuasion I was able to get my midwife to send me for an OGTT at 31 weeks. (Am south asian - so not quite sure why I hadn't been referred before). It came back positive- which surprised me a little as we have always been healthy and I don't have relatives with it. I had my first appt with the midwives 2 days ago and since then have been checking my BMs 6x a day. My morning sugar after breakfast seems to be higher than recommended and this is with porridge made with water! I feel pretty awful as guilt comes over me when I get a high reading. I don't want to starve myself but am finding it hard to make changes to our diet - I mean we were already using skimmed milk, low fat spread and eating plenty of fruit and veg etc. Am medical so am used to giving this advice out, but when it comes back to you it can be quite scary - really puts it into perspective of what patients go through. The biggest thing I am having difficulty with is finding recipes in GDM - any suggestions? or words of wisdom?! [/QUOTE]
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