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In my last pregnancy I changed my diet a lot to the point I was stressing over every little thing that I was eating to lower my sugars. My midwife told me off because I was losing weight in my pregnancy and said I can’t be so strict with it, it’s ok changing things then the further along I got the higher the dosage of insulin I needed. The diabetic team told me sometimes what you eat isn’t the problem it’s your hormones. So towards the end I realised it doesn’t matter what I did it was just going to do what it wanted to do. I was on about 40 units of insulin by the end
Thank you. I had 1 rich tea biscuit yesterday as a pudding as I wanted something sweet and it was after a meal that I knew didn't spike me as I had it the day before no issues. It sent me right up to 1 point below target. Just one rich tea biscuit! They are like the worst biscuits too. I'm scared that if that does that, it's going to become ridiculous.
I was eating a few digestives, honestly i wouldn’t stress too much, maybe wait until after your testing to have a few biscuits. That way your sugars from the carbs have time to come down before you have a little something
Yeah don't have pudding straight after your meal, wait until after you test. And it is best to pair them so have something protein/fat with it as well. Also have a look at this website as it has much better info than NHS and lots of GD friendly recipes including for sweet stuff that won't spike you. https://www.gestationaldiabetes.co.uk/recipe-index/
I ate the exact same meal ( GD diet approved) every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I even made smaller portions of the same meal for snacks. I started on 4/4/4 units of "instant release" insulin after meals and 10 units of overnight insulin. I ended up on 18 units of instant release and 28 units of overnight
I don't think it's a given. I've been on medication from 28 weeks but it has been stable for a few weeks, and I'm 35 weeks now. Haven't noticed it getting worse from 32 weeks.