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started Gestational Diabetes diet. numbers rose

Marli • Wed, Nov 30 • Lottie Mae norm 3-23-20. Liam Thomas🌈 born 4-7-17. Angel baby 5-4-16. Hubby & I married 11-1-14. Have two Pomeranian `babies`.

UPDATE! My numbers are now great and controlled via a healthy diet (not a strict diet like before) and less stress. I got a good dietician, fired the wacko doctor, and got a better doctor. I also learned fasting

8-10 hours. In the 80s

10-12 hours. In the 90s

Over 12. In the 100s

So as long as I eat every 2-3 hours and don't go over 10 hours fasting, I'm good. And my new doctor downgraded me to low risk and said there's no need for meds or worries. Totally 100% controlled.

So there's light at the end of the tunnel! And if someone is doing things that feel wrong FIND SOMEONE ELSE!! Trust your gut. And don't let doctors bully you into something wrong for you!!!

Anyone have a similar thing happen? I'm following exactly what my perinatologist gave me. And it was my fasting numbers in question (they were in the 90s). Last two mornings I woke up...102. And two of my meals have been at 120 (the border of high).

Anyone had this happen at first and then they normalized?

Did you make any tweaks and have that help?

I HATE this diet. It's awful. I'm always too full during the day and STARVING at night. But I want to deliver at the birthing center. And I HAVE to be controlled on diet alone to do so. I just feel like I'm torturing myself for no reason now...because it's going backward. Any advice would be great.

For those asking I'm following the exact meal plan the doctor gave me.

Eating every two hours. I set an alarm.

Breakfast. 9:30

1 starch (whole grain bread or 1/2 cup cooked cereal)

1 protein (1 egg, 2 egg whites, or tbs of peanut butter)

1 fat (1 tsp of oil, lite mayo, or butter)

8 oz of milk.

Morning snack. 11:30

1 starch (whole grain bread)

1 protein (1 tbs of peanut butter, 1 oz of meat or cheese)

1 fat (1 tsp of butter or lite mayo)

Lunch. 1;30

2 starch or 1 starch & 8 oz of milk

(Whole wheat bread, 1/3 cup quinoa or whole grain rice, or 6 saltines per serving)

2 protein (2 oz of meat or cheese)

1-2 veggies (1.5 cup cooked or 3 cups uncooked. No starch veg. Either 1 cup raw carrots or 3 cups salad mix. Or 1.5 cups green beans)

2 fats (2 tsp mayo or butter. Or 2 tbs salad dressing)

Afternoon snack. 3:30

1 starch & 8 oz milk OR 1 fruit (1/2 banana)

1 protein (1 tbs peanut butter)

1 fat

Dinner (between 5;30 and 6)

3 starch (1 cup quinoa and wild rice blend - 3 1/3 cup servings)

3 protein (either 3 oz of meat or cheese. Generally 3 oz cottage cheese fat free)

1-2 non starchy veg (green beans)

1 fruit (1:2 cup no sugar added canned peaches)

Night snack (was at 8. I moved it to 9:30)

1 starch (bread)

1 fat (tsp butter)

1 protein (1 tbs peanut butter or cheese)

8 oz milk

Any meal I've followed exactly has been 117-121. Any meal I omit starches, in the 80s. That tells me that starches aren't my friend and they should let me have more protein and fat and less starch/carbs.

I've cut out all sweets, all soda, all refined grains...and have HIGHER numbers than with them...

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