For moms who ate bad/junk did you develop GD?

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I’m 8 weeks pregnant with #3 and I’ve been eating really bad - ice cream, sweets, fast food primarily. I’ll have a salad maybe twice a week between all that. Nervous about developing GD. I’m 5’5, 125 lbs, gained 5 lbs so far.

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GD is caused by a hormone released by the placenta, what you eat doesn’t cause it although it can exacerbate it. 😄

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I'm more concerned about your iron levels. My SIL lived on junk her pregnancy and had  hemmoraging at delivery and needed a blood transfusion. So make sure you're getting good iron or take a supplement.

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I have it and I think it's because it runs in my family. My mom had GD in both her pregnancies and my maternal grandmother has type 2 diabetes. Some women's bodies can't produce insulin due to all the pregnancy hormones so that's why they get it. It can be managed through diet but diet doesn't necessarily cause it. If you're predisposed to it and going to get it anyway then it doesn't matter how healthy you eat. But always opt for the healthier foods anyway, of course

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I always eat crap in my first trimester because I get sick and eat whatever I can keep down. Never any GD but it depends more on genetics.

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I had a looot of food aversions in my first pregnancy, but the things I could eat weren't the healthiest. passed the 1 hr glucose test with no problems though

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I'm 37 weeks and had the worst time with nausea almost my entire pregnancy. I could barely keep foods down so I've survived on ice cream and cereal mostly. I feel super guilty, but even my doctor said to stick to what works. No GD at all here.

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That not how it work. You dont because of what you eat. It just happens to some people. My aunt has 5 kid her least kid she had it never did with any of the others.

For moms who ate bad/junk did you develop GD?

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