How bad is bad?

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Is it ok to cheat once and awhile?  Like less than once a month?  Or does that one time of elevated sugar hurt the baby?  Or is it to hard to recover?

I am bakin cakes for my nieces birthday and without thinking I ate some of the crumbs I cut off.  And now I am freaking the F out....
I already feel like I am failing at being pregnant but now feel even worse...

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Next time put something about sugar at the beginning I was like Omg you cheat in your husband weekly?? LMAO!

Cheating sometimes is fine. It does affect your baby a little if you have a sugar spike. Usually what I do is try to have whatever my cheat is with a protien and then go for a walk after. I had cheesecake yesterday for my going away party at work. Before that I had protien and salad the  went for a 20 min walk and got exactly 120 so not awful at all.

You need to figure out what affects your body too. I'm fine with rice but just looking at bread is a problem lol

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I totally cheat.  Probably once a week, but it doesn't make my sugars go crazy.  Maybe that's because I have it under control...I am not sure. If I didn't cheat, I would go insane!

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Definitely bought you were talking about having sexy with someone other than your SO at first!

Baby will be fine if you let yourself have a treat every once in a while. Just watch your sugars, maybe eat a salad for dinner, super low carb, then have some dessert. Don't starve yourself for it, but you can cheat a little bit :-) a few high readings is not going to make your baby 13lbs. Just make sure your other numbers are within range and you'll be perfectly fine!

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Honestly, i cheated alot the last few weeks of pregnancy. The diet got so old

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Does anybody know how bad all the artificial sweetners are for the baby? I'm concerned now that I've been doing ok keeping my carbs down but only bc a lot of what I eat is "sugar free". I never ate this artificial stuff before. There are so many bad reasons not to have it.

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My friend had GD. Towards the end, she stopped caring about what she ate. She ended up having major complications with her delivery and had an emergency c-section. The baby is now 2 but might have learning disabilities. Cheating once in a while seems to be ok if you counter it with a walk but don't go overboard. I know I'm gonna be careful and try not give into my selfish cravings. Hell it was my husband's and my birthday last week and we didn't even get to have any cake for the sake of our baby :/

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A few crumbs and you should be fine. I'm just now getting brave enough to cheat a little and my numbers are actually lower than normal! I'm just doing a lot of extra walking and moving around which is newly possible thanks to a belly support band (if you don't have one get one! It has seriously given me new life!)

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I eat sweets all the time but try to minimize the amount. I also got the Breyer's carb smart ice-cream which is great for a bedtime snack with some walnuts.

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I eat sweets all the time. I have gd and as long as I'm within range I go for it. I'm giving into cravings 😊

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