When do you adopt the diet?

Question

For those who previously had a GD diagnosis, are you adopting the diet guidelines as soon as you find out you’re pregnant? I’m not sure when they’ll test me - I’m only five weeks now - but I’m fairly certain I’ll have GD again. It just seems like I’m having to force myself to eat, which I remember being the case last time, but it seems like overkill this early on.

Answer

Sorry I don’t know what country you are in, but if you’ve had previous GD in the UK you can ask for a blood sugar monitor to start keeping track. GD tests normally happen at 16 weeks. 
With all 3 of mine I haven’t adapted my diet until something has suggested that I have the GD.

Answer

So my GD is bad and gets earlier and worse each pregnancy. So what I do is do whatever it takes to eat and keep food down. My doctor always checks me earlier. If I pass I get checked again later. If I fail I adapt to the diet. That first trimester for me it is more important to just be able to eat anything as I get really bad morning sickness and end up losing weight. Sometimes they will ask you to take your blood sugars and urine just keep your doctors informed.

When do you adopt the diet?

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