I had my morning appointments with my Gestational Diabetes Doctor and my nutritionist. Both were nice, but they didn't deliver the greatest of news to me. Basically, my fasting blood sugar is too high. They commended me on my eating habits and said that I'm doing everything right. But, because my fasting sugar is high, my after-breakfast sugar is too high (like 157!) even if I eat cottage cheese and a whole wheat muffin.
The doctor said that it will only get worse as I move along in pregnancy so he believes medication is inevitable since I'm only at 27.5 weeks. He went ahead and wrote me a prescription and said I should still talk to the nutritionist to see if she had any ideas. He was careful to explain that the medication is 100% safe for the baby.
The nutritionist was very supportive and helpful. She understood that I didn't want to go on medication until I absolutely had to. Unfortunately, there was little in my diet could she could modify without making me feel like I'm starving. She suggested that since my fasting was already high in the morning I needed to pretty much try a protein only breakfast to keep the after-breakfast reading low. If that doesn't work...well, I'm screwed. So, back to the drawing board...
To make matters worse I heard today that my brother was diagnosed as being diabetic. He too got a brand new toy--a shiny glucose monitor.
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