my diabetic dietician adviced me to have 3 cup of milk (low fat) and 3 medium fruits per day for the growth of the baby. becareful of eating high mercury fish such as tuna, sharks, big fish etc as are harmful to the baby. Any tim hortons stuff i can eat that will not increase my sugar level, pls adviced.

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Hi Binal,
I am 25 weeks pregnant and was diagonised with GD. facing very tough time to follow diet ...... can please reply back your menu details when you were pregnant .
please provide me your emailid so that i can mail you.thanks!

hi dear dont worry abt the diabetic, its just temporary - just eat properly as per the dietician advice - i was diabetic before pregnancy and just delivered on 08th april, a cute healthy baby boy (5.10 pound) and my sugar level is around 5.8 after dinner (after delivery)- even i was diabetic my baby is not huge, comparing to diabetic patient - test ur sugar regularly and eat well, do some light exercise.

Hi

I can empathise with all the ladies who have gest diabeties. As I have been through it & not once but twice. During both my pregnancies. During my 1st I was really worried & frustrated & stressed but during the 2nd I was a little more confident. The most important thing is u should not get stressed out. U should be relaxed & calm as stress also triggers sugar levels, especially when u are testing u should not be tensed. And after every meal u should do a little walking as that will help lower ur levels. And u should stick to wheat bread, rotis, salads & crackers & lots of vegetables. Chicken is the best. And yes u can eat salmon & talapia. And egss are the best also. Basically u need to eat a lot of protien. U can eat sandwiches with nice green chutney & cucumbers, lettuce, tomato & u can add red, green. yellow peppers (capsicum) it helps enhance the taste.

U should mix & match ur meals & check the affect of the glucose level till u get the right match. And do not worry if once in a while the level is high try ur best to control it. And eat every 2 hrs thats the goal instead of eating 2 big meals which shoot up ur sugar levels divide & eat something every 2 hrs to manage & maintain sugar levels.

So do not stress & all the best. U have more questions I would love to help



Take care & all the best.

Hi,
Don't worry about the blood sugar it's just a temporary it may go once u deliver. U r likely to get due to family history but please be on diet and in case u need to take insuline go head that's very safe and it want harm your baby. even it may not be there for next pregnancy.
prem

hi i would have some advice and suggestions

since i have gone thru this and did lot of research and also received lot of

help from this forum members,be positve and also if u have to take insulin

it does not affect the child in anyways,regards to your diet

mornings i have bodywise bread which u get from highland farms which has

only 7 carbs as compared to 18 in regular bread have it with margarine and if you eat eggs have them

u can also vary have plain dosa and have tea (without sugar),have beaten rice(pohe),

watch ur carb intake that is very important,for lunch if rice doesnt increase ur

sugar level it is safe to eat else subsitute with whole wheat tortilla , a big one

has around 27 carbs ,eat with variety of vegetables like

zuchini,peppers,paneer,palak,and whatever colour vegetable you like

have lots of green salads and also drink around 8 glasses of water

for dinner have some soup or watery dal and rice or roti or dosa with veges

remember to include protein in your diet which is paneer ,chicken ,dal ,egg

dont starve yourself ,have snacks at 2-3 hours interval like cheese and

crackers,cucumbers,carrots,milk, one fruit .


it takes a little time to understand the diet given to you by the dietician

but once u know which veg helps you maintain ur sugar u can stick to it for a

while ,eat variety and eat in regular intervals but small portions so that u dont

feel hungry.this is only for a short while and for the betterment of baby and

mother

hope this helps .

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