In the beginning of my first pregnancy I was exhausted. I needed a nap every day and I would sleep the sleep of the dead. The ability to stay awake during the day came back to me during the middle of the pregnancy but at the end I was once again almost immovable if I were asleep. This time around I thought my fatigue seemed different somehow, unusual. My husband thought it was all in my head so I went with him and just ignored it. There is a small chance that he may have been moderately correct.
The further a woman gets along into her pregnancy, the placenta grows, increasing insulin resistance with each week. Meaning, in a way my possible problem wasn't quite as bad as it was going to be - at least not yet.
Gestational diabetes is not the same as type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
If you have gestational diabetes you are most insulin resistant first thing in the morning which only further proves that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Like fats there are good carbs and bad carbs. The best way to recognize a good carb, is a carb that is in its purest and least processed (preferably unprocessed) form.
According to the intarwebzes:
Examples of good carbs:
Fruits
Vegetables
Low-fat plain dairy products
Nuts
Seeds
Whole grains
Quinoa
Brown Rice
Buckwheat
Whole wheat bulgur
Whole wheat couscous
Oats
Corn
Hulled barley
Millet
Wild rice
Amaranth and
Whole cornmeal
Beans
Legumes
Examples of bad carbs:
Pasta
Potatoes
White rice
White bread
Bagels
English muffins
Crackers
Chips
Pretzels
Most cereals
Pancakes
Waffles
Ready-made desserts
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Gestational Diabetes
Early in my pregnancy I had a suspicion that I might have gestational diabetes. My husband handled my worry the way he handles a lot of things - he told me to ignore it.
During my first pregnancy I didn't know any better so before I ran out the door for my glucose test, in an effort to quickly get some food into my stomach, I hated up a small amount of leftovers. These leftovers just happened to be whole wheat pasta. My test came back with results that said I would have to take a 3 hour glucose test. I took it and all went well.
This time I was instructed by a nurse to have a breakfast with some protein. Her specific recommendations was eggs and toast. So for breakfast the morning of my one hour glucose test I made an omelet with mushrooms and a little cheese and had one slice of whole wheat toast with butter.
Once again my test came back, "a little high" (108). Another three hour glucose test was set before me. My husband personally did each of the five blood draws required.
I hadn't yet gotten the official diagnosis but from what I knew about how my levels came out - it wasn't looking promising.
This sort of dietary adjustment was something I was really unhappy about.
Just in case, before the official results came in from my OBGYN I chose to make an effort to begin educating myself and making the (very likely) necessary changed in my diet. Reading online that some of the big no-no's were high fat, saturated fat, trans fat, starchy foods, and sweet foods makes it sound like I'm never going to be able to eat or enjoy anything.
My diet frequently includes pasta and rice so finding suitable substitutes was going to be a priority.
Whole wheat pasta was mentioned but in the end didn't seem like quite the replacement I needed. I already ate whole wheat pastas and I was looking for whatever would make me feel I got the most bang for my replaced buck. Spaghetti squash, veggie ribbons, and zucchini "pasta" sounded like they would get me further away from my super vice, pasta.
Quinoa seemed like the best actual rice substitute - because it isn't rice. Eating brown rice instead of white rice felt a bit more like a band-aid that was going to require more carbohydrate counting vigilance than I was up for just yet. However when I looked at this chart that was part of this article it seemed like maybe quinoa wasn't going to be my best actual choice?
It was looking like this was going to be a ton of large adjustments that had to be made immediately for the greatest health benefit for my child.
Well, let the learning begin.
During my first pregnancy I didn't know any better so before I ran out the door for my glucose test, in an effort to quickly get some food into my stomach, I hated up a small amount of leftovers. These leftovers just happened to be whole wheat pasta. My test came back with results that said I would have to take a 3 hour glucose test. I took it and all went well.
This time I was instructed by a nurse to have a breakfast with some protein. Her specific recommendations was eggs and toast. So for breakfast the morning of my one hour glucose test I made an omelet with mushrooms and a little cheese and had one slice of whole wheat toast with butter.
Once again my test came back, "a little high" (108). Another three hour glucose test was set before me. My husband personally did each of the five blood draws required.
I hadn't yet gotten the official diagnosis but from what I knew about how my levels came out - it wasn't looking promising.
This sort of dietary adjustment was something I was really unhappy about.
Just in case, before the official results came in from my OBGYN I chose to make an effort to begin educating myself and making the (very likely) necessary changed in my diet. Reading online that some of the big no-no's were high fat, saturated fat, trans fat, starchy foods, and sweet foods makes it sound like I'm never going to be able to eat or enjoy anything.
My diet frequently includes pasta and rice so finding suitable substitutes was going to be a priority.
Whole wheat pasta was mentioned but in the end didn't seem like quite the replacement I needed. I already ate whole wheat pastas and I was looking for whatever would make me feel I got the most bang for my replaced buck. Spaghetti squash, veggie ribbons, and zucchini "pasta" sounded like they would get me further away from my super vice, pasta.
Quinoa seemed like the best actual rice substitute - because it isn't rice. Eating brown rice instead of white rice felt a bit more like a band-aid that was going to require more carbohydrate counting vigilance than I was up for just yet. However when I looked at this chart that was part of this article it seemed like maybe quinoa wasn't going to be my best actual choice?
It was looking like this was going to be a ton of large adjustments that had to be made immediately for the greatest health benefit for my child.
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