Bottomless pit for cheese...

[kangaroo11]

I love cheese! I have been trying not to eat it though, since I'm still dealing with tons of nausea and want easily digestible foods. So I'm pretty jealous of you right now :-P

[pugz]

I bought my favorite cheese today. $20 for a hunk, not MM but so damn good. Love midnight moon goat cheese!

[WhatYouSee]

Jun 10, 2012 21:35:26 GMT -5 mishy said:

Yum, I love cheese.

I wouldn't worry about doing anything differently for your glucose test though. If there's a problem, you want them to catch it.

Besides, cheese isn't likely to be a problem for the glucose test. I had GD with my first pregnancy and the diet I had to follow was mostly about making sure to limit carbs and eat them with protein. Cheese = good source of protein. Don't sweat it!

[Brie]

My GD test is next Monday and my birthday is Tuesday. I'm not answering my phone for the results until I've had at least one piece of birthday cake.

[cep1976]

Jun 11, 2012 12:04:34 GMT -5 littlespitfire said:

Thanks, guys. The earliest I could get a morning appointment at the lab was Friday the 22nd. IDK if that is too late - I called my midwives to check.

I am kicking myself because I followed an extremely low carb diet before getting pregnant, but just felt like I couldn't keep it up during pregnancy. As a result, I'm 29 weeks and have put on 30 lbs, and I feel like failing the screen is my own fault. I've also been exercising less over the last 3 weeks, as I've just been feeling exhausted and crappy. Blargh, I feel like I did this to myself, I'll have an oversized baby, an induction, and all my hopes for a natural delivery will go out the window.

It's totally not your fault. I have GD, and one of my best friends is a doctor, and she was very clear that there is nothing you can do to cause it, and nothing you can do to prevent it. It is all in how your body reacts to being pregnant, essentially. Your placenta makes hormones that interfere with your body's ability to process insulin normally. Nothing you did caused that.

Prior to being pregnant, I was a healthy weight, super active (I ran a half marathon at 6 weeks), and I have remained very active throughout the pregnancy (did a 2.5 mile open water swim at 30 weeks and placed 4th in my age group.) I'm 35 weeks and I've gained around 18 pounds.

The only risk factor I had for GD was my age. I know it sucks and you feel like it's your fault, but it really isn't. And, if you have it, you want them to catch it, so they can watch your blood sugar levels and making sure they are in good control will increase your chances of a normal sized baby with a drug-free birth. And if you are used to eating healthy, the diet would be no big change from how you eat normally, just ensuring you get the proper ratio of carbs and protein at each meal and snack.

As I'm learning, it doesn't matter if you do everything right, you can still end up with a giant baby. My blood sugar levels have always been way, way below where they want them to be, but my kid is still huge. At 35 weeks, they are estimating it is already 6lbs 11ozs. And neither H nor I are particularly big people, so I have no idea where this giant baby is coming from.

[WhatYouSee]

Spitfire, don't get so down about yourself - it's not your fault! GD is caused by pregnancy hormones and some people are just more predisposed to it than others. FWIW, I failed my 1 hour test by 3 points and then failed the 4 hour test too. But, my daughter was not huge (7 lbs), and even though I did have an induction, I was still able to follow much of my natural birth plan (no pain meds, for instance).

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Jun 11, 2012 9:59:10 GMT -5 WhatYouSee said:

Jun 10, 2012 21:35:26 GMT -5 mishy said:

Yum, I love cheese.

I wouldn't worry about doing anything differently for your glucose test though. If there's a problem, you want them to catch it.

Besides, cheese isn't likely to be a problem for the glucose test. I had GD with my first pregnancy and the diet I had to follow was mostly about making sure to limit carbs and eat them with protein. Cheese = good source of protein. Don't sweat it!

Ditto all of this. I was thin and in good shape pre-PG, so I ate whatever I wanted in the beginning. I then failed my glucose test and had GD. It SUCKED. Counting carbs SUCKED. However, I did get to eat a lot of cheese as PP said, there's no carbs in cheese. I would eat normally prior to your GD test. You don't want to try and "cheat it" or anything like that. If something is wrong, you want them to catch it.

[starlily]

Just chiming in that the 3 of the 4 primary risk factors for GD are things you can't necessarily control (age, ethnicity, family history of diabetes).

Counting carbs sucks, but you do what you gotta do. My baby was born a little early, but was on track to be an average weight.

Also, if you were that close to passing, you'll probably be fine on the four hour. I failed the initial test so badly they didn't even bother to give me the extended one.