Gestational Diabetes at wk 28

Hello! I was also diagnosed with GDM. I realised that sometimes its not the food I ate (eg no carbs) but also how the food was cooked that played a part. Fried food especially is a no no… A sample breakfast meal for me would be low GI bread (life saver for carb lover like me) + no sugar peanut butter. For lunch it would be stir frying my own veggie salad, boil sweet potatoes for carbs and have chicken breast/beef for protein. Ofc portion wise, more veg, protein, followed by carbs the least. Its good if you can totally cut carbs, but i looovee my carbs so I had to include a little in if not i will eventually crash harder 😂 please dont ever let yourself get hungry- there are plenty of alternative snacks to help. I would rummage through the no sugar shelves at ntuc if i was craving a cookie snack🥲 Otherwise I also snacked on corn thins + cheese spread. Take your time to find out what works for you. I experimented for close to a month to see what combi of food works best, and what food to def avoid! I also started to take short walks after lunch or dinner :) It seems to help, especially when I know Id eaten something that will cause my glucose to spike. My gynae shared that the reason why they monitor GDM so closely is because 1. Baby tends to gain alot more weight when mother has GDM and has it reduces your chances for natural birth as baby may be too big by full term, and 2. Baby may have low blood sugar after birth as he/she was used to producing the high amt of insulin needed to counter your high sugar levels when in utero. But my gynae always says as long as it’s not above 7 persistently, there isnt much of a concern. Jiayou mummy 💪🏻