29 weeks and dealing with GD.

Exactly 29 weeks today and on my 3rd trimester.  Second trimester was the easiest and I had no issues.

The past couple of days, my endocrinologist had me on strict low-carb diet due to Gestational Diabetes. I’m keeping track of everything I eat and submit my food journal and blood sugar results every week to the nutritionist and nurse. Food must be eaten in small portions every 2 hours. It’s the carb intake that I really have to watch.  Each meal I can only have a slice of whole wheat bread or 1/3 cup of rice.  But I can have unlimited berries or certain vegetables.  It's hard as I'm always hungry. I learned a lot about nutrition from the diabetes class my doctor sent me a couple of weeks ago.
 
I'm also self-monitoring my blood sugar 4 times a day. I’m 3 days in and still flinch every time. But this is nothing compared to the needles I had to poke myself while doing IVF.  
 
And tonight I ate a lot of slimy okras – not my favourite but I have to.

Next week I have to learn how to take insulin shots. Here’s the photo of the gadget I was given to keep track of my blood sugar.

The gadget that measures the blood sugar. The one that looks like a pen on the right is the needle.



Test strip absorbs the blood.



This is today's reading 2 hours after dinner and I only ate lots of okras, 1/3 cup rice and yogurt.  Yet it's still high.

The target is 6.6 mmol/L or less if taken 2 hours after each meal. And the above picture shows I'm 7.7 and it's still high!

The joys and sacrifices of being pregnant but it's all worth it in the end.