Babyternals

When I was pregnant with my son I found out I was gestational diabetic when I was about 20 weeks along. At first, I was scared because most importantly I didn’t know what this meant for my baby.  My doctor talked to me about my diet, as well as sending me to a class to educate me on what was healthy for me to eat and what was not. And, of course, my cravings consisted of all the things that were not healthy for me. You know when you become pregnant people say: you can eat whatever you want because you are eating for two. Well, I don’t think that’s exactly accurate. If you are diagnosed as gestational diabetic you are pretty much on a strict diet to keep your sugar under control. I learned that if not kept under control that I could have a difficult delivery and my son could be affected, not only by being larger in birth weight, but he could have sugar problems after delivery.

This was reason enough for me to watch what I ate and I kept a check on my glucose level by checking it 3 to 4 times a day until the day he was born. That was a lot of finger sticks but well worth it for a healthy baby. I didn’t have any delivery problems and my son was fine. I watched what I ate and I logged it so I could keep up with what was affecting my sugar the most. I had some sugar in moderation to try to satisfy that craving, but I only had it in Small Moderation. Below is a link to a website that might help if you are gestational diabetic or know someone who is.

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