Help needed gestational diabetes

[Mummytogoldie]

Can I eat fruit???? And any breakfast ideas, everything I eat for breakfast sends my blood sugars to high, I have tried toast, toast with peanut butter, crumpets, weta box, Rice Krispies , daren't try any other cereals as the sugar in them is unreal x

A friend of mine said hers went through the roof after having shredded wheat! Maybe plain porridge oats?

I'm sure she also said the food plan she was given was based on low gi foods so maybe have a look into that?

I found that plain porridge worked well but it had to be old fashioned loose oats - the microwave pouches sent my blood sugar too high. I found a really low sugar granola that didn't do too much damage.
The morning is the hardest time to control your blood sugar. I couldn't eat toast or fruit and had to avoid fruit juice too. Later in the day fruit and whole meal bread were fine though. You'll find what works best for you as you go really.

Eggs should be fine, as should bacon but you might not be feeling up to a fry up in the morning

Fruit is fine but not loads at a time, space it out though the day. Low GI foods will keep your blood sugar low.

Aim for seeded if you have to have bread. Try to eat more protein - poached egg on seeded toast is a good brekkie. I find cereal and porridge send mine high but not as high as white bread does

The less processed a food is, the better it is. Low GI is meat, fish, eggs, fruit and veg, and dairy

Toast has to be wholemeal.

I eat white yogurt with little bit of jelly-about quarter teaspoon and old fashioned loose oats with some wallnuts. This lets me control the sweetness as opposed to buying flavored yogurt.
You can also have yougurt with sucralose or substitute jelly with sucralose.
Sometimes I add strawberries or banana but banana has bit high of sugar.

You can definitelly eat fruit but not in huge quantities. i have good readings after strawberries, grapes, pears and apples.

Bad after mango.

Anything more than 1 slice brown bread and any cereal were off limit for me (until I started on insulin).

Things I could eat:
Scrambled egg
Poached egg
Grilled tomatoes
Mackerel on 1 slice toast
Yoghurt with blueberries or raspberries
Grilled sausage / bacon / beans
Cheese omelette

Half a slice of toast and egg or omlette

So after fruit do you just test an hour after to see what the damage is? I am really missing grapes and apples :/ missing chocolate more but I know that's a definite no lol

Super dark chocolate has actually low sugar content so you can have some-depending what readings you get.

I eat fruit as after meal desert and then test 2 hrs after.- my hospital told me to test after 2 hrs, reading should not be over 7.

Dark chocolate was always fine for me too - just not in huge quantities.

There is an amazing Facebook page called gestational diabetes uk mums, it's absolutely fab, since being diagnosed it's given me lots of ideas and loads of support from everyone going through it!

Blueberries were ok for me, mixed into some porridge with a little agave nectar for sweetness. Soy & linseed bread (Burgen or Vogel make it) didn't raise my blood sugar too much, with some Whole Earth pb (no added sugar). Otherwise eggs/cheese/tomatoes/avocado, think continental!