spent all morning crying I just cant coupe anymore

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ive had a straight forward pregnancy but had some horrible things happen In my time being pregnant relating to family im nearly 35 weeks,
I got told a few days ago I have gestational diabetes my fasting levels are good but I am genuinely not hungry at all, I normally eat one meal a day maybe 2 with maybe some healthy snacks like fruit, before I got told I had GD

ive been reading and reading about paring foods and what to eat but it still makes no sense to me im really struggling as im mesasuring a week ahead so im basically 36 weeks.. idont have time to control this and Im so scared something will happen to the baby once born as it mentions stillbrith on all the leaflets ive been given if you cant control this which made me break down so badly

yesterday had avacado on wholegrainbread, and and 2 eggs and got reading of 5.1 today exactly same thing but guess what! got 7.9.. I thought maybe I didn't get enough blood so tested again on next finger it showed 5.4, what do I trust... makes no sense

ive not had any support yet just was given a kit and told u need to wait to attend an online group information session next week.., no mention of specialist diabetic midwfie nothing I feel so so alone with this im crying non stop and im genuinely not Hungry one bit not even a little bit I feel sick, I have to actually force my self to eat and I nearly be sick every single time its misery ive never felt depressed before but this has really done it for me

why am I just being told to attend an information session and no specialists appointments I could have the baby any time really... Im so scared

oh you poor thing, I am so sorry I cant help with any diabetes advice, but wanted to give you a virtual hug. The Mumsnet Vipers will help you, just hang in there

GD is a massive pile of wank! This is my 2nd pregnancy with it (1st diagnosed at 30 weeks) and diagnosed at 13 this time! When I was diagnosed this time I'll freely admit there were many many tears and i've been frustrated so much!

You can take a reading after a snack instead of forcing a full meal down. The key is to try and eat little and often rather than fasting and then eating as that can give you a bit of a rollercoaster of blood sugars.

Also weeks 34-36 are notorious for playing around with tolerances, it should settle down soon.

Stillbirth risk is higher but is still a low percentage and usually goes along with placental failure (as there's a higher risk of that with GD) BUT usually you'll be induced a little early to avoid those risks.

Find the UK Gestational Diabetes facebook page, it's very useful!

And feel free to keep asking questions here. I'll try and help as much as possible.

its awful im petrified of still birth, not coming home with a baby makes me feel sick/ stressed obviously, so ive been really really trying but I just want to give up but I cant do that either
it is hell, I never expected that call to say I have GD as apart from the baby measuring one week ahead I had no other signs or in any high risk groups

im devastated im really trying to make sense of it all but eating 6 times a day is just way to much for me, way to much, Im normally full after one meal a day all day long with minimal snacks, its so much pressure as most of the foods are like having to be cooked meals, which I just have 0 energy for, for snacks I just have a peperami and a baby bell or a boiled egg and some cheese, or some celery, cucumber and some cheese maybe a peperami, I force these down

for meals its the tricky part for me as everything needs to be paired, its mentally exhausting I just feel like im already a bad mum as I cant be bothered to even cook I feel so depressed right now. dont want to eat,

thanks so much, I have no one to understand this Gd stuff as my family all say just eat better even if its just some fruit but it dont work like that

I recommend the GD fb group, it is so helpful and to be honest I found that more useful than the zoom meeting I had with the midwives etc

basically, in simple terms, you ideally want to pair any carb with something high in protein and obviously try to avoid things high in sugar.

in my previous pregnancy I couldn’t tolerate ANY bread whereas I could tolerate most fruit as long as I had it with double cream (high in protein). Everybody is different.

eggs, cheese, meat, fish, yoghurts etc are your best friends. Anything high in protein.

if you’re looking at the back of a packet and unsure whether it’s ’safe’ Then then carb contents need to be lower than the protein.

walking and moving about after eating helps to keep your readings down too.

I have joined that group it is helpful, its just a lot of things to take in, im already sick of eggs, cheese and having to think about every meal, should I eat the same time everyday etc

I get it! I can't look at eggs at the minute. I can do fruit for brekkie with a protein yogurt, like a skyr or kvarg. Lunch is whatever and usually thrown together and for dinner I've resorted to some high protein, low carb ready meals as I just can't face anymore thinking about food!

There's a very helpful Facebook group gestational diabetes Uk and they have a website as well full of really helpful information and recipes. Make sure your washing your hands before testing as that will affect numbers .

ive just forced down 2 boiled eggs, a celery strip, little bit of cucumber, a peperami and cream cheese on one small slice of granary bread for lunch and I swear I could vomit right now and had a Pepsi max to help wash down
I had a baby bel and peperami for my after breakfast snack and was so full I had to leave lunch till now
scared to test myself now In an hour
why is this so hard ive slept between eating, as I feel so rubbish and depressed,

You don't have to eat at the same time everyday. Not at all. Yesterday my "lunch" was at 10.30.

If you have more than a little snack count it as a meal! And test afterwards

Realistically you didn't have to eat everything you did at lunch. Just have the eggs or the peppermi and veg or just the bread. Don't force food in.