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Gestational Diabetes?
Anyone here have it? I just got my results back which show that I have it... 
I just bought a pack of Double Stuff Oreos last night too! CRAP!
I'm in limbo now, knowing that I have it, but not having an appointment with a dietitian scheduled yet... I know nothing about this, or what I should avoid in the mean time.
Does anyone have any general advice to follow or good resources for information so I'm not screwing things up any more than I may already have? I feel like I'm getting a fairly late diagnosis, and want to do what I can ASAP.
Re: Gestational Diabetes?
I don't have any helpful info, but I'm sorry to hear you have to worry about that! I also wanted to say I don't think you should worry about it being a fairly late diagnosis or that you've screwed things up - I think they pretty typically test around 28-29 weeks, and if they had tested you sooner it probably wouldn't have been identified. So don't beat yourself up about it!
You probably ought to avoid the Double Stuff Oreos.
Your dietician will give you lots of info but in the meantime, you can try to avoid foods with a high glycemic index. Commercial diets like the Zone or South Beach Diet pretty much follow this. Eat lean meats, healthy fats, and complex carbohydrates. I had a co-worker once with GD and she ate a lot of almonds and Balace bars as snacks.
I don't have any personal experience with GD as of yet, but found some helpful information here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001898b
Good luck, and sorry you're having to deal with this!
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Well that just sucks. I'm sorry.
From my Maternity text book: "Typically, an 1800-2200 calorie diet is prescribed for the pregnant woman with diabetes. Alternatively, caloric requirements may be calculated at 35 kcal/kg of ideal body weight... Additional dietary recommendations include reduced saturated fat and cholesterol and increased dietary fiber. Charbs should make up more than half of daily caloric intake, with protein and fat supplying the remainder." Of course, textbooks are already a year or two (or more) out of date by the time they're published, so you may get more recent info from the web.
On a positive note-- cinnamon (1-2 tsp/day) has been shown to lower levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in your blood by 20% and has been shown to be more effective at fighting diabetes than the drug Metformin (cinnamon helps the glucose get into your cells to be used for energy instead of hanging around in your blood-- which is, essentially, diabetes). Sooooo If you like cinnamon, it can help you (of course, you can't put it on Double-Stuff Oreos and have it be effective)...
Good luck-- this is one of my fears when I get pregnant soon. I'll send good juju your way!
If you don't have an endocrinologist yet, I highly recommend the Centre For Diabetes & Endocrinology at Portsmouth Regional. I have Type II diabetes and Dr. Ravin is awesome. Pat Holt, the Nurse Educator, is also great.
In the meantime, aim for not more than 150g of carb per day. Fibre can be taken out of the usable carb count, when you look at labels. The usual split is 30-45g for breakfast, 45-60g each for lunch and dinner. 15g is one "portion". If you tend to snack, some protein with some slow-burning (complex) carb is good; a lot of people find that some apple with either cheese or peanut butter gives them what they need without spiking their sugars - but don't forget to include snacks in your daily count.
The most important thing you can do is not to stress about it too much, because that also increases your blood sugars. GL!!