I feel your pain. When I had GD with my first, my postprandial #s were great but that fucking fasting # would. Not. Go. Down. I was basically eating spinach and chicken breasts for every meal and I wanted to punch anyone I saw eating a simple carb for about 6 months. I felt so, so guilty, even though my midwife and…

Haha, sorry! I haven't had one in quite a while myself. I gave up excessive pop a few years ago, so I only have a handful of drinks a month, if that. I think I'm due for a drink! That stuff is my crack haha :)

Oh I’m so sorry to hear that! I couldn’t handle having it for four months, I am terrified I’ll end up having it when I’m older. I really am sorry. And that’s the worst part, it was denying myself to eat anything that wasn’t on the “approved list” of diabetic friendly food. I’m a human being. Sometimes once in awhile I…

Quick reminder because this comes up every time Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark comes up: yes, we all like the Stephen Gammel illustrations way more, and the Brett Helquist illustrations that HarperCollins puts out really detract from the stories and lack the punch of Gammel’s work. But! BUT.

I kept a food journal and my dietician was so impressed, I was eating so well and doing all the right things. We even laughed because I had a few meals where I ate too healthy and that made my sugars wack (too lean, not enough fat, go figure haha!). My body just wasn’t having it. I started medicine and I’d be good for…

Having a doctor you like helps a lot :) Good luck! You sound like you’re doing well.

Yeah I wish I had done better when I was done breastfeeding too. Totally pissed it all away and gained it back. Fingers crossed it happens again and I'll treasure it this time!

It made me feel better too. Because it is not your fault. It really is the placenta’s fault, because of all the hormones and your pancreas just can’t keep up with it. By the end of your pregnancy your pancreas needs to produce three times the normal amount of insulin, and your placenta is literally preventing that. It…

Day by day, it seems that the safest thing to do is not to eat anything at all while pregnant.

Fuck that. I’m 35 weeks along right now, and if someone tries to take away my pierogies I will cut a bitch.

Not exactly sure of the HOW - yet taking french fries away from pregnant women reeks of some vast GOP/patriarchy conspiracy.

This is such utter bullshit. You know what causes gestational diabetes? Being genetically predisposed to actual diabetes/metabolic syndromes.

Got pregnant while I was already overweight. Ate plenty of potatoes and my only craving was for sweets which I didn’t really have before. So I usually had dessert any time we were out. I didn’t eat much junk like fast food but I definitely treated myself with good food since I couldn’t have fun boozes.

Current prego here. I am high risk, and so completely not allowing myself alcohol. I literally yearn for every glass of red wine a TV or movie character drinks. The other day I kept kissing my husband as he drank his beer, jsut to taste it.

This is almost verbatim what went through my mind reading this article.

This is such b.s. When I was pregnant, french fries were like the ONLY vice I was allowed (no wine, no sushi, no stinky cheese, no freaking cold cuts). We are working on #2 right now, and if/when I get pregnant I promise you that I will pretend I never read this.

RIP to the first guy who shows this to his pregnant wife when she mentions wanting needing a Super Sized fry from McDonald’s.

Disappointed:

*Faints*

Bloody hell, eat regular food, try to get exercise daily, don’t booze it up, and lay off the smokes. The odd glass of wine and your basic three squares a day and you’re good to go. I ate bleu cheese and all sorts of stuff that I was apparently not supposed to eat. My kids are healthy as horses and rarely get ill. And…