“You can do it. Just need to control your diet. Exercise helps too.” That was what other GD mummies told me. Yes, I have been doing all that to the point where I got obsessed with exercise. It was just eating and exercising throughout the day. Yet, my readings could go haywire. I got pretty…
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I know that my recent posts have been really focused on my gestational diabetes (GD) situation, but please bear with me as I have accepted that this is a big part of my life right now. My only consolation is that my loved ones are very supportive and I have a support group of mummies with…
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The first week of monitoring my blood sugar was hell. My after meal (especially dinner) readings were quite high and I was just feeling so upset over it. I started to cut down on my rice portions during lunch and dinner in the second week. That seemed to help a lot. I also made a…
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I am slowly learning to accept my condition. While it is quite a hassle to change my food intake schedule, I try to find and focus on the positive points in this whole exercise of monitoring my blood sugar. Although I’m told to only take and record down my blood sugar readings twice a week,…
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I meant to blog earlier about the last baby seminar I attended, but things got a little busy for me. By the time I was ready to write, I got hit by some bad news. I had gone for the Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) and the results weren’t good. I am diagnosed with gestational diabetes….
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