Alot of women have gestational diabetes and can be medicated with pregnancy safe options and monitored very closely by they’re doctors. Definitely push for pregnancy safe alternatives to your current medication.
I wasn’t diabetic before getting pregnant but I was a big girl. I’m 36 so I’m high risk. I did a glucose test at 14 weeks and passed had to do another one at 26 weeks I failed. I have to do the 3 hour test but haven’t yet. I’m almost 32 weeks along. I get ultrasounds every 4 to 6 weeks. So far my son is healthy and perfect. However I do wish I hadn’t more weight before I got pregnant but getting pregnant wasn’t in the plans. I wish you all the luck with having a baby 
Monitor exactly what you eat and what your sugar is before an after.
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I wasn’t overweight but was diabetic pre-pregnancy I was taking metformin but had to start insulin reg and fast acting… I went on a strict diet with both pregnancies and had healthy babies don’t get me wrong it sucked not being able to eat what I was craving but… I felt amazing controlling my sugars and eating right! Best of luck to you!!! 
I was diabetic before getting pregnant. I kept my #s fairly decent so was never put on actual insulin. They gave me a medicine called glyburide instead and I had to watch what I ate. For the most part it did the job. They did warn me that sometimes when the mother has diabetes it can cause the baby to have issues with sugar dropping after birth, which in my case was the case. He did 4 days in NICU on an IV to keep his levels up until his body finally took over and now he’s perfectly healthy no issues. They also told me woman with diabetes tend to have bigger babies. He was estimated at 6 ¾ pounds before I had him and when he was born he weighed 8lbs 9oz.
My tips & tricks
Exercise! Move in any & all ways.
- Walk
- Dance through your household tasks. Put on whatever zippy music you enjoy.
- Park farther from the store, carry your own groceries
- Do chair exercises while you’re sitting—you can get away with butt clenches and foot exercises in public. Butt clenches, arm flexes and lifting your left leg while driving works too. You can move your right leg if you’re using cruise control.
- I love Tai Chi Chih - Joy Through Movement - YouTube
It’s easy to do and has lots of health benefits. - Wave your arms and legs in bed or lying down on the couch. Bicycles and leg lifts are good.
- Swim wherever you can: gyms, Rec centers, outdoor pools, the ocean, lakes. The water’s buoyancy helps. And really swim, don’t just wade. The worse you are at it the more aerobically beneficial it is. I say I swim like a cow but I get a lot of exercise. Take water aerobics if you enjoy it.
- Try a dance class that features Alexander Technique. It’s easeful movement.
- Find a park with a fitness trail. Start walking until you tire. Keep adding distance. Then add in the various fitness stops over time. Start with one attempt. Give yourself a cheer for every time you add something.
- Whatever movement you do, try doing it on a schedule until it becomes a habit & just part of your day. Sing through whatever you do. Keeps you from holding your breath & its more fun. Hum quietly if you think it would bother those around you.
- Find exercise buddies to keep you motivated. A friend at the gym, a neighbor to walk with, your significant other to boogie while you clean and cook together.
- Take a more vigorous role/position during sex.
- Meditation or mindfulness training is wonderful.
Eat better!
- Eat at home more. You’ll eat better if you buy healthy foods and will likely eat less when you tire of eating your own cooking!.
- Give up soda for sparkling water or flavored still water—especially lemon water,
- Choose unsweetened hot or iced tea (lemon or lime juice added is fine)when eating in or out. Add your own sweetener if you can’t stand plain yet, and gradually reduce the amount weekly. Stevia is better for you than artificial sweeteners.
- Middle Eastern food is fairly healthy. CAVA is the best fast casual choice, then Panera. Choose the apple vs. chips or bread side.
- Ask for a box before you’re served your restaurant meal. When it is served, put half the meat & carbs in the box & close it. Eat all the vegetables. At home make one or more meals from the leftovers by adding colorful vegetables right away & freezing the meals so you’re not tempted to eat it without the vegetables.
- if eating out ask them NOT to serve you bread or chips.
- Salsa & hummus with vegetables make awesome snacks.
- Don’t skip meals & plan snacks.
- Shop the outer aisles of the grocery store and avoid the bakery & processed (and more expensive) foods in the center.
- Don’t buy chips or cookies or ice cream so it’s not handy.
- Put fruit and cut vegetables where you’ll see them easily and can grab them easily if you get hungry. Cut zucchini, mini cucumbers, edamame are some you might not have thought of.
- Cauliflower rice and cauliflower crust pizza are good substitutes.
- When making recipes double the vegetables and halve the carbs. I add frozen peas & frozen mixed vegetables (without potatoes) to everything—soups, stews, casseroles, salads, quiches.
- Choose healthy frozen foods for when you don’t feel like cooking. I like the Evol and Amy’s brands.
- Use olive oil & plain Greek yoghurt on baked potatoes, or olive oil, cinnamon and nutmeg on baked sweet potatoes.
- An air fryer might be a good investment.
Trick your mind.
- Eat off smaller plates.
- Mindlessly eat healthy foods you like less, like maybe salads and beets. For example, while reading or watching TV.
- Consciously and slowly eat healthy foods you like more.
- Buy plain yogurt and add fruit, cinnamon, a little honey or maple syrup if you must. Flavored yoghurt has a lot of sugar.
- Eat less meat & buy organic. Flesh foods make you fleshy &
If you live in the U.S. our meat & poultry has growth hormones, pesticides and antibiotics, all of which are bad for us. Think of meat as a garnish. - Stop frying foods. Bake more or use an air fryer.
- Save desserts for special occasions. Eat fruit or yoghurt instead. Easy dessert: core an apple & fill the hole w. raisins or craisins or other dried fruit. Add cinnamon & a tiny bit of butter & nuke until soft.
- Eat way less cheese. Fattening & with all the growth hormones, antibiotics and pesticides of meat. Get expensive, exotic cheeses and have a tiny bit as a dessert.
- Choose brown rice & whole wheat pasta, and eat smaller portions. Add frozen vegetables or chopped spinach or other veggies to any rice and pasta dishes.
- Soups with lots of colorful vegetables are healthy and filling. Make cream soups using tofu instead of cream in the blender.
- Add shredded vegetables to pasta sauce. Onions, carrots, zucchini, spinach are all good choices and no one will realize they’re eating vegetables.
- Make a crustless quiche in a pan with eggs, blended tofu mixed with milk, all the vegetables you can think of, an sharp flavored cheese so you use less (Parmesan, blue cheese, sharp cheddar, for example). Small amounts of crumbled bacon or bits of country ham or corned beef add lots of flavor in the same way.
- Have cupcakes for birthdays—built in portion control.
- White wine, vodka and light beer are your best booze choices.
- If you are going someplace you’ll be tempted to eat a lot of crap, eat beforehand and concentrate on the company.
- Whole wheat pretzels, oyster crackers, animal crackers (10 only), a few nuts and plain popcorn are your best snack choices. Fresh fruit & veggies are best of course.
- The less sugar, fats and caffeine you consume, the less you’ll miss it.
- Just give up/substitute one thing at a time. You can cheat with a small portion of one thing once a week as compensation unless it leads to bingeing.
- Dried fruit has concentrated sugar, so eat sparingly. But keeping it, whole wheat pretzels or oyster crackers in the car to avoid hitting fast food joints is a good idea.
- Carry a reusable water bottle with you everywhere with you—around the house, in the car, in the grocery store. Drink often, especially when you’re hungry.
- Make tea or coffee at home, or get plain. Starbucks concoctions are just desserts in disguise.
- So are granola bars. They’re often as sugary as candy bars, but have healthier ingredients. So still better than candy.
- Choose vegetarian options when eating out or picking frozen foods., but watch the carbs.
- When looking at “bad” foods, think about how much exercise would be required to work off the calories and if you’d be up to doing that long on the bike or another type of workout. Chances are you can’t even do that yet, so say goodbye & eat a piece of carob.
- Each change you make (food and exercise) is for life. It’s not a diet that begins and ends. Baby steps help. Give yourself credit every week you keep up with your changes to keep you motivated. If you fall back, acknowledge it and move on. One day it will be habit and you won’t have to think about it.
I’ve got more tips, but this is long enough!
Bonus: once you lose weight it’ll help your diabetes, your joints will feel better, you’ll have more energy, and you’ll fit into seats better.
If you are considered morbidly obese you may want to talk to your doc about bariatric surgery after your pregnancy/ies. You have to prove you have changed your eating habits for life before it will be approved.
Good luck! Have lots of healthy food on hand so when your free time goes out the window after you have kids you can continue to eat healthy. A toddler will have you running whether you want to or not! Bonus: your good habits will rub off on your kids.
Be careful to stop those meds at least 3 months before you start trying. Everything you consume affects your eggs for about 3 months. I recommend the book “it starts with the egg”
I’m plus size and type 2 diabetic. Most important thing is make sure your a1c is under control. High sugar can cause miscarriage and allot if other complications. Talk to your Dr about your meds before trying so you can get them switched now and see how your body reacts to them. Monitor your food as you should anyways and be prepared for alot of appointments as you will be considered high risk. I had 2 healthy normal pregnancies after becoming diabetic
I’m type 1 diabetic as of August 2021 and I’m pregnant. There was only one med they had to take me off of, but was able to be on insulin and metformin. I reccomend a low carb diet it has helped me if you haven’t tried already.
Try keto, I feel better physically when eating a keto diet because I’ve eliminated foods that are inflammatory. Good luck!!
If your already diabetic you will have to stay on meds & if not already you will be put on insulin as the placenta makes diabeties worse glyburide and metformin are approved in pregnancy I’m 35 200lbs type 1&2 diabetic I been pregnant 5x w 2 beautiful babies they want your A1c to be 6.4 or less before you get pregnant,the hardest thing is not giving into your cravings
When I was pregnant I had type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes it’s best to eat healthy cut down on sugar , snacking I always made sure I ate salad every couple days for losing weight I did a fasting of 12 to 16 hrs with drinking water mostly and exercise I was 260 now I’m 150 within a yr I was able to lose 5 to 10 lbs a month with that fasting
Make a plan with your drs, get with a nutritionist and set a diet plan. I control mine now with my diet and have for 6 years no meds. Learn protein, watch the vegetables (some are high carbs and natural sugar), whole grain bread and pasta but you still have to watch your intake, and there are natural things like herbs and spices that help with blood sugar levels also watch your salt intake
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I am currently 29 weeks pregnant with my rainbow baby. I am 36 with a 14 yr old son . I was diagnosed with pcos 2 years after having my son and was unable to lose weight or get pregnant. I did have a miscarriage before finding out i had pcos.
I found out last march that i was type 2 diabetic. My doctor put me on metformin a high blood pressure pill and birth control pills. My husband help me work out and i ended up losing 60 pounds in less then three months. I had noticed my period was 5 days late even while being on birth control and since i did not have regular cycles anyway do to the pcos i did not think anything of it but i went and got a pregnancy test anyway mostly as a joke. It came back positive and we was in shock for weeks. I met with my ob/gyn who referred me to the diabetes specialist and to maternal fetal medicine because of my age and previous health issues. I was prescribed insulin back in october so i give my self 1 shot a day of how ever many units the diabetes clinic tells me depending on my weeks numbers. I am on a strict low carb diet and i do my best to avoid sweets and sugar. I drink only water or half and half Baby and i are both doing great she is healthy and growing as she should be. I will be delivering here 3 weeks early which is normal when you are a diabetic. They worry more about baby getting to big struggling with sugar issue and i have a high chance for pre-eclampsia
I am a diabetic and fell pregnant when I was 40 keep your diet right they will put you on insulin when you fall pregnant it’s safe for the baby, mine was born very healthy
Research the keto way of eating. It’s a tremendous help to your blood sugar and your weight. Your body and your baby will thank you.
I wasn’t overweight but was diabetic pre-pregnancy I was taking metformin but had to start insulin reg and fast acting… I went on a strict diet with both pregnancies and had healthy babies don’t get me wrong it sucked not being able to eat what I was craving but… I felt amazing controlling my sugars and eating right! Best of luck to you!!!
I don’t have any answers as far as the diabetes go, because I am inexperienced there, however, a great way to lose weight that I learned by going to a medical weight loss facility is to eat high protein, very low carb.
For instance, for breakfast, I’d have eggs and avocado.
Lunch, I’d have Turkey and cheese roll ups with pickles and a veggie.
For lunch I’d have either chicken or salmon (no larger than the palm of your hand) a veggie and I absolutely loved making cauliflower rice.
It’s totally doable if you come up with new good ideas.
Lots of water and walk at least 30 minutes a day.
Well I’m 25. May 2021, I was finally fed up of being sleepy, & exhausted after eating. I decided to make a doctors appointment, and start the shot “Ozempic.” It’s a shot once a week, helps you lose weight & keep sugars down. (‘My sugars have always been in the 300 & 400’s, (scary I know.)) I start feeling so much better along with a keto diet. Then one day on a commercial I saw the medicine “Rybelsus.” July 2021, I made another Doctor appointment to start. This pill does the same thing as the shot. You take one pill a day, starting at 3 mg for the first month, then 7 mg for the second month. I was always so nausea with this pill, NEVER EVER hungry. I dropped 25 lbs in a month & a half. I had honestly never felt better about myself. I was like dang girl I’m finally going to be skinny. Lol the nausea stopped about 1 month in after finishing the 3 mg set of pills. Then my nausea started again on September 10 l. I was like woah, not again. Then I started to notice I missed my period. I was like no way, I’m pregnant. (I’ve always put in my head I wasn’t able to get pregnant, just a feeling.) I waited on my period, nothing, I was still taking the pills, & still nausea. I took a test, it stated negative. So I was like okay cool, maybe the symptoms are just back… lol One day I told my boss about everything. She stated timing is everything. My fear came back… lol. October 10 I got a positive pregnancy test. I was barely starting to FINALLY treat my diabetes, & I got pregnant 5 months in of feeling better. I’m a type 2 diabetic. The medications I was taking, are only for type 2. But you can make a plan with your doctor to see what’s best for you. My pregnancy was totally unexpected! If you’re type 2, try those medications & see if you will end up pregnant, with a low carb or keto diet. Now I’m just on a Low carb diet. My sugars have been great up until my 6 month. Now they are up and down at 7 months, I have went up on my dosage for insulin plenty of times. I just feel like any carb I eat I’m sleeping. It’s confusing for me actually, my mind is in the state to lose weight, but my doctors want me to eat 35 grams of carbs with every meal, but I can’t because I go straight down and my day is gone. Now I drink everything zero sugar, Low carb tortillas, lots of eggs, cheese, meats, water, veggies. I crave sweets so much, but my mother is a keto maniac so she always bakes me something. It has helped a lot. Go Keto in the beginning, & once you fall pregnant do low carb diet. I hope my unexpected story helped. 