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Eggs - usually scrambled or hard boiled

Breakfast sausage

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I can't eat eggs. Which is the worst with gd

I ate 2 breakfast sausage, a slice of cheese and a piece of low carb toast. I also had to wait until after my morning numbers to have my one cup of coffee.

I also drank 32 Oz of water with breakfast and at least 16 after every other meal. That helped alot.

Breakfast is by far the worst to try and figure out for gd. I just ate the same thing every day. It sucked but got me good numbers

I ate eggs and sausage almost daily when I had GD

@Shantuck: The goal is reduced carbs (sugar is one component). When I had GD, I was given a net carb goal for each meal/snack.

It's also less about "permission" than it is about how your body processes different types of carbs. In my case, bread (even sprouted wheat), pasta and rice spiked my glucose numbers, but I could tolerate fruit and dairy carbs, even first thing in the morning. So I was doing plain, whole milk greek yogurt with strawberries every morning. Lattes made good snacks for me. I did eat a lot of eggs and sausage/bacon for breakfast.

@autumnlove: What about a frittata with veggies and cheese? I've been eating those for breakfast myself lately!

Taking a 10-15 minute walk after eating always brought my numbers down very quickly. Its a simple and easy way to control for spikes.

I had GD with my oldest, and I would do a whole wheat english muffin with chunky peanut butter on top. The key is to balance any carb with protein.

@autumnlove: doesn't really matter i was just curious. Water and walking were huge helps for me as well.
I would go meat and egg protein heavy with a smaller carb serving at breakfast if that's the meal she's having trouble with

@2PeasinaPod: did you not have it with subsequent pregnancies? Gives e hope maybe I won't have it again. We're ttc number 2

With my second pregnancy, I started off on a better footing by eating better. When I went for my initial 1-hour test, I failed, and they sent me for a 3-hour. After each blood draw, I walked the halls of the hospital, and I failed 1 out of the 4 blood draws, so they passed me. I continued to eat a GD diet, but I was thankful not to have to stick myself 4 times/day.

Ultimately, it was genetic for me. Both of my boys came out 6lbs, 13oz, and their blood sugar checked out fine. My blood sugar immediately returned to normal once I went for my pp review.

@autumnlove: when we started trying I was hunting all the ways to try and avoid it. Now that we're most likely on to cycle 7 trying I will take the gd and be practically happy about it

@2PeasinaPod: i wonder if they miss a lot of people who actually have it by allowing the walking? My lab made me sit and do nothing cause otherwise you were helping lower your numbers

Crustless quiche or eggs with a ww English muffin. Avocado toast.

I ate protein bars, kind bars, an English muffin with PB or an egg McMuffin from McDonald’s.

I remember I was always able to have 1 slice of wheat bread with peanut butter. It took some trial and error to find out what spikes my sugar and what doesn't. Other than that, just as much protein as possible! Eggs, avocado, cheese.