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@snowjewelz: At my class they made everyone start with 5! You are at 1! So lucky! Hehe. I don't think I can squeeze enough blood out with 1.

Yup still without meds so far. Again I'm only at 20 weeks so I still have a long ways to go.

Did they put you on meds right away? I'm a little shocked to hear you are meds already.

@snowjewelz: Wow no one told you how to use your stuff!? That's crazy. Well that's smart to set on the lowest and see if that works for you.

Yeah the oral meds is not bad and very easy to take... my OB said.

I'm worried about sticking myself with a needle. I'm just such a wimp. My friend that had GD and had to do the needle, she said the first few times are bad but you get use to sticking yourself with it. I guess we got use to pricking ourselves to check our blood.

@snowjewelz: I am using the one touch ultra 2 It comes with this black needle thing. You have to replace the needle... put the cap on... set the number (it's the blue dial on the bottom) then press the top with the hole to the side of your finger and then the blue button. In a millisecond the needle shoots up and pricks you. It's a little jarring at first but you get use to it. I'm still scared to press the blue button sometimes.

@snowjewelz: Oh you have the free style! At my class there was 15 of us... 14 of us had the ultra2 and one person had the free style, the teacher was like wow your insurance must be good because the free style is WAY better in how it works and less painful and more accurate.

Ladies, I keep the individual alcohol pads in my little bag of goodies. I use one to wipe my finger clean before doing my blood. Then use the same one to wipe off the excess when I'm done. You can find them in the pharmacy typically near the diabetic supplies. They are usually just a couple of bucks for 100. So much easier than washing your hands each time.

I also typically use my pinky. My ring finger tends to bruise for some reason.

@MamaG: Oh I have tried that! But for me for some reason it makes my blood streak... so instead of a nice dot of blood it's like a smear of blood. So annoying. Thanks for the tip though. I'm sure it will work for other people. I think it might have something to do with my the way my skin is.

@snowjewelz: I hear you!! It is super tough. If it helps you can probably drink a small amount. It's what I do. When I'm eating with DH, he normally gets a full sugar soda and I end up drinking maybe 4-6 gulps of it during my meal and it doesn't spike me. I'm like yes! I can have a little bit just not the whole thing.

Maybe share a Starbucks drink with your DH but have him drink like 80% of it?

@snowjewelz: No matter what I do at home... it just doesn't taste like Starbucks... I swear they sprinkle cr@ck in their drinks. Haha.

@MamaG: LOL. My mother in law has a quite a k-cup collection. It's very addicting to collect I heard.

@snowjewelz: Bummer. Nothing like a drink tasting bad!

How have you ladies been doing? Last week was rough being out of town and trying to eat right, but I'm right back where I need to be now. I'm struggling to get my two daytime snacks in suddenly. I'm just so busy at work that I forget to take the time to eat.

@snowjewelz: Bummers!! Starbucks is usually pretty nice and will redo drinks for you if you ask.

@MamaG: Awww yeah I went on 3 vacations (already planned before I found out I had GD) and it was tough! My nurse said that she understands that it's okay. You can only try your best on vacation and there are more temptations than normal.

I eat half a protein bar for my snack and the other half for my other snack when I'm in a bind. If I'm not in a rush I usually pair it with cheese or whole nuts and sometimes fruit if I need a sugar fix.

I read the protein bar thing from one of mrs. wagon's post and it works, keeps me full. She also did protein shakes and I'm lazy to make my own and I can't find a pre-mix that is in my carb limit or can be broken down in my carb limit without having to be refrigerated.

I have pretty much bought out all the protein bars a the store, I'm lucky I was able to buy one at time to try them out. So far I really like luna bars and skinny girl bars, and I don't like the "think thin" bars they are basically mush with chocolate covering it.

Are you guys doing the protein bar approach?

I haven't done protein bars either. This afternoon I'm determined to eat the apple and peanut butter that has been on my desk all week.

My current favorite night time snack is a skinny cow salted caramel/pretzel ice cream bar. It's so yummy and is sort of taking away my strong desire for frozen custard and/or DQ Blizzard.

Oh I should mention I'm also allergic to peanuts so this GREATLY limits what protein bars I can have.

@snowjewelz: Honestly, I never look at the sugar (though I probably should). I look at the carbs only. And this is 18g, which is also over the 15g I'm supposed to be targeting, but it hasn't been a problem for me.

I'm not going to lie the other night it was so good that I had two (shame!) and I was still fine in the morning.

Hm.. I always thought sugar was just a type of carb... is that not true?

I guess I just treat sugar as a carb