Oh my gosh! Thank GOD I found this. I also have a bachelors degree in dietetics. I am an avid fitness enthusiast, and just got this diagnosis. This video is EVERYTHING. How is there no information on this topic?! “Dieting in your 3rd trimester is so cruel”. This is literally my life right now at 31 weeks 💔.
I was diagnosed around week 28 with GD. My doctor referred me to a diabetic nurse educator and a nutritionist. They track my results every 2 weeks. But mentally, its been a rollercoaster. When I first found out, i literally cried. Note that I had 3 pregnancy losses, and never got this far. The GD diagnosis devastated me. Im hanging in there. Praying for a healthy baby 🙏🏼
Me too, I was diagnosed with GD. Pricking my fingers several times a day isn't fun. I'm at the last sprint week 36 now. Hope that both of us get a healthy baby 😊
It is going to be fine .. l also have it but in a matter of weeks you will be having your healthy baby 👶. It’s hard but it won’t last forever. Iam on week 36 now 💪🏽 and this is my first baby ❤
Week 30 here. Just saw a nutritionist yesterday and feeling hopeful I won’t need insulin. Someone on my medical team suggested the dexcom 7. Has anyone used this device (or similar)?
Just been recently diagnosed with GD. I'm just so overwhelmed and confused. And honestly idk why doctors don't explain in detail. Calming a pregnant woman should prioritized. Honestly I'm feeling much better after watching your video. I was blaming myself because I ate cakes and stuff as I was always craving for something sweet and I have been feeling guilty that I caused it. But I'm feeling much better now. Plus I'm glad you mentioned about the fibre intake which really relaxed me as I am really regular with my fibre intake. Thank you for making this video
This video should have more views as it is very encouraging, it's informative and definitely shows us that even when your doing everything right you can still end up with GD
This was so helpful to not feel alone. I do diet and exercise controlled GD and it’s been discouraging. Glad Im not on insulin but nothing worse than getting a bad reading and worrying about baby. Loved your tips !
Of all the GD videos I watched this past week since my diagnosis, this is by far the best! Our diet is very similar, so that is encouraging. Definitely going to pick up some Kodiak protein brownie mix, very clever. There definitely needs to be more open conversation about how many women get GD and how to deal with it, this video was awesome and I hope it helps others! ❤️❤️❤️
I just got diagnosed at 28 weeks and I’ve been crying all week trying to figure out meal ideas and being overwhelmed by all the new nutrition info, but this video make me feel SO much better…thank you so much for sharing this, it makes me feel like the last few months of pregnancy won’t have to be as stressful as I thought ❤
I'm 24 weeks now and will likely have the glucose test here in a couple weeks. I wouldn't be surprised if I DON'T get diagnosed. I'm tracking blood glucose now. Baby's in 97th percentile already. How are you doing 4 weeks later? Do you feel a little less stressed?
I liked the idea behind these videos but... Nutella just seems totally contradictory when you have diabetes I think doing a lowcarb-ish diet with maybe some homemade keto snacks would be a better option all together🤗
I just borderline didn’t pass 3h either, and I joined the fb group and it looks like every woman on there is obese seriously. It makes me feel so much worse about it. I feel like I caused this by eating too much carbs or something. Looks like you’re a healthy weight tho!
I really appreciate this video! I just found out I didn't pass my 3 hour glucose test and scheduled my appointment with the specialist. I felt so awful about it but this video is very helpful. Thank you for making this.
Second pregnancy here with gdm and all the things I did to control my blood sugar the first is not working and it’s so depressing. I’m to the point where eating 10 net carbs spikes my blood sugar 30 points. I wear a CGM because I’m honestly curious about what’s going on and it just confirms that I need to go on insulin this time around. I can have a snack before bed and my blood sugar hovers around 100 all night and I have a fasted reading of 104. Oh yeah and I have PCOS. My A1C was 4.2 about three weeks ago so yeah gestational diabetes really needs to be talked about more often. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how hard you try to stay active and diet while pregnant, you’ll still end up needing insulin and that’s ok.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm 32 weeks pregnant with our first and just found out I have gestational diabetes as well. It's been a struggle honestly to not start blaming myself. I had no idea it was because of the placenta, so that makes me feel a little better, even though at my last appointment they checked my fluid levels and said that it's great and baby is doing great. So still a little confused why but your video is so encouraging nonetheless, thank you!!
Same story here! 32 weeks and baby weight and fluid is normal..it's so frustrating. Did you have to take insulin? How was your baby after delivery? Any low sugar level?
I'm Type 1 and 16 weeks and so jealous watching all these other pregnant ladies eating huge bowls of oatmeal and fruit or big smoothies every day. Thanks for sharing some realistic eating ❤
I would recommend Lily Nichols approach to GD, in short: Low Carb leaning to healthy keto. And rather than to start with a sweet breakfast, start with a savoury one (eggs, avocado, bacon) to not get into a sweet craving spiral throughout the day. Eat the berries and chia pudding as a desert, after a fat and protein meal, so it does not spike your blood sugar as much. Ketosis is a natural state a pregnant woman goes into very easy and nothing to worry about, as long as you dont starve yourself. And if you are eating healthy fats and protein you will get much better nutriens than even these stupid pre natal viatmins will give you.... Also skip the nutella and the highly processed foods and snacks like chips, they are not "normal", they are not even food as they are so bad for your health and block nutrition intake. Get nut butter and raw kakao and mix it yourself or make seed crackers for savoury snacks. Don´t just do it for your baby, but do it for yourself aswell. Unfortunatly we eat to many carbohydrates in day to day life anyway and it has so much impact on our children, depleating them of nutriens and setting them up for diabeties and obesity. So start even befor you get pregnant to lower carbs.
Hi Kilean, I watched some of these videos and wanted to say thank you, since it's been the best so far. A lot of helpful information and also well structured. All best to you!
Knowing I have to do this complicated crap and have the worst diet just makes me not want to live even more. This seems absolutely impossible for someone like me
Thank you so much for making this!! I am in a similar situation! I have an 11 month old daughter, and I am currently 24 weeks pregnant with a baby boy and have GD for the second time 😩 they diagnosed me at 21 weeks this time so I’ve been struggling, but you’ve given me new food ideas that I can’t wait to try and that makes it less dreadful!! 💕
You seriously put out this video on the best day! My first glucose screening was high so I need to go do the 3 hour screening soon to confirm if I do have gestational diabetes 😭. But I’ve been advised to watch my diet in the meantime to be safe. I’m so clueless! With my first son I never dealt with this! Such good advice! Especially about the water 😉 drinking clean water is important to me while my body grows a new baby!
Thank you so much for this! I’ve had gestational diabetes with 3 out of my 4 children and I’m now expecting my 5th baby and already failed my 1 hour glucose test 😭 so now I’ll have to take the 3 hour glucose test. 😩 I’ve also been able to manage them all with diet and no insulin. We’ll see how I do with my 5th pregnancy. 🙏🏼 hopefully if I get it again I won’t need insulin and I’ll be able to control it by diet.
Did you develop GD earlier in pregnancy after your first time having it? I had it late in the second trimester with my 2nd and now with my third failed the 1hour test at 12 weeks
Thank you so much for this video! I failed my first test today by 4 points. 😕 I have been spiraling since I got the results. Thank you for easing my anxiety and helping me to see that if I do have it after my 3 hour test, I’ll be okay.
Thank you for explaining about how it’s the placenta messing with the insulin/pancreas. I was so confused because I work out and run all the time and eat super clean.
That water bottle looks awesome! Love the instant energy I get when I have good water. I don’t even realize that’s why I’m tired sometimes until I drink it 😊
Thanks for sharing this! This needs to be more normalized!!! And I love to try that water bottle! Where I live, finding easy ways to filter water for my 1 year old is so time consuming and stressful. Having a bottle like that would give me such piece of mind. I’ll definitely have to try it! 🤍
Thank you so much for your video! I didn’t have GD with my first. And now with my second I feel so blindsided. Your video was super helpful. Thank you for being open about your journey.
Thank you! Thank you for sharing this information. I literally texted a friend that I felt ashamed, not 10 minutes before watching. It still feels overwhelming, but your attitude about it is definitely comforting. ❤
we are a nontox household over here with allllll of the things, except ya girl didn’t even think about water! i have 2 under 2 so this is so so so important to me. a cleaner/non toxic lifestyle has really changed our lives for the better!
I try to be as low-toxin in my house as possible and have been so interesting in the epic water bottles! I love their slogan “drink tap water” I’m so excited you are partnering with them, giving the chance for people like me to try it out! 💕💕
I was diagnosed at 13 weeks a couple of weeks after i had to have gallbladder surgery for pancreatitis. So i don't know if this is coming from the pregnancy, the surgery, the pancreatitis, or a combo, but this sucks. I postprandial sugars were always fine, but my morning sugar wouldn't drop below 100, so i had to go on night-time insulin. 😞 this is my 4th pregnancy and I've never had GD before. Eating has become so stressful. I hate it. I hate food. The fact that my gallbladder is out and my pancreas is still really reactive makes eating even more difficult.
You’re the best mama Kilean ❤️ Love your raw, honest and transparent content always. Clean, non-contaminated water means a lot to me, especially since I’m still breastfeeding our little DJ. As you know, AZ has the worst water on tap. Im definitely going to buy one for Emberly! Lastly, I have Hashimoto’s Disease, so clean water is definitely important for a healthy thyroid. Thanks for sharing love
At what time you check fasting sugar in the morning..i dont have bedtime snack ..usually have dinner 8-8.30 ,my fasting sugar is high ..i check at around 7 am
I have it now too. Watching this made me feel better because I thought something was wrong with me. My morning breakfast consists of one slice of multigrain bread with peanut butter (one with only 2 to 3 grams of sugar), 3 to 4 slices of cucumber, and one boiled egg. I may have cream cheese instead of peanut butter. I find it easier to eat the same kind of foods for breakfast. I eat quinoa for both lunch and dinner with any protein. My veggie choices are: broccoli, spinach, cabbage, and cucumber. I may eat toast with avocado and a boiled egg, a veggie of my choice, and another protein for lunch. I have controlled my glucose well. My morning and after lunch snacks might be apple, mandarin, and banana. After dinner, I have been having a few triscuits. I think it is also trial and error figuring out what works. All I think about is that it is just a couple of months of this and I can eat what I want afterwards. So I keep it safe and eat similar things every day. I have had some cheat snacks though. Taking walks after meals and drinking lots of water help so much.
Well what does this mean? Does this mean that I need more sugar or my body is making too much sugar because I'm one pills I haven't tooken them. I've just been watching what I eat. They are big and the last time I went to the doctor they wanted me to take two of them
Interesting anyway. I didn’t get a lot out of this but I got some. I passed my second test. First test I didn’t get any water so I think that’s why I failed it. My first score dating was higher but passing. So anyway, I got a little out of this. But I loved how you explained the biological stuff. So I do understand it better and I am still going to be careful since I failed the first fasting score on the second was higher.
I dont understand :/ In my country our minimum for empty stomach sugar is 5,3 and after 1 hour from the first bite below 7 need to be. But i see on your meter is 9+ ect. :/
i see that you posted this a year ago but I was diagnosed with GD recently and (very frustrated) I was told that the one hour timer starts when you take you first bite of food not when you finish eating. i thought that was weird since people eat at different rates, so you could be taking your last bite of food 30 min before you test. Anyway I am wondering why you and I might have received different instructions on that. Your way seems the correct more logical way. I have received so much conflicting information on this its driving me insane. I just want to do whats right for me and baby but all this differing information is making that really hard.
Look, I HATE buying water bottles. And sometimes we just have to because the water here isn't great! The amount of waste is insane from bottles. But clean water to me is *save the sea turtles* The sea is so polluted!!
I need clean water as I am dietetic and I have liver cancer and lymph nodes cancer and kidney failure so need to drink plenty of water.I was supposed to be getting my kidney out in March but it has been cancelled due to the C 19 word.My husband is a care worker one off his client my husband has known him since they were baby and every Saturday Bobby who Tommy has been looking after him said Bobby goes walks on Saturday so he keeps his blood sugar low so he can get chicken supper from chip shop.I think my cancer is getting worse I feel like my body is giving up
Pretty sure i have gd at 15 weeks🥲 I am swollen up & have an awful rash covering my body, and doctor barely helps. Love to hear from someone who lives with it!
Clean water is SO SUPER IMPORTANT to me and my family I have a toddler who loves water as well and we have tap water and I don’t like to drink it nor give it to her because of the toxins and we don’t have a filter… so we buy water which is so unhealthy for the environment and costly us 😭 a filtered water bottle that is actually big would be PERFECT 😍 🙏
I just came cross with your video, it really motivates me with GD, I’m still struggling with hight fasting sugar levels. Today, i will try out bedtime snack, fingers cross this will helps me as well
Clean water to me means multiple different things: a water bottle that would create filtered and clean water would help me to drink more water! Which is huge. Overall for my health I want to give my body plenty of water, which I’m not always the best at doing. It also is incredibly important to me, even more so now, because I’m not only still nursing my 14 month old son, but I’m also pregnant in my first trimester too. It amazes me what our bodies are capable of. 😅 but I know I need to help nourish my body and give it the best possibility of keeping up with these two little lives I’m feeding/growing.
Thank you for the video! 27 weeks and waiting on a second test to discard or confirm gestational diabetes. I hope I don’t have it, but If I did, I want to be better informed about it
Clean water is so important because is a PRIVILEGE and it should not be taken for granted! I hate using water bottles but I have to remind myself that I am lucky to have access to clean water when others do not
Clean water is important to me because much of the world doesn’t have it and it is so important! I have gone on many missions trips overseas, especially to Ethiopia, and the amount of children and adults that drink harmful water is absolutely horrific. The whole world should work towards providing clean water to those in need and that is why clean water is important to me!
This is my second time having diagestional diabetes and no one unfortunately helped me with decreasing my morning records! They keep increasing Metformin and insulin. For the first time I understand what’s going on with my body. Thank you so much for this helpful video❤
Aww girly you look so cute with your bump I wished I looked that good when I was preggo but I legit looked like Chewbacca lol Clean water to me means to me having the privilege to one of our most vital things to keep us thriving. Mind you I don't have super clean water now but it opened my eyes when I was small visiting my parents hometown in Mexico what a luxury it is to have even clear water from the faucet. We would all get sick with stomach viruses from just arriving and drinking it and be sick for days. I didn't understand why something so needed in our bodies was not a priority world wide to keep clean and be a option to everyone. I now have my little one and strive to provide him the best water I can or purest as his little body is developing and doesn't need extra toxins entering his body through water.
clean water is important to me because it is what is best for my body! and i am very picky about the water i like haha! i would love to try a water bottle filter!
Thanks for this video! I am a thin mama with GD. My first pregnancy, I got preeclampsia. My second pregnancy I had no complications and a super fast home birth. My third pregnancy GD. What a surprise! And my range that I was given are 90 or less for fasting and 120 or less for throughout the day. I am 80-90% in range (fasting has been the most challenging number, like you said) but yeah it's hard and often boring. And I am required to test after every meal, snack, and non-water beverage. But I'm about 8 weeks in, so I'm close to my due date and so happy to be at the end of pregnancy!!
Sweet giveaway! What a kind thing to do. My husband, son (who is just 5 days younger than Rocky! :)) and I are going to be traveling this entire summer so I’m trying to find a good, reliable water filtration system- this water bottle would be perfect! Also- Thank you for spreading awareness on GD👏🏼👏🏼
I've been researching what is a good clean water source since I do not like the taste of our fridge water. The fridge option and water bottle looks great! Something worth trying.
Clean water is so important for my growing baby and family. I have always lived in a house with well water and the contaminants that can get into your water worry me so much when I know I need to be drinking a lot of water to support me in my pregnancy.
Thank you for making this video I had GD in my first pregnancy and just found out I had it again 😢 I really found it hard last time I had it couldn't find any information or how to eat. Thank you for sharing ❤
Weightlifting pregnant mama here with a 9 month old. At home I know that our water should be relatively clean since we have a water filter but I go to the gym EVERYDAY. So this would help knowing me and baby get CLEAN WATER at all points of the day, gym and home. And as you know, as a mama one less thing to worry about is a huge weight off of our shoulders.
Clean water is so important to my family especially now I’m that I’m pregnant! A few years ago we went to Jamaica and outside of our resort it really opened our eyes that some people don’t have the privilege or access to clean water. There were signs above public sinks saying do not drink for hand washing only. Citizens were begging for water bottles from travelers. Last year we went to Hawaii and after a hike we got a snow cone from this random food truck. Immediately I was so sick for the whole day and the next day, I know it was the ice. I’m so much more aware of trusting where I am getting my water from. Having a water bottle like this would definitely come in handy.
Hi Kilean!!! Loved today's video...so much helpful information!! So sorry you have to prick your finger 4x a day...but you manage it like a Champ!! I know it's not easy... Clean water means everything!!! The toxins that we have in our water, food, products, it's scary!! 😩 I would Love this water bottle for my 15 month old boy 💙 Love you and your content...they truly bring me Joy ❤
Look at you girl flipping that ham like pro😎👏🏼 Clean water!!! This is something I really looked into when I was pregnant with my son. I quickly stopped buying bottled water once I learned that the brand I was buying adds SALT to the water! How can that even be legal! Mind blowing! Epic water filter looks so bomb and a great way to drink clean water!
Clean water for my family means a lot . We’ve always had to use water bottles for cooking and drinking because we know how dirty the tap water is, we still don’t have no filter but still using water bottles
I have a son a couple months younger than yours and have been watching your videos since I found out I was pregnant! ☺️ I would love to get him a water bottle! He loves drinking out of “big boy cups” and I would love to know his water is clean!🤩
Oh my gosh! Thank GOD I found this. I also have a bachelors degree in dietetics. I am an avid fitness enthusiast, and just got this diagnosis. This video is EVERYTHING. How is there no information on this topic?! “Dieting in your 3rd trimester is so cruel”. This is literally my life right now at 31 weeks 💔.
Ahhh thank you for sharing too!! It’s such a frustrating thing to go through. You got this 🫶🏼
I was diagnosed around week 28 with GD. My doctor referred me to a diabetic nurse educator and a nutritionist. They track my results every 2 weeks. But mentally, its been a rollercoaster. When I first found out, i literally cried. Note that I had 3 pregnancy losses, and never got this far. The GD diagnosis devastated me. Im hanging in there. Praying for a healthy baby 🙏🏼
Me too, I was diagnosed with GD. Pricking my fingers several times a day isn't fun. I'm at the last sprint week 36 now. Hope that both of us get a healthy baby 😊
It is going to be fine .. l also have it but in a matter of weeks you will be having your healthy baby 👶. It’s hard but it won’t last forever. Iam on week 36 now 💪🏽 and this is my first baby ❤
I’m 38 weeks and this is the hardest thing I ever had to do. ❤ be strong and do your best pray to God and you will be fine
Week 30 here. Just saw a nutritionist yesterday and feeling hopeful I won’t need insulin. Someone on my medical team suggested the dexcom 7. Has anyone used this device (or similar)?
Just been recently diagnosed with GD. I'm just so overwhelmed and confused. And honestly idk why doctors don't explain in detail. Calming a pregnant woman should prioritized. Honestly I'm feeling much better after watching your video. I was blaming myself because I ate cakes and stuff as I was always craving for something sweet and I have been feeling guilty that I caused it. But I'm feeling much better now. Plus I'm glad you mentioned about the fibre intake which really relaxed me as I am really regular with my fibre intake. Thank you for making this video
i was not eating sweets at all but still got it ! its hormonal too
This video should have more views as it is very encouraging, it's informative and definitely shows us that even when your doing everything right you can still end up with GD
Thank you 🥹🥹
This was so helpful to not feel alone. I do diet and exercise controlled GD and it’s been discouraging. Glad Im not on insulin but nothing worse than getting a bad reading and worrying about baby. Loved your tips !
Of all the GD videos I watched this past week since my diagnosis, this is by far the best! Our diet is very similar, so that is encouraging. Definitely going to pick up some Kodiak protein brownie mix, very clever. There definitely needs to be more open conversation about how many women get GD and how to deal with it, this video was awesome and I hope it helps others! ❤️❤️❤️
I just got diagnosed at 28 weeks and I’ve been crying all week trying to figure out meal ideas and being overwhelmed by all the new nutrition info, but this video make me feel SO much better…thank you so much for sharing this, it makes me feel like the last few months of pregnancy won’t have to be as stressful as I thought ❤
I remember this all too well😭 you got this girl!!
I'm 24 weeks now and will likely have the glucose test here in a couple weeks. I wouldn't be surprised if I DON'T get diagnosed. I'm tracking blood glucose now. Baby's in 97th percentile already. How are you doing 4 weeks later? Do you feel a little less stressed?
2 months later its over! hope you're doing well with your sugar now and it's not an issue :D
I liked the idea behind these videos but... Nutella just seems totally contradictory when you have diabetes I think doing a lowcarb-ish diet with maybe some homemade keto snacks would be a better option all together🤗
I just borderline didn’t pass 3h either, and I joined the fb group and it looks like every woman on there is obese seriously. It makes me feel so much worse about it. I feel like I caused this by eating too much carbs or something. Looks like you’re a healthy weight tho!
I really appreciate this video! I just found out I didn't pass my 3 hour glucose test and scheduled my appointment with the specialist. I felt so awful about it but this video is very helpful. Thank you for making this.
Second pregnancy here with gdm and all the things I did to control my blood sugar the first is not working and it’s so depressing. I’m to the point where eating 10 net carbs spikes my blood sugar 30 points. I wear a CGM because I’m honestly curious about what’s going on and it just confirms that I need to go on insulin this time around. I can have a snack before bed and my blood sugar hovers around 100 all night and I have a fasted reading of 104. Oh yeah and I have PCOS. My A1C was 4.2 about three weeks ago so yeah gestational diabetes really needs to be talked about more often. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how hard you try to stay active and diet while pregnant, you’ll still end up needing insulin and that’s ok.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm 32 weeks pregnant with our first and just found out I have gestational diabetes as well. It's been a struggle honestly to not start blaming myself. I had no idea it was because of the placenta, so that makes me feel a little better, even though at my last appointment they checked my fluid levels and said that it's great and baby is doing great. So still a little confused why but your video is so encouraging nonetheless, thank you!!
Same story here! 32 weeks and baby weight and fluid is normal..it's so frustrating. Did you have to take insulin? How was your baby after delivery? Any low sugar level?
I'm Type 1 and 16 weeks and so jealous watching all these other pregnant ladies eating huge bowls of oatmeal and fruit or big smoothies every day. Thanks for sharing some realistic eating ❤
How do you eat so little? Especially while pregnant
Pregnant mama over here 🙋🏼♀️ so making sure what I put in my body (aka clean water!) is the same as what I’d put in my kids’ bodies is SO important!!
I would recommend Lily Nichols approach to GD, in short: Low Carb leaning to healthy keto.
And rather than to start with a sweet breakfast, start with a savoury one (eggs, avocado, bacon) to not get into a sweet craving spiral throughout the day. Eat the berries and chia pudding as a desert, after a fat and protein meal, so it does not spike your blood sugar as much.
Ketosis is a natural state a pregnant woman goes into very easy and nothing to worry about, as long as you dont starve yourself. And if you are eating healthy fats and protein you will get much better nutriens than even these stupid pre natal viatmins will give you....
Also skip the nutella and the highly processed foods and snacks like chips, they are not "normal", they are not even food as they are so bad for your health and block nutrition intake. Get nut butter and raw kakao and mix it yourself or make seed crackers for savoury snacks. Don´t just do it for your baby, but do it for yourself aswell. Unfortunatly we eat to many carbohydrates in day to day life anyway and it has so much impact on our children, depleating them of nutriens and setting them up for diabeties and obesity. So start even befor you get pregnant to lower carbs.
Hi Kilean, I watched some of these videos and wanted to say thank you, since it's been the best so far. A lot of helpful information and also well structured. All best to you!
Knowing I have to do this complicated crap and have the worst diet just makes me not want to live even more. This seems absolutely impossible for someone like me
Thank you so much for making this!! I am in a similar situation! I have an 11 month old daughter, and I am currently 24 weeks pregnant with a baby boy and have GD for the second time 😩 they diagnosed me at 21 weeks this time so I’ve been struggling, but you’ve given me new food ideas that I can’t wait to try and that makes it less dreadful!! 💕
Ahhhhh at 21 weeks I’m so sorry! I bet that feels so long 😭 I’ll continue to share more, I’m always looking for more foods too 🤪
Yay can’t wait for more ideas!! 😁
Do you have a hair tutorial? I love how you curl your hair!!
You seriously put out this video on the best day! My first glucose screening was high so I need to go do the 3 hour screening soon to confirm if I do have gestational diabetes 😭. But I’ve been advised to watch my diet in the meantime to be safe. I’m so clueless! With my first son I never dealt with this!
Such good advice! Especially about the water 😉 drinking clean water is important to me while my body grows a new baby!
Thank you so much for this! I’ve had gestational diabetes with 3 out of my 4 children and I’m now expecting my 5th baby and already failed my 1 hour glucose test 😭 so now I’ll have to take the 3 hour glucose test. 😩 I’ve also been able to manage them all with diet and no insulin. We’ll see how I do with my 5th pregnancy. 🙏🏼 hopefully if I get it again I won’t need insulin and I’ll be able to control it by diet.
Did you develop GD earlier in pregnancy after your first time having it? I had it late in the second trimester with my 2nd and now with my third failed the 1hour test at 12 weeks
Thank you so much for this video! I failed my first test today by 4 points. 😕 I have been spiraling since I got the results. Thank you for easing my anxiety and helping me to see that if I do have it after my 3 hour test, I’ll be okay.
Thank you for explaining about how it’s the placenta messing with the insulin/pancreas. I was so confused because I work out and run all the time and eat super clean.
Of course girl!! It’s seriously out of your control 🫶🏼 you got this!!
Don't want to sound rude at all but this is like 100% Milena Ciciotti editing/music/style of videos I thought I was watching her video for a second😅
i dont feel so alone now i feel alot better this is my first pregnancy
Just discovered yesterday I have it too. First time mom. Thank you for this video ❤️
That water bottle looks awesome! Love the instant energy I get when I have good water. I don’t even realize that’s why I’m tired sometimes until I drink it 😊
It’s not normal. It’s common.
I just plan to have eggs, no added sugar yogurt and meats.
So so so helpful thank you!!! 🙏🏻🩷
Thanks for sharing. I don’t have GD but you shared great snack and meal ideas for the family
Thanks for sharing this! This needs to be more normalized!!! And I love to try that water bottle! Where I live, finding easy ways to filter water for my 1 year old is so time consuming and stressful. Having a bottle like that would give me such piece of mind. I’ll definitely have to try it! 🤍
Such a helpful video! Thank you ❤
Thank you so much for your video! I didn’t have GD with my first. And now with my second I feel so blindsided. Your video was super helpful. Thank you for being open about your journey.
🥹🥹 you’re so welcome. You got this girl!!
Thank you! Thank you for sharing this information. I literally texted a friend that I felt ashamed, not 10 minutes before watching. It still feels overwhelming, but your attitude about it is definitely comforting. ❤
Totally not your fault girl, you got this!! 🫶🏼
we are a nontox household over here with allllll of the things, except ya girl didn’t even think about water! i have 2 under 2 so this is so so so important to me. a cleaner/non toxic lifestyle has really changed our lives for the better!
I try to be as low-toxin in my house as possible and have been so interesting in the epic water bottles! I love their slogan “drink tap water” I’m so excited you are partnering with them, giving the chance for people like me to try it out! 💕💕
I was diagnosed at 13 weeks a couple of weeks after i had to have gallbladder surgery for pancreatitis. So i don't know if this is coming from the pregnancy, the surgery, the pancreatitis, or a combo, but this sucks. I postprandial sugars were always fine, but my morning sugar wouldn't drop below 100, so i had to go on night-time insulin. 😞 this is my 4th pregnancy and I've never had GD before. Eating has become so stressful. I hate it. I hate food. The fact that my gallbladder is out and my pancreas is still really reactive makes eating even more difficult.
Thank you so much for this! I was just diagnosed with GD and I’m so confused! Your tips helped me so much! ❤️❤️
You’re the best mama Kilean ❤️ Love your raw, honest and transparent content always.
Clean, non-contaminated water means a lot to me, especially since I’m still breastfeeding our little DJ. As you know, AZ has the worst water on tap. Im definitely going to buy one for Emberly! Lastly, I have Hashimoto’s Disease, so clean water is definitely important for a healthy thyroid. Thanks for sharing love
I have only my morning fasting sugar high (106) had a terrible first trimester..im on 13 weeks +2 ..any advice about the morning fasting sugar?
At what time you check fasting sugar in the morning..i dont have bedtime snack ..usually have dinner 8-8.30 ,my fasting sugar is high ..i check at around 7 am
Another pregnant mom here! Clean water means a healthier baby
In Australia they want your glucose to be less than 126 (
I have it now too. Watching this made me feel better because I thought something was wrong with me. My morning breakfast consists of one slice of multigrain bread with peanut butter (one with only 2 to 3 grams of sugar), 3 to 4 slices of cucumber, and one boiled egg. I may have cream cheese instead of peanut butter. I find it easier to eat the same kind of foods for breakfast. I eat quinoa for both lunch and dinner with any protein. My veggie choices are: broccoli, spinach, cabbage, and cucumber. I may eat toast with avocado and a boiled egg, a veggie of my choice, and another protein for lunch. I have controlled my glucose well. My morning and after lunch snacks might be apple, mandarin, and banana. After dinner, I have been having a few triscuits. I think it is also trial and error figuring out what works. All I think about is that it is just a couple of months of this and I can eat what I want afterwards. So I keep it safe and eat similar things every day. I have had some cheat snacks though. Taking walks after meals and drinking lots of water help so much.
What if you have low blood sugar?? I got my 10 week blood test results and my levels were low..scared me pretty bad! Makes me paranoid about GD.
I have pcos my doctor said I was prone to it because of it...I'm definitely stressing. Its overwhelming because i already dont have an appetite
Well what does this mean? Does this mean that I need more sugar or my body is making too much sugar because I'm one pills I haven't tooken them. I've just been watching what I eat. They are big and the last time I went to the doctor they wanted me to take two of them
You are magnificent. I desperately needed this information. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thank you for sharing!!!🎉❤❤❤❤
Interesting anyway. I didn’t get a lot out of this but I got some. I passed my second test. First test I didn’t get any water so I think that’s why I failed it. My first score dating was higher but passing. So anyway, I got a little out of this. But I loved how you explained the biological stuff. So I do understand it better and I am still going to be careful since I failed the first fasting score on the second was higher.
I dont understand :/ In my country our minimum for empty stomach sugar is 5,3 and after 1 hour from the first bite below 7 need to be. But i see on your meter is 9+ ect. :/
I test my blood sugars after a eat anything including snacks.
i see that you posted this a year ago but I was diagnosed with GD recently and (very frustrated) I was told that the one hour timer starts when you take you first bite of food not when you finish eating. i thought that was weird since people eat at different rates, so you could be taking your last bite of food 30 min before you test. Anyway I am wondering why you and I might have received different instructions on that. Your way seems the correct more logical way. I have received so much conflicting information on this its driving me insane. I just want to do whats right for me and baby but all this differing information is making that really hard.
WOW. Well, thanks for that explanation. I don’t have it but I sure came close.
Did you do anything that helped lower your fasting number in the morning?
Look, I HATE buying water bottles. And sometimes we just have to because the water here isn't great! The amount of waste is insane from bottles. But clean water to me is *save the sea turtles*
The sea is so polluted!!
I need clean water as I am dietetic and I have liver cancer and lymph nodes cancer and kidney failure so need to drink plenty of water.I was supposed to be getting my kidney out in March but it has been cancelled due to the C 19 word.My husband is a care worker one off his client my husband has known him since they were baby and every Saturday Bobby who Tommy has been looking after him said Bobby goes walks on Saturday so he keeps his blood sugar low so he can get chicken supper from chip shop.I think my cancer is getting worse I feel like my body is giving up
You mentioned in the video you did something to get the baby's head down ? Can you please make a video on what you did
Pretty sure i have gd at 15 weeks🥲
I am swollen up & have an awful rash covering my body, and doctor barely helps.
Love to hear from someone who lives with it!
Clean water is SO SUPER IMPORTANT to me and my family I have a toddler who loves water as well and we have tap water and I don’t like to drink it nor give it to her because of the toxins and we don’t have a filter… so we buy water which is so unhealthy for the environment and costly us 😭 a filtered water bottle that is actually big would be PERFECT 😍 🙏
I was told not to eat any carbs for the first 2 meals .. even yogurt & never with granola. I am so scared
Have you gone hypoglycemic at all during your pregnancy?
I just came cross with your video, it really motivates me with GD, I’m still struggling with hight fasting sugar levels. Today, i will try out bedtime snack, fingers cross this will helps me as well
Coming back to watch this 😩 diagnosed at 29 weeks with my second. Second time 😐. Not happy lol
Hey girl, when rearfacing the straps need to below or at his shoulders not above. Also you want to make sure his straps aren’t twisted. :)
Hi can you tell the brand name of the protein noodles that is safe to eat during pregnancy
Clean water to me means multiple different things: a water bottle that would create filtered and clean water would help me to drink more water! Which is huge. Overall for my health I want to give my body plenty of water, which I’m not always the best at doing. It also is incredibly important to me, even more so now, because I’m not only still nursing my 14 month old son, but I’m also pregnant in my first trimester too. It amazes me what our bodies are capable of. 😅 but I know I need to help nourish my body and give it the best possibility of keeping up with these two little lives I’m feeding/growing.
Thank you for the video! 27 weeks and waiting on a second test to discard or confirm gestational diabetes. I hope I don’t have it, but If I did, I want to be better informed about it
Also I walk literally after every meal! 🎉 my neighbors probably think I’m crazy
super helpful, thank you so much!
Wow this is so helpful. Second time with GD and the walking tip is so helpful.
Clean water is so important because is a PRIVILEGE and it should not be taken for granted! I hate using water bottles but I have to remind myself that I am lucky to have access to clean water when others do not
Clean water is important to me because much of the world doesn’t have it and it is so important! I have gone on many missions trips overseas, especially to Ethiopia, and the amount of children and adults that drink harmful water is absolutely horrific. The whole world should work towards providing clean water to those in need and that is why clean water is important to me!
This is my second time having diagestional diabetes and no one unfortunately helped me with decreasing my morning records! They keep increasing Metformin and insulin. For the first time I understand what’s going on with my body. Thank you so much for this helpful video❤
honestly i just need to get back to drinking enough water!!! i would love to try these bottles though!!
I have type 1 and when I was pregnant I focused on foods that are low glycemic and pair carbs always with protein and fat!
Aww girly you look so cute with your bump I wished I looked that good when I was preggo but I legit looked like Chewbacca lol
Clean water to me means to me having the privilege to one of our most vital things to keep us thriving. Mind you I don't have super clean water now but it opened my eyes when I was small visiting my parents hometown in Mexico what a luxury it is to have even clear water from the faucet. We would all get sick with stomach viruses from just arriving and drinking it and be sick for days. I didn't understand why something so needed in our bodies was not a priority world wide to keep clean and be a option to everyone. I now have my little one and strive to provide him the best water I can or purest as his little body is developing and doesn't need extra toxins entering his body through water.
clean water is important to me because it is what is best for my body! and i am very picky about the water i like haha! i would love to try a water bottle filter!
Thanks for this video! I am a thin mama with GD. My first pregnancy, I got preeclampsia. My second pregnancy I had no complications and a super fast home birth. My third pregnancy GD. What a surprise! And my range that I was given are 90 or less for fasting and 120 or less for throughout the day. I am 80-90% in range (fasting has been the most challenging number, like you said) but yeah it's hard and often boring. And I am required to test after every meal, snack, and non-water beverage. But I'm about 8 weeks in, so I'm close to my due date and so happy to be at the end of pregnancy!!
Clean water is super important for me to keep my skin healthy!!! We are trying to switch from bottled water to filter!!
For coffee if you add collagen and cream it helps keep blood sugar balanced because it’s protein and fat!
Sweet giveaway! What a kind thing to do. My husband, son (who is just 5 days younger than Rocky! :)) and I are going to be traveling this entire summer so I’m trying to find a good, reliable water filtration system- this water bottle would be perfect!
Also- Thank you for spreading awareness on GD👏🏼👏🏼
I've been researching what is a good clean water source since I do not like the taste of our fridge water. The fridge option and water bottle looks great! Something worth trying.
Yes!! I used to walk in circles in my living room for 10/15 mins haha
Clean water is so important for my growing baby and family. I have always lived in a house with well water and the contaminants that can get into your water worry me so much when I know I need to be drinking a lot of water to support me in my pregnancy.
Wait I’m confused. Why does deli meat need to be cooked?
Thank you for making this video I had GD in my first pregnancy and just found out I had it again 😢 I really found it hard last time I had it couldn't find any information or how to eat. Thank you for sharing ❤
Weightlifting pregnant mama here with a 9 month old. At home I know that our water should be relatively clean since we have a water filter but I go to the gym EVERYDAY. So this would help knowing me and baby get CLEAN WATER at all points of the day, gym and home. And as you know, as a mama one less thing to worry about is a huge weight off of our shoulders.
Clean water is so important to my family especially now I’m that I’m pregnant! A few years ago we went to Jamaica and outside of our resort it really opened our eyes that some people don’t have the privilege or access to clean water. There were signs above public sinks saying do not drink for hand washing only. Citizens were begging for water bottles from travelers.
Last year we went to Hawaii and after a hike we got a snow cone from this random food truck. Immediately I was so sick for the whole day and the next day, I know it was the ice. I’m so much more aware of trusting where I am getting my water from. Having a water bottle like this would definitely come in handy.
To me clean water is important because we are lucky to have access to it in this country ❤️💙 loved the video per usual 😃
Hi Kilean!!! Loved today's video...so much helpful information!! So sorry you have to prick your finger 4x a day...but you manage it like a Champ!! I know it's not easy... Clean water means everything!!! The toxins that we have in our water, food, products, it's scary!! 😩 I would Love this water bottle for my 15 month old boy 💙 Love you and your content...they truly bring me Joy ❤
Look at you girl flipping that ham like pro😎👏🏼
Clean water!!! This is something I really looked into when I was pregnant with my son. I quickly stopped buying bottled water once I learned that the brand I was buying adds SALT to the water! How can that even be legal! Mind blowing! Epic water filter looks so bomb and a great way to drink clean water!
Clean water for my family means a lot . We’ve always had to use water bottles for cooking and drinking because we know how dirty the tap water is, we still don’t have no filter but still using water bottles
Lord i have it at 31 weeks
Great video. So calming and informative at the same time. Would it be possible to do more meal plan ideas?? Thanks a ton ❤
Hi! Did you have any symptoms leading up to your GD test before the actual diagnosis?
The only symptom was I was SO tired after meals, and it felt like I had a thanksgiving meal every meal 🫠
I have a son a couple months younger than yours and have been watching your videos since I found out I was pregnant! ☺️ I would love to get him a water bottle! He loves drinking out of “big boy cups” and I would love to know his water is clean!🤩
What about black coffee
Thank you so much for this video! This is the first time I haven't felt more confused after looking for info!