i eat pretty much the same thing everything morning. my glucose readings are all over the place. Why? I don't eat exactly at the same time every morn....but i try. any help would help. You're right, it will help to eat at set times. And it depends on what you're eating, not just that you're eating the same thing each time. And depends on many, many other things such as stress, exercise level, whether you're sick...and your hormones, to name a few. Your blood sugar levels will change throughout the day even if you eat exactly the same thing at exactly the same time every day. However if you're eating a good diabetic diet and exercising, it will help to normalize them.
When pregnant, your hormone levels and the changes to your body and your baby are so fast and furious that your levels can well be all over the place no matter what you do. That was the case with me.
However, you don't say when you are testing. I'd assume you test fasting (first thing in morning) and two hours after meals? If not, you might want to talk to your doc again or even change docs, since that's the standard for gestational diabetes. And you are saying you try, which is WONDERFUL. I'm wondering *what* you try. For me, even under about the strictest diet (and exercise, until I developed high blood pressure too and was not allowed to exercise), I still needed help controlling my blood sugars in the form of insulin. Even that didn't entirely work - my levels were 43-243 the entire pregnancy. However, what it *did* do was minimize the prospect of damage to myself and my baby.
I'd encourage you to visit the American Diabetes Assoc. website (diabetes.org) and talk to your doc about seeing a nutritionist/dietician as well as what to do exercise-wise if you haven't already. And depending on what your blood sugar levels are, to ask him/her if it would be okay to take medication (a lot of docs won't let you while pregnant, mine wouldn't) to assist you, or even go on insulin. If you need to, you need to - it's really not that bad, and the risks to your baby are high if your blood sugar remains out of control/high (higher risks if remains high over time). On the other hand if you're just wondering why your levels fluctuate but they're in the normal range, kudos to you and sorry about long answer you obviously didn't need! (:
Good luck! (: Pregnant women who have never had diabetes before but who have high blood sugar (glucose) levels during pregnancy are said to have gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women - about 135,000 cases of gestational diabetes in the United States each year.
We don't know what causes gestational diabetes, but we have some clues. The placenta supports the baby as it grows. Hormones from the placenta help the baby develop. But these hormones also block the action of the mother's insulin in her body. This problem is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance makes it hard for the mother's body to use insulin. She may need up to three times as much insulin.
Gestational diabetes starts when your body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy. Glucose builds up in the blood to high levels. This is called hyperglycemia
http://diabetescorner.blogspot.com Part of the problem that i see here in you question is that you are eating the same foods, you need to change the foods that you eat.
Also your blood sugar levels are not just based on your food but your stress and exercise levels. You are at a higher risk of becoming a type 2 Diabetic if you don't gt a grasp on it now.
the risks of Diabetes for women with gestational diabetes increases 40%.
I would suggest that you go see a diabetes Educator, Get a better paln on you coloric intake and start planning meals that would be better for you and the children.
With proper planning and a good Educator @ Exercise you can reduce your risk of Diabetes by 50%.
Good Luck, and Congatulations. Doctors treat gestational diabetes with a carefully controlled diet designed to keep the pregnant woman鈥檚 blood sugar level within the normal range for pregnancy. If you have gestational diabetes, your doctor will probably refer you to a dietitian who can help you plan meals that will control your blood sugar and consider your food preferences. You are likely to be advised to avoid high-fat foods, eat a variety of foods including fruits and vegetables and watch portion sizes. The number of calories you need depends on how much you weigh and the stage of your pregnancy.
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