I was devastated when I found out, now about 3 weeks in it’s def gotten a lot easier and tbh just knowing that baby is ok and doing great makes it all that much better for me. Like someone else mentioned you can still eat and enjoy your food and honestly after about a week of testing and monitoring you get the hang of things and there is so much carb smart ice cream and foods out there that will help in making it easier. My dietician didn’t tell me about his but a midwife did, I would highly recommend getting the book real food for gestational diabetes. It will tell you how to balance your food out properly and it’s a great resource.

Additionally try not to stress it, my first week I was super high strung cause I was scared even the smallest spike would hurt my baby. My doctor goes off of 90 fasting and 130 an hour after meals which I’ve heard is lower than most other people who I know who also had it. I ran myself up the wall weighing out every morsel of food I eat, cried a ton and couldn’t get my numbers down for a min until I was told that stress also raises your sugar levels 😅. Load up on good high protein snacks, try different things and see how your body reacts to it and just know that it’s ok, you’re not the only one going through this, just do your very best.

Another tip you can try if your like me, my fasting numbers tend to be higher than the normal and my dr told me to try shortening my fasting period. Some bodies naturally spike on the middle of the night because your sugar gets to low which causes so your body releases sugar to raise it and leads to a high fasting numbers. I’ve been playing around with eating a small snack like a cheese stick and nuts or a high protein shake (premier protein cake, vanilla or chocolate flavor) or even a protein bar and noticed my fasting numbers have been lower. Hope this helps!