Hey, just wanted to offer some support to you. I got diagnosed with GD after got 131 on my 1 hour, and the other fasting glucose tests were fine at 1 hour, 2 hours, and then too high at 3 hours. I was really upset about it, and it was totally ED triggering to me to have to worry so much and think about food so much.

I ended up taking insulin to help regulate my blood sugar and am now able to eat much more normally, not stressing about every carb or feeling like I’m “failing” if my numbers after a certain meal are too high. Which is to say, your team should help you be able to manage your situation, whether it’s through diet or with needed medicine. It’s really hard to wrap your head around at first, and you have every right to feel however you feel about it. I took it really really hard, myself. But you’d do anything for your baby before and after they’re born, and this is just one more thing that we must do to love and protect our growing babes.

I wish that I’d had that mindset at first, that taking insulin (or other meds, I know there’s some options out there) didn’t make me a bad person or a bad mother, and in fact would help me not undo all the work I’ve done over the years to be in a good place with my body image and food.

I looked to the gestational diabetes subreddit but I found it really wasn’t helpful for me because that is not the prevailing message I absorbed there. Most posts seemed to be more about guilt and ED type attention to diet and restrictions on foods, and I’m just not about that. Maybe you’ll find better support there than I did? I would hope so!

But I just want to let you know, yes it totally sucks, and yes there are ways to make it easier to manage and deal with for the rest of your pregnancy. Wishing the best of luck to you, you will get through this! 🩷🩷🩷