I’m feeling frustrated with the level of guidance I’m getting for my GD. I haven’t been sent to any sort of dietitian, I just met with my MFM who gave me general guidance and then I go back to her with all my data at my next appointment (the anatomy scan) and she looks at it and I guess tells me if I’m doing alright. When we met with her, we talked a bit about what I had been eating before and established that the biggest change needed to come with breakfast. She told me that I couldn’t have ANY cereal, despite the fact that the one I normally eat is high in fiber and protein (literally why I eat it, not the taste), because “cereal is just not a very healthy food, look at the nutrition panel” and left it at that even when pushed. When I asked for suggestions for ways to replace the fiber I’d be missing out on, because again, that’s literally why I eat that cereal, she suggested taking a fiber supplement rather than anything dietary.
So I’d been eating Greek yogurt with some fruit like she suggested. Which tastes good, but fills me up for approximately .02 seconds. Adding in a hardboiled egg helped a little, but I was still consistently starving by shortly after the 1 hour mark at which I’m supposed to test my blood sugar. So then I needed a snack by like 9:15 am. And then I’d need another snack by 10-something. And then lunch at 11-something. It it was just getting so ridiculous and stressful constantly feeling hungry and needing to eat and figuring out yet another snack to eat.
Well my mom, who had GD twice, suggested she thought I COULD have some of the particular cereal I eat, especially after I sent her a picture of the nutrition label, as long as I still paired it with the yogurt. So today I had half a cup of cereal with unsweetened almond milk, a bowl of Greek yogurt, and a hardboiled egg. My blood sugar was 100% fine - not even close to the highest post-breakfast reading I’ve gotten - and bonus, it’s currently 9:40 and I don’t feel anywhere near hungry yet. Why the heck is my MFM going around telling patients they can’t have any cereal whatsoever no matter what type or what it’s paired with?? Just so frustrating. In the past I was only going to her for ultrasounds which would then be sent to my midwives, so I didn’t really have to think about whether I liked her as a doctor. And I don’t think I do at all, it turns out, but it feels like too much of a hassle to switch. Guess I just have to go this alone and let the data on my blood sugar do the talking.
