Well.. these days my blog entries are mainly on my battle with my glucose level. There are times when i really feel like i will just give up and submit myself for insulin injection. Actually it is not that bad. My dinner chat with some of my doctor friends yesterday night was really reassuring, they all think that insulin injection is really such a small thing. Well.. saying so, i think i will still keep fighting.. this is mainly for better health anyway. Started my high fibre low carbo and good protein diet for 3 days now and i do feel more energetic. Now.. don't get me wrong, this is not a loosing weight diet.. just a balance diet. Just that compare this to my normal meals, i am eating significantly less carbo and significantly more fibre.. which is the good way to do meals. Also have started my regular walking after meals.. pregnancy yoga (following instruction from the book and interpreted by TTB).. and more walking with hubby (which is good to strengthen our relationship). I particularly enjoy yoga session with TTB and walks with hubby, we get to talk more and do things together. These days our working schedules being so busy.. plus TTB have so much baking orders.. i hardly get to spend time with her. Oh of course also my sleeping early and no stress routine also didn't help in terms of spending more time with family. Nevertheless.. i think this is good. So i will still continue to fight for a lower glucose level. Although the fasting glucose level is still higher than what it should be and there is nothing i can do about this. So.. in 2 week time.. if it is still no improvement.. insulin injection it is! Whatever it takes to make sure a healthy baby ^_^
"Moms are just such fantastic and amazing creatures".. and i am beginning to know, understand and personally experience the reason behind this sentence. We will do whatever it takes for our kids benefits.
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Monday, 24 August 2009
And I thought corn is a vegetable!!!
My new diet to push down my glucose level in my blood will consist of a quarter of a plate of carbo, preferably complex carbo like brown rice, wheat, oat..etc. Not all in the same meal though! Other than this, half of plate of vegetables (at least 2 different types/colours of veg) and the last quarter of meat (any). Oh.. and this is normal dinner plate not those bigger or gigantic one that is used by restaurants these days. Interestingly, I had salad with meat as dinner yesterday night and really no carbo since I have had my carbo fill for the day already and today i need to measure my glucose level (not to mention also my gynea appointment) hence need to be a good girl and make sure the readings are low.. BUT NO! It was still high! I have been puzzled for the whole day and feeling despair because if i can't control the glucose level via diet then i have to go on insulin injection (4 times a day every day!!!)... then after seeing the dietitian today.. I found out that corn is classified as starchy vegetable that sits on the same category as potatoes and rice! NO WONDER! I love corn.. and had a lot for dinner last night! So.. now i know what is wrong.
The gynea appointment today went well although my gynea is expecting perfect reading on all my glucose measurements.. not a single one out of scale. So he has given me another 2 weeks to prove that this can be done via diet or else.. insulin injection it is. Plus.. one of the sign of gestational diabetic is also that the baby will grow abnormal size. My baby managed to grow 0.5kg in 2 weeks!! and she is now classified as in the upper although normal range. So.. 2 more weeks of monitoring.. if she still grows so fast then the gynea will have to induce labour at least 2 weeks earlier.. on dear on dear.. this is serious!!!
So.. baby and mommy have to be on strict diet now. Exercise is actually the key.. i walked for 2 hours after lunch (quite heavy with right portion of carbo) and my glucose reading is at the lower normal scale at 5.2 (Normal scale: Before breakfast less than 5mmol/L, after meals should be between 5.6 to 6.8). YIPPEE!!! Dinner was normal too at 6.2. GOOD GOOD.. so.. there's still hope for normality.
OH.. gynea also said that stress can be a factor to push up glucose level. So... need to maintain my zen. However, when i told mom what she should cook for me ..etc, she always used the phrase saying "Those old days when she was pregnant there was no such thing" and have this conspiracy theory that the doctor made all these up so he can con more money out of us. Sigh.. this really stressed me out a lot! It took me nearly a week to persuade her to make brown rice rather than white rice for me. Now i need to eat more different types of veg but she said i don't eat her cooking and there is no problem with her cooking (when i said less oil, no fried food), instead she blamed on outside food that i had for breakfast and lunch to say they are loaded with sugar!
Sigh.. this is a tough journey...
The gynea appointment today went well although my gynea is expecting perfect reading on all my glucose measurements.. not a single one out of scale. So he has given me another 2 weeks to prove that this can be done via diet or else.. insulin injection it is. Plus.. one of the sign of gestational diabetic is also that the baby will grow abnormal size. My baby managed to grow 0.5kg in 2 weeks!! and she is now classified as in the upper although normal range. So.. 2 more weeks of monitoring.. if she still grows so fast then the gynea will have to induce labour at least 2 weeks earlier.. on dear on dear.. this is serious!!!
So.. baby and mommy have to be on strict diet now. Exercise is actually the key.. i walked for 2 hours after lunch (quite heavy with right portion of carbo) and my glucose reading is at the lower normal scale at 5.2 (Normal scale: Before breakfast less than 5mmol/L, after meals should be between 5.6 to 6.8). YIPPEE!!! Dinner was normal too at 6.2. GOOD GOOD.. so.. there's still hope for normality.
OH.. gynea also said that stress can be a factor to push up glucose level. So... need to maintain my zen. However, when i told mom what she should cook for me ..etc, she always used the phrase saying "Those old days when she was pregnant there was no such thing" and have this conspiracy theory that the doctor made all these up so he can con more money out of us. Sigh.. this really stressed me out a lot! It took me nearly a week to persuade her to make brown rice rather than white rice for me. Now i need to eat more different types of veg but she said i don't eat her cooking and there is no problem with her cooking (when i said less oil, no fried food), instead she blamed on outside food that i had for breakfast and lunch to say they are loaded with sugar!
Sigh.. this is a tough journey...
Friday, 21 August 2009
Just when finally I can... I can't!!! GRR
When I finally feel free from morning sickness and do feel craving for food (still no seafood and no garlic) I was given a strict diet of NO SUGAR and REDUCED CARBO! Arghhhhhhh!!!! This is the reason why there are a lot of things i can't now.. mainly on eating.
I was totally off sweet things, cakes, puddings, ice creams..etc during the first 5 months. Then suddenly the 'sensor' for sweet things are turned back on and i enjoyed these things especially TTB's carrot cake! Now i can't eat any!
I was finally enjoying eating, hence eat a lot of rice, potatoes.. all those things that normally we have to watch our diet because of our figure.. BUT.. now.. i can't. So now i have to watched what i eat worse than when i was dieting for good figure (well.. never reach that end result yet.. ha ha). I really truly sympathise and feel for those who are diabetic, like yesterday night when hubby and I went to Mid Valley for dinner, we went around the food court first at Gardens side (cannot remember is 3rd or 4th floor..the one that is next to Borders), there is nothing i can eat! Everything is carbo centred! At the end, we went for western that we can have a steak and veg and salad. Sigh... when i have delivered and everything is back to normal.. here is my craving list:
1) Cakes!!!!!!!!! Choc cakes, carrot cakes, honey dates walnut cakes, cheesecakes..etc etc
2) Chocolates!!!
3) Prawns and squid!
4) Nasi Lemak
5) Asam Laksa
6) Waffles
7) Krispy Kreme
8) Japanese...sushi and especially with sashimi
9) Medium rare lamb chop (these days have to do well done)
10) Burger!
11) Potato salad
12) Pizza
13) Pasta
...and the list goes on.. ha ha.. of course.. i also need to seriously look after my figure and get slim.. another challenge for me.
I was totally off sweet things, cakes, puddings, ice creams..etc during the first 5 months. Then suddenly the 'sensor' for sweet things are turned back on and i enjoyed these things especially TTB's carrot cake! Now i can't eat any!
I was finally enjoying eating, hence eat a lot of rice, potatoes.. all those things that normally we have to watch our diet because of our figure.. BUT.. now.. i can't. So now i have to watched what i eat worse than when i was dieting for good figure (well.. never reach that end result yet.. ha ha). I really truly sympathise and feel for those who are diabetic, like yesterday night when hubby and I went to Mid Valley for dinner, we went around the food court first at Gardens side (cannot remember is 3rd or 4th floor..the one that is next to Borders), there is nothing i can eat! Everything is carbo centred! At the end, we went for western that we can have a steak and veg and salad. Sigh... when i have delivered and everything is back to normal.. here is my craving list:
1) Cakes!!!!!!!!! Choc cakes, carrot cakes, honey dates walnut cakes, cheesecakes..etc etc
2) Chocolates!!!
3) Prawns and squid!
4) Nasi Lemak
5) Asam Laksa
6) Waffles
7) Krispy Kreme
8) Japanese...sushi and especially with sashimi
9) Medium rare lamb chop (these days have to do well done)
10) Burger!
11) Potato salad
12) Pizza
13) Pasta
...and the list goes on.. ha ha.. of course.. i also need to seriously look after my figure and get slim.. another challenge for me.
Sunday, 16 August 2009
I am a HOBBIT!
Gosh... i can't believe how much i eat these days. Of course, cut down sweet totally (whenever i can avoid it) and cut down on carbo. I eat 6 meals a day.. feel like a hobbit.. heh.. just for example today i had my 1st breakfast at 8.30am. Then second breakfast at 10.30am. Lunch at 12.30pm... oh.. didn't have 2nd lunch today as i was sleepy so went to took a nap. Had dinner at 7.30pm.. and i bet by 9.30pm i will be hungry again. Hee.. but rest assure, i only had small portion at every meal. These days my stomach space is shared with the baby and hence i find that i can't manage to finish one portion of the meal.
Last week has gone past very quickly, mainly because i was really very busy. Busy is good i supposed. Was working 6 days a week as Saturday went to attend a symposium. Funny thing is when there was a women speaker with a slightly squeaky voice on the stage presenting her findings, baby really disliked the voice, was kicking me like mad (the not so happy type kicking). Actually in fact, baby was kicking a lot throughout the symposium, was as if she was asking me to leave the hall so it will be peace and quiet for her to sleep. Poor baby. So.. as a conclusion, baby is relatively quiet today.. probably catching up with her sleep. HA HA HA....
Last week has gone past very quickly, mainly because i was really very busy. Busy is good i supposed. Was working 6 days a week as Saturday went to attend a symposium. Funny thing is when there was a women speaker with a slightly squeaky voice on the stage presenting her findings, baby really disliked the voice, was kicking me like mad (the not so happy type kicking). Actually in fact, baby was kicking a lot throughout the symposium, was as if she was asking me to leave the hall so it will be peace and quiet for her to sleep. Poor baby. So.. as a conclusion, baby is relatively quiet today.. probably catching up with her sleep. HA HA HA....
Saturday, 8 August 2009
Total ban on sweet items!!!
Went for another routine check-up yesterday on the baby and the week before went for a glucose test (MGTT) to measure glucose level in the blood. Found out that my glucose level is a bit high (normal is 6.8 but mine was 9.2). Hence yesterday the gynea has given me a total band on sweet things!!! So i can't eat all the good cakes that TTB is making.. no chocs.. and a few sweet fruits also have to be avoided. The high glucose level is an indication of possible gestational diabetes, which is quite common for a lot of pregnant women. Only happens during pregnancy.
So.. i'm also been put under glucose monitoring, have to get the equipment to do this and poke my fingers for 8 times a week! 2 days a week and 4 times per day to measure glucose level. Also have to get a note book to jot down what i eat every meals. Sigh.. quite troublesome.. but for the baby health. No choice lor.... luckily after pregnancy, i can be back to normal. Still should watch out for not eating too much sweet things because there is a risk of getting diabetes. YIAKS!
On a happier note =D the baby is now twice the size from last scan (3 weeks ago), she is now 1kg. Normal growth and everything is normal. Oh.. and yes.. confirm is a she. HEE.. i can go on my shopping spree for cute dresses now. CAN'T WAIT!! Next also need to think of names.. Oh.. and yesterday when the dr. scan the baby, she was doing a serious yoga position in the stomach! Her legs are bent all the way to the head! As if she is sucking her toes. Wow.. such flexibility!
So.. i'm also been put under glucose monitoring, have to get the equipment to do this and poke my fingers for 8 times a week! 2 days a week and 4 times per day to measure glucose level. Also have to get a note book to jot down what i eat every meals. Sigh.. quite troublesome.. but for the baby health. No choice lor.... luckily after pregnancy, i can be back to normal. Still should watch out for not eating too much sweet things because there is a risk of getting diabetes. YIAKS!
On a happier note =D the baby is now twice the size from last scan (3 weeks ago), she is now 1kg. Normal growth and everything is normal. Oh.. and yes.. confirm is a she. HEE.. i can go on my shopping spree for cute dresses now. CAN'T WAIT!! Next also need to think of names.. Oh.. and yesterday when the dr. scan the baby, she was doing a serious yoga position in the stomach! Her legs are bent all the way to the head! As if she is sucking her toes. Wow.. such flexibility!
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