What my friends and I ate during pregnancy after we got diagnosed with gestational diabetes.Just failed your OGTT? If you’ve been told by your gynae that you have gestational diabetes (even if you merely failed 1 out of the 3 readings, like I did), don’t worry and take a deep breath. There’s no need to panic or fret out over what you can or cannot eat from here, because the choices are in fact wider than you think. In fact, while gestational diabetes (GD) sounds like a completely depressing news to get at this point in time, it doesn’t need to be that bad. Your food choices also still remain aplenty!
My experience I failed my first-hour reading during my OGTT and was diagnosed with borderline GD during my pregnancy. It seems like I’m not the only one – and more people I know are starting to get diagnosed...