What are some breakfast ideas when you have gestational diabetes?I'm 33 weeks pregnant and was recently diagnosed with a touch of gestational diabetes. I am no longer allowed to have more than 15g of carbs for breakfast before 10:00 am. So I have been reduced to some fruit and a glass of milk or yogurt for breakfast. Prior, I was a milk and cereal, muffins, oatmeal, eggs, bacon, and toast eater for breakfast. Now I am starving again after I've been at work for an hour with this reduced carb breakfast. It's hard to have the energy I need to keep up at work when I haven't had a filling breakfast. I start at 8:00 and I don't get my lunchbreak until 1:00 usually. I can bring a snack to tie me over until lunch, but I still can't even eat that until after 10. So do you have any good ideas of foods that will fill me up better but still be within the 15g of carbs guideline?
Bananas and oats/porridge are both great ways of keeping your blood sugar stable over a period of a few hours and are also very good for you. As you have gestational diabetes your midwife can put you in touch with a dietician that can help you further or the hospital antenatal clinic will have lots of informatiopn about ideas on diet that your midwife can probably pick up for you if it is difficult to get there. You will probably be checked much more regularly by your midwife as you have this so ask her next time, or ring her before if it is a wait. The good thing is that once the baby is born you will probably return back to normal as regards the diabetes. Good luck with the pregnancy and the diet too.