Guilty after raised reading

I went to a family member's house for a bday celebration, I'd forgotten they were doing food and we weren't planning to stay for food but ended up staying because the birthday boy turned up late! Everyone else was eating and it felt super awkward to not eat anything and I was starving, so I gave in and had a couple slices of pizza (also had plenty of cucumber and carrot sticks as it was the only thing there that wasnt carbs/sugar)😂 decided to have a really small bit of birthday cake too which I don't think was the best idea looking back🙈 My reading was 8.1 and afterwards just felt so low and so guilty and worried about my baby. I've been able to control my sugars through diet since my diagnosis a couple weeks ago and it just felt so rubbish getting that reading knowing what I ate. Trying to tell myself it's okay and it's just one reading and one occasion, but it's not really working😫 Can I have some reassurance? How do you cope with the guilt and regret when you have a raised blood sugar reading?

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Omg I honestly do this all the time. I have HG so literally eat what I can stomach. Even if it’s biscuits. My diabetes team have all said that it’s better than starving myself. Let go of the guilt, it’s a one off and honestly that reading isn’t that bad xx

One reading is not going to harm your baby please don’t worry! It’s a trend of high readings that you need to be concerned about and take action on. Plus 8.1 isn’t sky high it’s only just over. I asked when I phoned up can I go out for my Xmas meal without worrying too much and she said yes absolutely we don’t want you stressing that will only cause more problems. So please calm down 😊 you’re clearly trying your best and one little treat won’t be a problem

Bless you don’t feel bad I get it completely I’ve only been monitoring mine for the past 3 days as no one actually told me I had it and I had a reading of 9.3 this morning after breakfast and I had scrambled eggs and seeded bread (my usual safe foods) and had one small chocolate eclair from an advent calendar and also had a metformin tablet with it and I felt like I just wanted to breakdown and cry but all you can do is make sure that you’re fed and not going hungry and you can’t feel guilty for something we can’t control fully so try not to feel too bad as my next reading I had after lunch after scrambled eggs and a pita bread I was at 5.1 😅 feel free to send me a message anytime I get it completely how you’re feeling and it is really tough but we can get through it! Wishing you all the best xx

Thank you all for responding, it honestly feels so hard sometimes having to go through all this. Really nice to know I'm not the only one facing this and to have some reassurance that I'm doing my best😅❤️

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