I'm type 2 diabetic so a little different, but also have more experience as a result. The best advice I can give is to learn your body by monitoring your blood sugars with a morning fasting and after each meal (guessing that was what they recommended, anyway?) and just really pay attention to how your body reacts to different things. For me, I know that fruit and grains really drive my sugars high, but I can get away with high carb veggies like potatoes, which some diabetics can't. And then there are some days that are just out of whack and things that will normally be okay aren't. I try to eat consistently and ensure that I keep an even balance of carbs to proteins, very rarely eating carbs without protein. Pregnancy does funny things to blood sugar and makes it tough to predict and I just can't beat myself up over it as long as I'm being responsible about the things I put in my mouth and the stressors I put on my body. Suggested foods? Depends on what you like to eat. I'm not vegan, so that makes my protein options a little broader but my son is and I try to keep my family's diet tight on carb control, so it's still workable! String cheese, a protein bar in my puse as back up in an emergency, veggies with hummus, peanut butter sandwich on low carb bread with a teensy bit of no sugar added jam and a glass of milk. These foods are my partners in being a dia-bad-ass instead of a cry-abetic!
Hope that helps... Glad to offer any advice here or privately.
ETA: eating smaller, more frequent meals really helped me stabilize my blood sugars, which is ultimately the goal. Count carbs! Sugar free does not equal low carb, either.
Edited by Shinyredstar - 3/28/12 at 4:51pm
I am a larger lady so I'm worried about GD too (my test comes up in a couple of weeks). Has the MDC GD thread helped at all? I saw it was quite extensive and some of those folks have tweaked the GD diet extensively to get it to work for them.
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