indadhanu: how you going with it all?

I'm 29 weeks with my third bub and GD as well, have been with all three, last pregnancy I was on 32 units of insulin a day and so far this pregnancy I am on 9 units in the morning before breakkie (I started on 4 units over a week ago).

As for diet. OMIGOD. I tried everything to stay off insulin, exercise, drinking more water, cutting most carbs and sugars and it got to the stage where I lost almost 3 kilos living on vegies and crackers! I was so happy at my 28 week appointment when I showed them all the levels I had recorded and my food diary when they told me I need insulin as it meant I could now eat some carbs again. I was literally starving myself. I would have oats, weetbix, rye toast anything low gi and it would be ok for a few days then bam 8.5 so I would cut it out. I'm still having trouble with breakkie, even with insulin oats, All bran, Guardian, Burgen rye toast is still creeping slowly back from 6 to 9's again so I'm pumpping in more insulin tomorrow to see if that will help at all. I spoke with the nurses today and they told me that my body is extremely touchy with foods, (I can't even eat fruit without going over) but also that hormones play a big part too so my levels are all over the place. I may need to try different insulins as well (last pregnancy I was on a mixture of fast and slow release injections) to keep my levels down. The upside is there is not long to go, 8 weeks for me due to a c section being scheduled at 38 weeks. And I've told hubby "don't you dare bring me flowers to the hospital, I want a sack of Mars Bars..Santa style!".

My mother in law is diabetic (type 1) and has been put on a strict no carb, only protein/vegie diet which is working for her but she reckons her cardiologist told her that eating carbs makes you hungry that's why he's given her this diet. I didn't know that about carbs, but I think I was hungrier without em!