HI Christie, I'm assuming that you are around the 28week mark in your pregnancy? In answer to your questions every one is different. Some women have big babies, some can control the GD with diet and exercise, and some- like me - no matter how strict you are with your diet, will need to have insulin. The best advice I can give you is watch your carbohydrate intake, stick to low GI foods, like mulitgrain bread, brown rice, sweet potato instead of potatoes, weet bix, oats. The carbs affect you the most, and you just have to be careful with the serves you have. and I have had to eat regularly, like breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, then supper, other wise I end up having a hypo! I have eaten more fruit and veges in the last couple months then I have in my whole life! Lots of salads and stirfries, fruit salad. But different foods affect different people. so it is a case by case assessment. It can be very overwhelming to get your head around, well it was for me, and now here I am with only 5 days to go, and feeling like an old hand at it. I have had to have extra scans to assess the babies growth, and while he is a little bigger then dates (about a week) he hasn't been off the scale. When you have had some more assessment, and if the results show that you are developing GD, i'll be happy to pass on any information that I have. I found some great recipes that were low GI and diabetic specific.

Good luck with it, and I'm more then happy to be an ear for you Christie. Take care