Thanks so much MrsS, that's great info so far. I certainly am guilty of waiting too long between meals & generally have only been eating two meals a day due to nausea. I will need to force myself to eat small regular snacks from now on instead of 2 meals a day. I would definitely appreciate any other info you have to share!
I did read a lot about preeclampsia and GD as soon as I found out I was preggy. I am guilty of eating some foods that are high GI at times, however I have basically endeavoured to snack over a 24 hour period mostly, and especially in the first trimester with morning sickness. So although not especially low GI - I was having biscuits or a piece of toast at 3am sometimes.
Through avoiding Listeria I have eaten a lot of cheese which again is not the best as it's salty but apparently lots of calcium is good for preeclampsia.
Low to Medium GI things I eat though are things like Basmati Rice, eggs, plain yoghurt, cheese, meats, fish (little tins of salmon), milk?, vegetables I am not sure but I basically am snacking no matter what.
It's a mystery to me why GP's and/or hospitals don't look at diet earlier in the pregnancy. The only booklet I received mentions eating more carbohydrates and more fruit and veges, when this is not necessarily the right diet for everyone.
When I went to the ABA breastfeeding class, the lady there also gave us a handout about new research to do with the mother's diet and colic. It mentions that it is better to eat a lot of good fats, rather than eating more carbs and fruit.
A good book and/or wesbite is "The New Glucose revolution" by professor Jennie Brand-Miller. The website is glycemicindex yada yada........ that will give you so much good info and put you onto some good books you can either buy at most bookstores or get from the local library. For recipes you cn't go past grabbing a copy of the Diabetic Living magazine that is published once every two months, you can grab a copy from the newsagents and it has literally heaps of yummy recipes to try.......
emc2, forgive my ignorance but is there a link between GD & preeclampsia? I only ask because, while I didn't have GD with DS, I did end up with PE at the end of the pg with him (he was also a big bub & had issues with BSL's in the 1st week).
Melbel, thanks for the website recommendation, I'm off to check it out now
This is all very confusing though, one of the websites I looked at earlier stated to stay clear of saturated fats (found in dairy). MrsS, in the meal plans, do they recommend low fat dairy?
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