Smallone Sorry to hear about your DH - mine has been similar recently - lots of worries about job/new baby etc ...It's good that he feels he can talk to you and expres how he's feeling as mine tends to bottle up completely.
Interesting what you said about your friend with GD whose baby was given formula on birth - It is a real concern that I have. I've read that babies born to mothers with GD should be breastfed within 1/2 hour of birth so I'm really going to try to do that. Good idea re: expressing before birth - will look into it - although what type of container would you use to store the tiny amounts of colostrum you would be able to get before birth?! I'm very keen to BF again - DS was exclusively BF for 6 months and continued to BF alongside solids until he was 13 months. I'd like to be able to do the same with this one.
LittlePea When I had my GD test I was told not to eat or drink anything (except for water) from 10pm the night before the test, the test was then started at 9am.
littlepea (again!) re: your question about buying bottles if you plan to BF, I would say don't bother. Even though I experienced some problems in the early days/weeks of feeding DS if I needed to express to get him to feed I always gave it to hom via a cup or a dropper rather than a bottle. I didn't buy a bottle until he was over 6 wks old, and even then I only ever had 1 bottle as he very rarely went anywhere long enough without me! If/when you do decide to express to feed via bottle occasionally you may find you need to experiment with different types until you find one that suits your baby.
Idreamofbeanie I would suggest buying some very non-structured bras for the first few days/week - try Bravado as they have quite a wide size range which will stretch with you whilst your milk comes in before your size settles down. You can then use them as sleep bras once you're ready for some of the prettier stuff! DO NOT go to Mothercare or M&S for nursing bras or for fittings - they are rubbish! Try to find a local independent shop or your local brnach of NCT (they often have a qualified fitter who will even come to your house sometimes) If you're near a Leia or Bravissimo store they are great for fittings, and then once you know your size you can buy & try all sort of stuff from places like the link I posted previously, or figleaves. The Freya brand or Hotmilk are good for good looking, well fitting nursing bras.
Idreamofbeanie (again) Re: nursing tops, I wouldn't bother - I found them a bit of a pain, ugly and quite expensive, although if you want to get a few in, H&M are the cheapest and most stylish IMO.
Instead of buying loads of specialist nursing tops, the best thing to do is to buy a load of vest tops (preferably with stretchy straps - M&S are good) then wear the vest under your normal clothes (Loose fitting is easier in the early days) Then when you need to feed you pull the vest down under your boob & the top up, and there you have it - no excess tummy or back on display, very discreet, and a lot more scope for wearing what you want to wear, rather than what you can find in the breastfeeding ranges. La Redoutehave some nice nursing PJ's & nighties for hospital/bedtime.
Well, that was in incredibly long post! Hopefully helpful though ...Shopping is a bit of a specialist subject of mine - can you tell?