Ozzie, I think your normal diet is pretty much exactly what you need to be eating. Here's an idea of what I eat:
Breakfast (2starches, 2 proteins, 1 fat): 2 slices of toast with margarine, and a 2 oz slice of ham or an egg with mushrooms and cheese.
Snack (1starch, 1protein, 1 fat, 1 fruit +milk):apple with peanut butter, crackers, 6 black olives.
Lunch (2starches, 3 proteins, 1 fat, 1-2 veggies +milk): 2 flour tortillas with melted cheese, sliced onions, mushrooms, a little chicken and sour cream, or a sandwich with turkey, tomatoes, and avacado. I generally also eat some raw carrots or broccolli and have a V8.
snack(1starch, 1 protein,1 fruit, 1 fat +milk): Caramel rice cake, cheese, blueberries, 6 almonds
Dinner(2 starches, 4 proteins, 1-2 veggies, 1 fat ): 4oz of fish or meat cooked in olive oil with a side of veggies. 1 ear of corn on the cob.
Snack(1 starch, 1 protein, 1 fat +milk): Popcorn popped in olive oil, cheese or a slice of turkey.
That's pretty much it. I'm definitely not starving. It's about a 2000 calorie diet and my biggest problem is getting myself to eat it all (especially with my nausea). They say I can't cut back much because the baby needs the food. There are lots of food options, but I'm not too creative and am already getting very bored with my food. I'm also not much of a cook. The dietician gave me a list with options for each category and I've rarely strayed just because I'm so afraid to make a mistake right now because I'm in prime birth defect time. Apricots and dried apricots were both on my list, but my dietician crossed out dried apricots (along with raisins and unsweetened canned fruit). Also, note that corn and peas aren't veggies, they're starches. And, bacon counts as a fat, not a protein. Who knew?
Your baby is in good shape. All the important developing is done. Now, you can only do good stuff. By keeping your sugars low, you're just making sure to keep baby in a nice healthy environment. Don't be surprised if your GD people say all sorts of things that scare you. I think they often need to use worst case scenerios to get people to comply with the diet and insulin. It's shocking, but many people don't change once they find out about the GD. GD is definitely serious, but it doesn't definitely mean that anything bad is going to happen.
In all honesty, I do get very down about the diabetes. I'm not so worried about the late term complications (I'm sure I'll worry more about that later), I'm just scared shitless that the highs I get now, despite my tight diet and the insulin, are going to result in something bad. It doesn't help that I'm hormonal am also struggling with low sugars, too. But, this is just the way it is... it'll work out in the end. People with really bad diabetes have healthy babies all the time. We can only do our best.
Ok, sorry to everyone for the long diabetes post.
Spireal, I'm so jealous that you're done with work. I can't believe that time has passed so quickly! Your EDD is so close now!
Bunny, 3 cup sizes!! That's amazing. As much as I'm dying to have a cute little bump. I also think it would be fun to just have the big chest for awhile.
Felicity thanks for the congrats. I keep meaning to check in with the TTC thread. I never got to tell you how much I want to join you on your upcoming vacation. I've been dying to go to many of the places you're visiting.
OK, I have leave now to bike to pick up my car from the shop. It's in for the 3rd time in two weeks. Supposedly it's really fixed this time...we'll see...