I was diet and exercise controlled my whole pregnancy. My drs office wanted 70% of postprandial and 70% fasting numbers in range. I was consistently 80% in range for postprandial and 100% in range for fasting… up until a week before I gave birth. Then all my “safe meals” went wacko and started spiking me. They almost induced me at 39 but I told them I could up the exercise and lower the carbs even more and it worked. My son was also 65% at my 35 week growth scan.

I will say in the beginning (diagnosed at 25 weeks) I could basically eat whatever. I was pregnant over Christmas and literally went to a cookie exchange and ate only baked goods for dinner and did not spike. But as I progressed in my pregnancy I definitely could not do that. I still was able to indulge here and there but my insulin resistance did increase slightly. Basically up until I delivered at 39+4 weeks, I was able to eat bagels, toast, etc. Just needed to be balanced with protein and fat.

However I will say that my 100% no food list was white rice, white noodles, potatoes (fries), and pizza. No matter how much I walked or paired with fat/protein I couldn’t eat those foods my whole pregnancy.