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You might feel a lot better if you start to treat yourself with coffee with cream, steak with stirfry and mushrooms, frozen berries and sugar free jelly, also with cream, roast chicken - or even just chicken thighs, chops, sausages, fish or seafood - plus lots of salads, roasted low carb veges, as you can eat those freely. There is a lot of baking you can do to make low carb versions of all sorts of things.
I like a curry, but I put it onto chopped cauliflower rather than rice, pizza can be made using 'fat head' dough, also sausage rolls or quiche - you can have real custard tart with strawberries, and it is difficult to be dismal after that.

Good.
I will warn you that eating well produced a baby just over 9lb at birth, who achieved all the milestones early, was very active, grew like a weed - he's well over 6ft tall as an adult - but eating a lowish carb diet will have the medics warning you about stunted growth and lack of energy.....

This might cheer you up although it may not rate with foodie treats. A friend, pregnant with twins, was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. She went cold turkey on the carbs and remained very slim throughout the pregnancy. Everyone was amazed when the first twin was over 5lbs and the second over 6lbs! Those two little scamps have thrived ever since and so has their Mum.

Don't let yourself get too down about it: I was *very* down when first diagnosed, but there's a few positive points.
1) it's generally quite manageable, if not reversible
2) I knew someone who was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, but had her diabetic status retracted after maintaining normal sugar levels after having the baby. Admittedly, that might be unusually fortunate, but you may find your situation improves once your body returns more to normal.
3) Food you love isn't out of the equation: even for a 'full-blown' type 2, there are tons of great treats to enjoy
4) To be honest, when you have kids, it's easy to stop taking care of yourself and get problems further down the line. In many cases, being a diet controlled diabetic can help you live the sort of lifestyle you need to be living anyway.

Anyway, I hope you feel better sooner rather than later: it's very, very normal to have a hard time coming to terms with it at first, but honestly, it gets better.

Resurgam said:

You might feel a lot better if you start to treat yourself with coffee with cream, steak with stirfry and mushrooms, frozen berries and sugar free jelly, also with cream, roast chicken - or even just chicken thighs, chops, sausages, fish or seafood - plus lots of salads, roasted low carb veges, as you can eat those freely. There is a lot of baking you can do to make low carb versions of all sorts of things.
I like a curry, but I put it onto chopped cauliflower rather than rice, pizza can be made using 'fat head' dough, also sausage rolls or quiche - you can have real custard tart with strawberries, and it is difficult to be dismal after that.

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You forgot CHEESE. x

I forgot cheese!!!!
Oh dear - and I have a fridge which is pretty much entirely dedicated to cheese and eggs, apart from the cream and butter.