I figure that any time after 2 weeks before the due date, the baby is "done," so if I feel the urge, I stop eating. If I'm not having contractions after 24 hours, I eat for a day, and then skip again.
When contractions start, I'll let them go 8-10 hours, and then eat. If the contractions stop, then (obviously) we're not having the baby yet. Don't eat until contractions start again, give it some time, etc. Eventually, the contractions don't stop even after eating.
I've never had any problem with needing "fuel" for labor. After all, I've been storing fat for 9 months!
I really appreciate this report. If you visit my freep home link page, you'll see an old link about PCOS. Honestly, the woman system of reproduction is more complicated than nuclear physics; and I know about it.
Mrs. GB is profoundly sensitive to carbs, and her fertility magically 'appeared', for the first time once her carbs were crushed, with help from me as her coach, to less than 20 grams a day. She was lucky to have a cycle a year. Anyway, ever since I have gotten quite a bit of info about the insulin role overall in a lot of stuff, including PCOS, but I have yet to read any PCOS related pregnancy reports...so your data item, though it is of course one, is appreciated.