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Originally Posted by Steph570
In my opinion anyone whom is pregnant should really consult an OB prior to doing any low carb anything and refer all questions back to them. I am three and a half months post partum and am planning on getting pregnant again in about 3 months with my last baby before my hubby goes back to Iraq but I will discuss low carbing with my doctor because I am VERY worried about hurting the baby.
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Silvia - I don't think anyone on this forum wants to hurt their baby or give birth to one that they have "damaged" in any way. In fact, I'm pretty sure that was a motivation as to why Tanya started the forum.
Several of us have low-carbed through other pregnancies and given birth to healthy thriving babies. Personally, I followed the eating plan reccomended by "What to Eat When You are Expecting" (recommended by a doctor and written by the authors of the popular books with similar titles) during my first pregnancy and consequently felt terrible. It was a traditional low fat/high carb diet. I was a basket case the for about 16 weeks 'til I through the "plan" out the window. I tried again with baby number 2 and was sick for 20 weeks and then had a horrible cough and cold the last 15.
I have been LCing for this entire pregnancy (I'm 17 weeks) and I can't believe how good I feel - no throwing up at all, incredibly mild queasiness, in fact, I really can't complain about any pregnancy issues that I could (and did) with my first two!! Sure I have the standard tiredness, but even that is getting way better. And it's not like I'm not chasing 3 children under the age of 5!
With my third pregnancy, I started LCing 1/2 way through the second trimester after I gained 9 pounds in one month and felt WAY better and slowed the gain. My 20 month old is healthy - almost to a fault, weighs 28 pounds and is a fabulous eater of healthy foods, not junk.
I also followed a doctor reccomended diet while breastfeeding my first child. It was supposed to help with milk supply and help me lose weight while breastfeeding. Not only did my milk supply almost dry up, but I gained weight for about a month. Again, low-fat/high carb - as in, I think the reccomended bread consumption was 9 servings a day!
I know I'm on a tirade - but surely you are aware that not all doctors are completely aware of the health benefits of low-carbing? I don't know if you read this whole thread, but my OB is a die hard Atkins fan and strongly reccomended to me to control my carbs given how overweight I am. In fact, he said if I gained nothing, he would be totally fine with that. The reccomended weight gain in pregnancy is for normal weight women - all the books say that. In "What to Eat..." they make the comment that if you are medically obese, it is o.k. to gain 10-15 pounds when pregnant, as long as your doctor is o.k. with the baby growth. The thought behind this is you need about 8 pounds of body fat for your baby to be healthy. I have WAY more than that!
The only way I know to gain that little, or less while pregnant is to cut out sugar. I hope you can find another way!
Treencee