Pregnancy & Dieting

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myshelle1985
myshelle1985 Posts: 14 Member
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I'm 31 years old and 27 weeks pregnant with my first child. My son Jaxon Stone is due Nov. 8. My OB informed me this past week at my monthly check-up that I need to go on a low-carb diet and cut sugary drinks out. I'm in the obese category and I've already gained the max weight I should for the entire pregnancy. The goal was 20lbs, but I've gained 22lbs and I've just started the third trimester. My OB said he'd be happy if I only gain no more than half a pound each week for the rest of my pregnancy.

Today, I just got a call from the OB's office that my glucose test came back abnormally high and to come back tomorrow to do a two-hour glucose test. They're concerned I may have gestational diabetes. Tomorrow's test will give us an indefinite answer.

So I'm looking for other pregnant gals like myself on MFP to add as friends..rather you're just maintaining a healthy diet, diabetic, doing a low-carb thing, etc. Also women who aren't presently pregnant but are on a low-carb diet and/or diabetic ladies, too. And if there's other ladies reading this who need support like I do for whatever reason you're on MFP. Please send me friend requests so we can support each other.

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  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
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    My girl is three and an half now, but I had gestational diabetes. It seemed like a bad joke that the most restrictive I'd ever been with my eating was while I was pregnant, lol.

    I will say that since I'd already been logging my food, mfp was a great help to keep track of my carbs. I went to a GD specific nutrition class that my dr told me to go to (that I later found out wasn't covered by my insurance and cost more than $200). At the class, the lady told me to aim for 180 g of carbs per day, spread out over 6 meals, or 30 g of carbs per meal. She had little models of potatoes, cereal, pasta, etc that were supposed to be approximately the same volume as would contain 30 g of carbs. All of that seemed unnecessary when I could just weight out my food and know exactly how much would be 30 g of carbs.
  • myshelle1985
    myshelle1985 Posts: 14 Member
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    Yeah, they told me if I do have GD they'd refer me to a nutritional class like that.

    I've done pretty strict eating & exercise in the past by clean eating for over six months a few years ago and lost 70lbs, so I know I can handle this type of diet for the next three months. If I do have GD, however, it'll be a whole new ball game for me to learn a new way of dieting. Anything for my son, though.
  • knelson095
    knelson095 Posts: 254 Member
    edited August 2017
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    I'm pregnant too, and I've been logging the whole time. I already lost a lot of the weight I had to lose before I got pregnant, so it's just been trying to keep the gain to a minimum. I've been -almost- successful. 33 weeks and 24 lbs gained so far. I know it would be a lot more if I wasn't paying attention.

    Idk what happened to the rest of my comment...just want to say good luck! I would add you but my diet would probably not be helpful to you right now. I feed my cravings a lot.

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