Oooo exciting - a secret! I won't tell your family I promise!

I don't know much about it, but apparently the zerocarbzen site has links to folks who have eaten nothing but meat while having and raising kids. Might be somewhere to start. If you're not already a member of the low carber daily forum on MFP, you might try there as it is a bigger group and you might get more response.

I saw a few links in this forum I will try to find them again but its about a few family where the woman were keto while pregnant and they are raising their kid of LCHF diets. Here on my side, I was not planning, but I have been keto for more then 2 months, but it messed up my cycle, I use the calendar since typically i am very regular but not anymore and surprise surprise I am pregnant. I am a bit worried since I want to keep this WOE, so I am currently researching it. I will come back here to post what I will find so take a look once in a while.
Yesterday I ran across a paper but the study was done in mice, and I know most conclusion reached in rodents regarding immune systems don't usually apply to human therefore, I don't believe their conclusion are appropriate for human when discussing a keto diet

Thank you Carly...you must think I get pregnant a lot!!!

I went through the sites very interesting. Maybe I will start a thread or blog where I report about the pregnancy so other worried mom have some more info. I went through scientific literature and I did not find appropriate studies yet...keep looking for more info

I saw the reference. My keyword search was not appropriate!

(hugs) That's some great news and we'll be sending buckets and buckets of good thoughts, energies, and prayers your way.

I'm new to this site/group, but I followed a ketogenic diet through the majority of my last pregnancy. I felt amazing and had a very easy and fast home birth and a very happy and healthy baby! I started eating a bunch of junk after she was born, but my pregnancy was amazing and her birth was so easy I couldn't believe it! Good luck!

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Good to know! We always get so worry during pregnancy to make sure we are giving the best to this growing baby. Great to hear you had an amazing pregnancy and a healthy baby.
May I ask for which part of the pregnancy you were keto and if it was for health reason. Thanks

Definitely. I was under 50 grams of carb from about 10 weeks to the day she was born with a few exceptions here and there. I had some serious complications with my first pregnancy that I felt were caused by unregulated hormones, elevated blood sugar and insulin resistance. I gained over 40 pounds during my first pregnancy (started at 180) and was generally completely miserable. It was terrible.

This recent pregnancy was the total opposite. I had absolutely no complications (despite my history) and I genuinely enjoyed every second. I gained ZERO pounds (I started at 220 so I didn't need to gain any) - and ended up weighing less the day I had her than the day I got pregnant with her. Everything about this last pregnancy was amazing and I attribute it to my diet!

In fact, I felt better pregnant than I do now, and I think it's because I stopped eating a ketogenic diet - which is why I'm committed to getting back to feeling energetic, without any brain fog!