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Originally Posted by ambimorph
I tried to stay very low carb (zero-carb, in fact), I was way too sick, with the most intense carb cravings I've ever had, to do it.
What do your midwives think of LCing? I haven't brought it up with mine yet, but will have to next appt, because of the glucose tolerance test.
I'm glad that you are feeling relatively normal. I hope that keeps up!
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Hey!!! That reminds me of my first pregnancy. I was vegan & ended up SO sick with the craziest meat cravings ever - RAW meat, specifically. There have been studies that correlate and those that don't correlate pregnant cravings with defeciencies, but as soon as I started eating meat my cravings & the deadly sickness (opposed to the normal queasy sickness) dissappeared.
This time around my sickness is definitely better. I definitely got sick & had days during which I was vomiting pretty uncontrollably (I even managed to puke down the sleeve of my sweater at a restaurant - classy!) but in general it's been way better.
I still get pretty nauseated when it comes to eating time, but if I push myself through it & cook something nutritious (which I did NOT do my first pregnancy - I succumbed to take-out a LOT!) once I stuff it down my face I feel better
I think that's the egg thing - super quick to make, so there's immediate relief of vomitous rex!
I haven't met with my midwives yet, we have an appointment in a few weeks! I'm not sure how it's going to go. They're big into Nourishing Traditions style nutrition, so if anything they'll be more open minded than the medical SOT of pregnancy. They might refer me to a naturopath or RD, which would be fine by me! I'm basically stumbling through this anyway!
fireballgi - I'm also concerned about ketones and their effect on a fetus. I'm only convinced of one thing: Nobody freaking knows. I'm just trying to eat according to what I'm comfortable with. I know I am definitely not comfortable with my typical >20c ketogenic diet while pregnant. My carb counts have been all over the place - 40-150g! I go day to day - I definitely find my more moderate carb days are my best days, but sometimes my ravenous hunger dictates such a large quantity of food that the carb count naturally rises.
My midwives with my daughter were incredible. The care is just so different - I feel for women who don't know there are options out there, you know?
I had a home/water birth with my daughter, and after a BRIEF experience with an OB this time around I'm definitely going to set it up that way again.
For me the best part about planning to labor at home FIRST are the options I have. Once you go to a hospital you're there, no matter how long you have left to labor. At home I could decide at any time to go to the hospital or not go to the hospital whenever I wanted. I could go for a walk, sit outside, sit in the shower, sit in the tub, pace around my own home, have my own food & drinks - it was awesome! I should note I had 2 midwives, 2 doulas and my husband there for support.
There are 2 rental tub companies in Seattle (we're lucky ducks!) and you can call them to set up/take down at your home OR a hospital, so really where I actually give birth is pretty up in the air until it happens! I just like having the options AND the personal space I need to labor. Everyone is totally different, but I would be pretty distracted and uncomfortable if I were laboring normally and in a hospital.
Of course, my labor was really long! 48 hours of prodromal labor followed by 24 hours of active labor! I don't know how that would have gone in a hospital setting - I hear they can get impatient.
Anyway!! YAY!!!! Preggers low carbin ladies!!!!