Ok, so not really one million doctors, but I did have three doctor appointments yesterday. The first one was with my chiropractor. I’m trying to make sure I’m as aligned as possible for when Leo makes his appearance. Apparently my tailbone keeps swinging off to the right, which is why my left ass cheek always hurts. Seriously. Even right now while I type this. Pain. Pregnancy, it’s a joy I tell you.
My second appointment was for a non-stress test (NST) for the baby. Apparently when you have gestational diabetes, you must get weekly NSTs to ensure the baby’s heartbeat rate is where it’s supposed to be. Apparently with GD your placenta can get “older” faster? And helps the baby out less. This appointment went fine; all his markers checked out and he’s hale and hearty.
My third appointment was with a diabetic dietician, and all I can say is it went about like how I thought it would. I disagreed with a lot of the food choices offered up. The main premise is that you’re supposed to have a 9-inch plate, and one half should be filled with vegetables, one quarter with meat, and one quarter with starches, with maybe a little fruit thrown in. My whole question was, why include the starches at all? Nobody needs a roll, or helping of rice or pasta, or potatoes, etc. Why not just use up the carb allotment with veggies and fruit? Unless the dietician is so sure people cannot live without those things, and that’s why they teach the amount you can have? And another thing was the carb requirement. They want me to get 180g of carbs daily. Now, my blood glucose numbers have been great, and most likely that can be attributed to eating low carb.
When I mentioned that 180g seemed like a lot, she said, “Oh no, it’s probably much less than you’re currently eating.” I don’t think so, lady. When questioned why I *needed* to get 180g, she said less than that would put me into producing ketones, which leads to ketoacidosis, which can harm the baby. Back when I did my research into Atkins some years ago, I learned that dietary ketones are not the same as diabetic ketoacidosis and that one doesn’t need to lead to the other. I asked about folks who did Paleo eating; they aren’t eating grains and most likely get far less than 180g of carbs daily. I can’t recall what she said but I think it was something along the lines about how that’s not healthy and they need more carbs.
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She said we could have dessert, but it would need to be sugar-free because, “You can have a half-cup of sugar-free pudding or ice cream, but only a fourth-cup of the real sugar ice cream.” Woman, why are you advocating desserts? Why not something like, have some raspberries with a little heavy cream poured on top?
Also, we can have pancakes and French toast, just make sure to use the sugar-free variety of maple syrup instead of the real stuff (Mrs. Butterworth makes a good one, she says)! Seriously. A dietician is telling me to eat this crap. She gave us boxes of breakfast/granola bars as a “healthy” choice for a snack and said we needed to make sure to read the labels. Well, while she was referring to the carb count (minus dietary fiber) per serving, I was looking over the actual ingredient list, and it was filled with junk.
Pretty much the only thing I came away with was that I should be starting my testing time right after I begin to eat instead of waiting to set the two-hour timer until after I have finished the meal.
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a doctor, a nurse, or anything having to do with the medical field, but sometimes the advice given just seems completely counter to what I feel to be the best course of action. I mean, I don’t want to harm Leopold in any way, but I cannot see that eating whole veggies and fruit, meat, and dairy is going to hurt him. I think I’ll just keep on the way I have been and call it good.
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