BUT - for all you women who want to get pregnant in the future I am here to say that eating the Atkins way must have really helped my body!!! I had gestational Diabetes with all three pregnancies. With #1 I was on insulin from week 24 on. With #2 I was on insulin from week #28 on. With this pregnancy I am already in week #34 and while I did fail the 3 hour GTT 2 weeks ago, I AM NOT NEEDING INSULIN THIS TIME!!!! My OB is baffled! He cannot understand this. He said there is absolutely no difference between a girl and boy pregnancy when it comes to Gest. Diab. but my body has changed.
I feel great! I am following Atkins - kind of the maintenance phase. Eating about 75 carbs per day and those carbs are coming from veggies & fruit. Just the diet alone is controlling the GD and I am totally amazed. As long as I stick with good proteins at every meal and 2 snacks a day, my blood sugar is TOTALLY within the acceptable range. (THANK YOU DR. ATKINS!!!)
(Now I have gained 29 lbs. BUT I'm not fretting about it because the baby is doing just great!) YIPPEE!!!
Kim in NJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!
) I hope it was a good one
(from, used to be Barbie 101 
