Pregnancy Cravings
“Cravings for certain foods are common in pregnancy. In theory, this can indicate a need or deficit in a diet. Cravings for healthy foods can be indulged, but cravings for non-food substances (Pica), such as clay or laundry starch can be harmful, and should be reported to your care provider If you crave things like ice cream you can indulge yourself, to a point. Ice cream has calcium and protein in it, but it also has a great deal of sugar. Indulging on occasion is not a problem. Eating it every day could put you at risk for gestational diabetes. Cravings for fresh fruit can...
Read MoreDiet du Jour! Pregnancy & Popular Diets
[As seen in issue #111 of Midwifery Today] Diet du Jour! Pregnancy and Popular Diets by Amy V. Haas Popular diets are as prevalent during pregnancy as they are in everyday life. Every five years or so a new diet pattern pops up and is touted as the best way to eat. However, during pregnancy if we want to have a better chance at preventing problems such as prematurity, we really need to take a step back, look at the big picture, and use some common sense [Katz 2014]. The latest of these are gluten-free diets and the Paleo diet. There isn’t necessarily a problem when adults decide to...
Read MoreWorking with Athletic Pregnant women
When assessing the dietary needs of any pregnant women, you must analyze each woman individually. However, I have discovered along the way that very athletic pregnant women have different needs than the average active person. Healthy, slim, athletes have very efficient metabolisms, especially runners. They can eat quite a bit of food and not gain any weight due to their activity level. So while we have been advising all pregnant women to eat a whole, healthy, higher protein diet, this advice may not be enough for athletic women. Very athletic women need additional complex carbohydrates...
Read MoreBirth is a Journey! Start by Choosing a birth place:
Birth is a Journey! Start by choosing a birth place that is right for you!
Read MoreAn Interview with Dr. Tom Brewer
FindArticles / Health / Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients / Nov, 2004 Preventing eclampsia : an interview with Tom Brewer, MD by CJ Puotinen Comments Despite a century of research, American medicine offers as little today for the prevention and treatment of eclampsia (traditionally called toxemia) as it did a hundred years ago. This progressive and potentially fatal condition remains a leading cause of miscarriage, premature birth, and infant mortality in the United States and around the world. An estimated 50,000 women die every year from eclampsia. The condition’s name...
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