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Re: OB: Preterm labor From: Ina May Gaskin (inamaygaskin@gmail.com) Tue Jan 30 06:39:15 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Ina May Gaskin: "Re: LAW: So did they or did they not throw in the towel?" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "LAW: So did they or did they not throw in the towel?" In reply to: Ina May Gaskin: "Re: OB: Preterm labor" Next in thread: Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO: "Re: OB: Preterm labor" Reply: Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO: "Re: OB: Preterm labor" I think that our stressing the importance of good nutrition has helped our midwifery group to almost eliminate premature births in our practice. We spend a lot of time educating moms about how they can modify their diets (sometimes it means learning how to cook). Among the 19 sets of twins whose births we've assisted, there was only one premature birth and that was to a DES daughter. One set, each weighing 5.5 pounds each, came at 37 weeks. All the rest came at 39-40 weeks. I suspect that good nutrition had a lot to do with this. Ina May On Jan 29, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Ina May Gaskin wrote: > Agree with Barb. > > Ina May > > On Jan 29, 2007, at 4:51 PM, Barbara Nicol wrote: > >> Mostly I counsel with a view to avoiding excessive weight gain, >> which is far more risky- and common! - than too little weight gain: >> >> http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/108/3/635, just >> for example. >> >> And, of course, eating the right kinds of foods. Pregnant women >> just don't need to eat for two - maybe they need to eat for 1.1, >> especially when you consider US portion size norms. Extra >> protein, extra calcium, loads 'o folate and not a lot of extra >> calories! We cover this at the first prenatal and then as needed >> depending on weight gain. >> >> - Barb Nicol, M.D. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ljmidwife@aim.com >> Sent: Jan 29, 2007 7:29 PM >> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L >> Subject: Re: OB: Preterm labor >> >> In all of the discussion of the management of PTL I have not seen >> a mention of maternal nutrition. >> What do you consider an adequate intake of protein and calories >> for a pregnant woman? >> Do you discuss her nutritional intake at any of the visits? >> >> Linda Johnson, CNM >> http://www.mothersownbirth.com >> Temperance, MI >> 1-866-920-8100 >> >> "Not to know is bad. Not to want to know is worse. >> Not to hope is unthinkable. Not to care is unforgivable." >> --Nigerian saying >> >> Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry- >> leading spam and email virus protection. > Next message: Ina May Gaskin: "Re: LAW: So did they or did they not throw in the towel?" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "LAW: So did they or did they not throw in the towel?" In reply to: Ina May Gaskin: "Re: OB: Preterm labor" Next in thread: Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO: "Re: OB: Preterm labor" Reply: Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO: "Re: OB: Preterm labor"

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