Re: OB: Preterm labor
From: Shell (birthfirst@msn.com)
Tue Jan 30 11:34:01 2007
I use the Brewer diet then adjust for mothers weight, health and blood type. (low fat options for calcium, more animal protein for type O... etc.)
I have created a daily check off sheet that women can use.
I am happy to share if anyone would like a copy. It is in Microsoft Word, so I think I would have to send off list.
I have also created an oatmeal recipe for overweight mothers, diabetic mothers, and any women for whom I would be concerned about general pregnancy disease- I am happy to share that as well.
Inspired by a paragraph in Ina Mays first edition (is it in latter editions?)... which without pulling off my shelf, I can still remember "turn fat into baby", I created all the above.
Thanks to that one statement, I became very interested in nutrition as a way to prevent pregnancy disease.
The last lady whom I helped in this way started out 75 pounds over weight. Day of delivery she had a total weight loss of 35 pounds and gave birth to an 8.9 lb baby. Boy was this mom thrilled! (Thanks Ina)
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Shell
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From: Ina May Gaskin
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: OB: Preterm labor
Yes, should be able to post this afternoon.
Ina May
On Jan 30, 2007, at 8:42 AM, Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO wrote:
Ina,
Do you have a diet plan or handout that you could share? I can honestly tell you that nutrition counseling wasn’t something stress in my residency program.
Thanks,
Glen
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------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Ina May Gaskin
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:41 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: 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.
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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
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