Question regarding pregnancy and Atkins

[DebbieY]

My husband and I are planning on trying for a second child now. I realize that it may take a while for me to get pregnant, but I still have a lot more weight to lose. I was going back and forth on whether I should lose the weight first before trying, but I decided that was a bad idea. I just turned 30 and my husband just turned 39. My daughter is 4 years old and I think it's past time she had a brother or sister.

My question is - why is it so bad to continue to do Atkins when a person becomes pregnant? I wasn't doing Atkins when I was pregnant with my daughter and I did eat unhealthy most of the time. I tried to make sure I had my veggies and forced myself to drink milk (I hate plain milk), but I actually think I'm eating healthier now than I was when I had her. I also ALWAYS took my prenatal vitamins.

I know that people shouldn't diet when pregnant, but I also don't want to gain 50 pounds again like I did with my daughter. My face was so swollen by the time I had my daughter, people were starting to worry.

I was just curious as to the reasoning behind it.

[Brook]

Re: Question regarding pregnancy and Atkins

The weight loss *is* the reasoning behind it. Atkins maintenance is perfectly fine and acceptable for pregnancy, but weight loss is not recommended during pregnancy or nursing regardless of what plan you follow.

I don't think induction or OWL until you get pregnant and dropping a few of those extra pounds is a bad idea at all. It keeps you that much healthier, that much closer to goal, and is that many pounds fewer to drop when the new baby comes!

HTHS
And congrats on the decision to bring another angel into the world. We could use all we can get

~Brook

[2big4mysize]

Re: Question regarding pregnancy and Atkins

just remember to take your prenatal vits so you avoid preventable birth defects that are caused from lack of vits during the very first weeks even before you knew you were preg.

And Brook said it is the weight loss part thatis bad. Dawn and several other ADBB preggers arre eating low carb with their docs blessings.

BTW did you know ketones are the building blocks for neonatal neurodevelopment so let the baby to be have all those ketones when you get preg.