So glad that I've found you .....

Hi Susabella
and welcome to you and your baby.
What is he called?

Congratulations on Matthew, Susabella!
I'm glad you found us too, and really impressed you had the courage of your convictions.
Best wishes to both of you,

fergus

Welcome aboard to you and Matthew! Glad you found us too

I had gestational diabetes in 1997 and gave birth to a whopper at 8lb9oz a month early :shock: :shock: :shock: My midwife told me he'd probably have been around 11lbs if he'd stayed the full course :shock: :shock:

Oh, me too, me too!

My first baby was 9lb 15oz and I was told that I would probably end up as a Diabetic later on. Isn't it funny how we just accept what we are told as if it is fate and we can do nothing about it!

When she was little I was also told by a very sensible Naturopath that I should eat low-carb and I did - sort of, but eventually the carbs would creep back in and it would go out of the window.

My second baby two years later was 8.14 and he was about a week or so early so he would have been pretty hefty too had he gone full-term.

Eighteen years later I hit 40 and the Diabetes. Twelve years on and I am kicking myself big-time that I didn't take the Naturopath and her valuable advice seriously enough.

I knew I couldn't cope with carbs but would eat them anyway! Duh.

A lot of the problem was the denial thing and the 'deprivation' thing and the 'poor me, why me' thing. Why can they eat all those yummy cream cakes and mars bars and not gain weight or have diabetes? I loved cooking and making cakes and yummy stuff for my family and friends and entertaining, etc., etc., and to not be able to do that would have made me feel useless. I was renowned for my hospitality.

What has radically changed now is that it has suddenly hit me that actually EVERYBODY should be eating low-carb - because the high-carb, high-sugar Western diet is killing us all one way or another! Even if people don't have a weight problem it will get them in some other way. Cancer, Arthritis, Alzheimer's, you name it. Add in all the chemical pollution and adulteration of our food and it is no wonder that our bodies are struggling to cope.

I have now realised that rather than being deprived, by eating a diet that follows the principles that most healthy cultures follow - which is in most cases naturally low carb (and certainly contains none of the highly processed and empty calorie trash that passes for food and that our Supermarket shelves are groaning under the weight of), I am actually protecting myself from at least making things worse for my health, if not better in the long run.

I have realised that I don't have to provide a laden table in order to be hospitable - good wholesome basic fare is perfectly acceptable, and the less carbs the better for all!