Has anyone *started* a low carb diet during pregnancy?

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I'm just curious if you lost weight in any non-baby-bump areas?

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Low carb while pregnant isn’t really safe. You need a solid and balanced diet for pregnancy. That includes a bit of carbs because you need the whole grains and starches from beans and fruit has carbs too. You need lots of fruits and veggies to get all the proper nutrients you need, plus lean proteins and whole grains while pregnant so I wouldn’t recommend going low carb at any point during a pregnancy. 
Frankly, low carb is a “fast fix” not a permanent fix (in my opinion). You take the carbs out and you loose weight, but gain it alll back the moment you add even just a bit of carb back into your diet. You are better off eating balanced and fresh meals than low carb. When you aren’t pregnant, look into low calorie diets as those are most effective.

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I’m diabetic so my doctor recommends low carb in normal situations. Once I became pregnant he said I needed to make sure I had 60g of carbs a day. That was the minimum. Otherwise you’ll go into ketosis and that’s not good for baby.

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Sort of....I got gestational diabetes so had to lower my carbs. But you should still eat some carbs every meal (fruit, whole grains) because ketosis can be dangerous in pregnancy. You can stay away from sugar and processed carbs.

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My dr doesn't want me low like ketogenic diet, but recommends lower carb for her patients as a good way to avoid GD and avoid excess weight gain. She says she prefers it over calorie counting.

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I had to start because of gd, I was allowed 25-30 grams per meal and 15 per snack. Still gained 40 lbs lol

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You’ll probably lose some weight but its not necessarily going to be good for you. l looked into this as I was curious too and a doctor said lowER carb is perfectly fine if you currently consume large amounts of carbs (as you’re basically just balancing your diet so it’s healthier) but proper low carb that’s cutting out food with any decent amount of carbs in it (such as with Keto) so you’re not eating much of a whole food group at all is a bad idea right now as both you and the baby need some carbs.what you could do instead is eat very little bread, chips and white pasta etc but include the basic nutritional requirement in the form of the healthier complex carbs like sweet potato, wholemeal foods and porridge. This will be healthy and you’re more likely to find it’s easier to stick to. You can reduce carbs if you eat a lot currently but you don’t really want to be cutting anything out, just eating a balanced diet. I do find that cutting carbs helps me lose some fat but it’s nothing groundbreaking (there’s no secret to fat loss) and I don’t always keep it off because it’s a little restrictive so I find just eating healthier types and focusing on not consuming too much is helpful in keeping my weight healthy. Trying to cut carbs out completely long-term is not recommended by medical professionals anyway but that’s probably not relevant to your question as it sounds like you’re only thinking about doing it for a set period :) x

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Yeah i would not recommend it my aunt was like that with bith of her boys and they were barley even four pounds they were both four pounds and some ounces and very unhappy babies she was full term as well

Has anyone started a low carb diet during pregnancy?

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