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hi Ted,
You made a good point re the starch affecting our nutrient absorption which is of course an important issue in pregnancy. thanks for your ideas,
Peggy

hi Darla,
Thank you for your comments, I will definitely PM you very soon,
Peggy

Hi Peggy,

A long, long time ago in a place far, far away...

(last year feels like EONS ago believe me!)

Well anyway, getting back to the point, I knew I would need and want to be med-free before considering pregnancy and initially was thinking it wasn't going to happen because of being on Sulpha and Naproxen and having a pain level of 5-6 on average.

First found KA, then NSD and gave it a whirl - expectation=zero, results=100%!!

At the time there was a lot of info on the board about not being able to be NSD actually DURING a pregancy and to be honest was expecting to read more of the same on this thread so I'm glad that things have been updated! With the info I had though, I thought I would have to be at least LSD for the pregnancy so after a few months I started to experiment with reintroducing starches and they had verrry little effect at all!

Even maxxed out the starches just to see how much I could push it, and besides learning that most heavy-duty starches had all taste and pleasure of a piece of cardboard, I learned that I had a very high tolerance of them - (overwhelming feeling to say *whoopee do!!!*) - they did eventually cause heartburn, ankle swelling, low abdo pain and maybe some joint stiffness, but rarely pain.

I do strongly think that my level of gut healing has been a strong influence on this, and I also know that most NSD'ers would agree that their level of POST-diet pain is very different to what they had before the diet.

I wish that the current thinking had been around when I was looking it up and reading into it - errr, actually, NO!!! I'm glad it wasn't!!! Whew! What a lucky escape from a very dodgy gene pool He probably would have bet half the house on what sex the baby was!

Take care,

Jan

The first and best victory is to conquer self

— Plato

Hello all,

It's been a very long time since I've posted, but just logged on last week and trying to get caught up on all of the posts. I have some personal experience with pregnancy and NSD/LSD so I wanted to quickly share. Before becoming pregnant, I became a strict NSDer and was able to quit all NSAIDs. I became pregnant in August last year and really agonized over my diet and whether or not the baby would be healthy if I continued on the NSD. Because there was not enough research to risk this I modified my diet to LSD, but still cut out all of the main starches--pasta, bread, rice, etc. By my third month, it became apparent that I was in remission which I think is very common during pregnancy. I felt wonderful, but was too scared to increase my intake of starches. So I diligently made sure that I ate plenty of fruits and vegetables and took all of the necessary prenatal supplements. Later in the pregnancy, I will admit that I indulged on things like pizza and a little rice at meals since I was feeling so good. I am happy to report that I gave birth to a VERY healthy baby boy in April. The only problem I had was during delivery. He would not drop down into the pelvic cavity and was taken by emergency c-section. (He was a big boy and I'm a very small-framed person) I'm afraid I may be coming out of remission as my pain has started to increase over the past several months. Breastfeeding has made it difficult to stay low starch as I am voraciously hungry all of the time and only weigh about 102 lbs. I have one more month of breastfeeding and plan to return to NSD once I finish.

So, I do believe that I successfully stayed LSD almost until the end with a few indulgences. I believe that as long as you are getting enough of the "good carbs" (low starch/low glycemic index) that maintaining the LSD during pregnancy is viable and can be healthy way of life.

Meredith

Congratulations on your new baby Meredith!
What a wonderful and encouraging post to all who are on the LSD/NSD diets and are considering pregnancy. I wish you continued success with it all and many happy healthy years to come!

Enjoy your baby!
Kathy



"The most beautiful stones have been tossed by the wind and washed by the waters and polished to brilliance by life's strongest storms."

Thanks for telling us your story Meredith & congratulations.
One suggestion for feeding you & your little un's voracious appetites is to take Arjan's tip and up the fat intake. He quaffs 2 kG of butter a week, but there are also fatty yogurts, cream, milk etc. Replacing the rice with these could bring down the returning pain.

...if they be strong or able to endure physic, yet it brings them to an ill habit, they make their bodies no better than apothecaries' shops; this and such-like infirmities must needs follow.