This is the second part of our two-part series all about Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols RDN. In this episode, we do an overview of testing options and discuss some of the lesser-known nuances of normal pregnancy metabolism - getting into some fascinating details around low blood sugars, continuous glucose monitors, and nutritive ketosis in pregnancy. We then discuss the conventional dietary recommendations and how they are insufficient and outdated and discuss the method of blood sugar management that Lily recommends to her clients to achieve the best outcomes. Also discussed is how this diagnosis of gestational diabetes can really come to wreck birth plans, even when it may not be applicable anymore - and how one can manage that best with their provider. Here we go!

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Learn more from Lily Nichols:
  • Website - www.lilynicholsrdn.com
  • Instagram - @lilynicholsrdn
  • Lily's Books
  • Lily's Courses
  • Lily's article on Breakfast Mistakes
  • Lily's article on CGM Experiment Part 1 & Part 2
• Healthy as a Mother Episode #87: Gestational Diabetes Part 1 with Lily Nichols
• Healthy As A Mother Episode #13: Baby Brain Support in Pregnancy with Ari Calhoun
• Evidence-Based Birth Episodes on Big Babies
  • https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-for-induction-or-c-section-for-big-baby/
  • https://evidencebasedbirth.com/what-are-the-birth-implications-for-a-suspected-big-baby-podcast/

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