Comments on: Midwives in the news http://www.bellytales.com/2006/02/18/midwives-in-the-news/ The Diary of a Midwife Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Student http://www.bellytales.com/2006/02/18/midwives-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-311 The Student Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:49:37 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/2006/02/18/midwives-in-the-news/#comment-311 Hi, Christine! You definitely are NOT the norm, but that is excellent. It's so hard to eat healthily and maintain a proper weight in our society, and it's definitely causing large-scale problems for thousands (millions?) of women. But you should justifiably feel proud of yourself for keeping the weight off. That's hard work! It makes me sad that one of the reasons mentioned in the article for this possible trend is the fact that busy clinicians don't have time to discuss diet and nutrition with their patients, or even the time to follow-up on after the pregnancy. Note to self: when you're a practicing clinician someday, FIND THE TIME! You mentioned that you didn't feel you had enough support or information at the time--I'm curious: what kind of support do you think you would have needed? What did your clinician offer you (or not) in terms of nutrition/diabetes counselling? Can you think of anything that might have been more helpful? Always on the lookout for tips. Nice to see you here! Hi, Christine! You definitely are NOT the norm, but that is excellent. It’s so hard to eat healthily and maintain a proper weight in our society, and it’s definitely causing large-scale problems for thousands (millions?) of women. But you should justifiably feel proud of yourself for keeping the weight off. That’s hard work!

It makes me sad that one of the reasons mentioned in the article for this possible trend is the fact that busy clinicians don’t have time to discuss diet and nutrition with their patients, or even the time to follow-up on after the pregnancy. Note to self: when you’re a practicing clinician someday, FIND THE TIME! You mentioned that you didn’t feel you had enough support or information at the time–I’m curious: what kind of support do you think you would have needed? What did your clinician offer you (or not) in terms of nutrition/diabetes counselling? Can you think of anything that might have been more helpful?

Always on the lookout for tips. Nice to see you here!

]]> By: cmoers http://www.bellytales.com/2006/02/18/midwives-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-309 cmoers Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:56:23 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/2006/02/18/midwives-in-the-news/#comment-309 I am really bad about keeping up with your blog - sorry. I always LOVE IT! Particularly this one ... as I gained a whopping 80 lbs during my first pregnancy!! I was borderline on GD. Thankfully, I lost most of it and only put on 28 lbs with second pregnancy. It is eight years later, and I've kept it off all these years, never topping 130 lbs. HOWEVER, I know that is not the norm, and it has taken a lot of work every single day. I did not have enough support or information during that time. Bad, bad, bad! I am really bad about keeping up with your blog – sorry. I always LOVE IT!

Particularly this one … as I gained a whopping 80 lbs during my first pregnancy!! I was borderline on GD. Thankfully, I lost most of it and only put on 28 lbs with second pregnancy. It is eight years later, and I’ve kept it off all these years, never topping 130 lbs.

HOWEVER, I know that is not the norm, and it has taken a lot of work every single day. I did not have enough support or information during that time. Bad, bad, bad!

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