Category: Diabetes

What is a Nutritional Doula and Do You Need One?

Years ago, when I was pregnant with my second son, I spent 2 weeks exiting every room I’d just entered because of the noxious smells. I know now that those smells were just everyday scents, but with hightened senses and hormones – everything made me sick. I had a hard time keeping anything down and […]

The Truth About Gestational Diabetes

You may not know it, but Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is more common than most people realize. That’s because Gestational Diabetes (GDM) is based on hormones. You don’t have to be diabetic or even pre-diabetic to develop GDM during your pregnancy. Hormonal changes in a pregnant body subject a woman to developing diabetes during the time […]