My first question is "Is 2000 calories enough for this mom?
My second question is "How much is her baby nursing and how pregnant is
mom-2nd trimester I'm guessing?"
My third question is "How much fluctuation in her BS-is she on insulin at
this point?"
My fourth question is "Does she plan to get a second opinion, perhaps from
a CDE who is a little more supportive of BF?"

I have lots of other questions that I can pose to the nurses and dieticians
who run our diabetes education program, which, by the way, is very
supportive of BF.  Feel free to e-mail me privately.  Our CDEs are leaving
for an AADE meeting in Minneapolis tomorrow am so you have time to get some
of the answers to my questions.

What does the rest of the group think?  I guess I need more information to
make a truly educated statement, but I think weaning is a pretty rash
decision.

Maurenne Griese, RNC, BSN, CCE, CBE
Birth and Breastfeeding Resources
Manhattan, KS  USA
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> From: C. Beckham <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: gestational diabetes/toddler nursing
> Date: Tuesday, November 11, 1997 10:12 AM
>
> Dear Lactneters,
>         I have a mom who is nursing an 11 month old and is pregnant.  She
> was told by a nutritionist in her doctor's office that she must wean
> immediately because her sugar is already fluctuating.  She had
Gestational
> diabetes controlled by a 2000 calorie diet in the first pregnancy.  She
does
> not want to wean.  I tried to search the Lactnet Archives and found this
> same question had been asked several times in the past, but there are no
> answers in the archives.  Do people usually share answers by private
email
> only?  If you have any information please pass it on to me.  Is it
necessary
> to wean?  Are there any dangers to mom, toddler or fetus if she doesn't
> wean?  A question about the archives:  There were 48 references to GD, I
> tried to retrieve about 17 of them, only 10 could be retrived though
there
> were short beginnings of all of them.  Is this typical?  I have never
done
> this before.  Thank you for your help.
> Carroll Beckham, Fayetteville, NC
>