The Truth About Gestational Diabetes Testing, Nutrition & Birth with Midwives, Bonnie Baker & Karina Robinson

Gestational diabetes is one of those topics that every pregnant mama needs to understand way before she ever gets to that 28 week test, whether she thinks it applies to her or not. 

And I could not be more excited about who I brought in to talk about it today.

Bonnie and Karina are midwives in Davis County Utah and two of my favorite people in the birth world. 

I met them early in my birth work journey and I have never stopped being grateful for it. Bonnie has a background in nutrition and has been in birth work since 2014. 

Karina has had type one diabetes for over 35 years and lives this every single day. Between the two of them, they know more about gestational diabetes than most providers you will ever sit across from. I have actually told Bonnie that if I ever get pregnant again, I am either flying her out to me or heading to Utah, because these are the women I want in my corner. 💛

This conversation is practical, surprising, and one of the most helpful episodes I have recorded on pregnancy nutrition and testing. 

I learned things I was not expecting to learn. And I think you will too.

Here are some highlights from the episode:

• What gestational diabetes actually is, and the perfect way to describe what happens between the placenta and pancreas during pregnancy
• The difference between type one, type two, and gestational diabetes, and the PCOS connection, most providers are not making
• The testing methods Bonnie and Karina actually trust and why eating jelly beans, pancakes, or a banana before your test is giving you a wildly inaccurate picture
• What the nutrition protocol actually looks like when someone tests positive, and why every single mama who has been compliant with their plan has had a wonderful outcome
• The real truth about carbs and gestational diabetes that most people are getting completely wrong
• Something about the health of dads and the placenta that genuinely stopped me mid-conversation 👀
• The signs and symptoms most mamas do not know to look for and why gestational diabetes unfortunately does not always announce itself
• The risk factors list that is longer than most people realize and why very few women can actually say none of these apply to me
• What managed versus unmanaged gestational diabetes means for your birth options
• The postpartum screening that is in all the literature and almost nobody is doing
• The simplest thing you can do after every meal that has a real measurable effect on your blood sugar

Connect with Bonnie & Karina:
 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daviscountymidwives/ 
 📍 Birth Center: Bountiful, Utah https://daviscountymidwives.com/

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