Aside from health benefits, breastfeeding burns a fair number of calories! Weight loss is a bit easier with breastfeeding because of this additional calories burn.
You can learn more about those health benefits by reading "Making the Decision to Breastfeed" at the Office on Women's Health. That is 45 grams higher than in the non-pregnant state!īreastfeeding benefits both mother and baby. But at the same time, due to fetal growth and development, the RDA for carbohydrates during pregnancy is 175 grams/day. Blood glucose control during pregnancy needs to be very tightly controlled for fetal health. Use the carb goals that your healthcare provider or diabetes educator has recommended for you. If you use diabetes tracker, note that even if you select your diabetes type in Settings, MyNetDiary does not set up carb goals appropriate for pregnancy. You can also use the DRI Calculator for Healthcare Professionals - this calculator provides the RDA amount for non-pregnant, pregnant, and breastfeeding states.Ĭarb Goals for Diabetes & Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes. MyNetDiary's goals are based on the non-pregnant state so to use MyNetDiary safely you must customize those targets to higher levels.Īppropriate calories and nutrient targets can be obtained from your healthcare provider. Pregnancy has higher calories and nutrient goals in order to support both the growing fetus and the mother's nutritional needs. You can learn more about recommended weight gain goals by reading "Staying Healthy & Safe" at the Office on Women's Health and "Gain Weight Safely During Your Pregnancy" at WebMD.Ĭalories & Nutrients. If you had a lot of extra weight just before you got pregnant, your weight gain goals will be lower than if you started out underweight or at a healthy weight. Not all women will have the same weight gain goals during pregnancy. The first trimester (Weeks 1-12) has the least amount of weight gain whereas the second trimester (Weeks 13-28) and third trimester (Weeks 29 - birth) have more weight gain. Weight gain goals change by trimester and/or based upon an assessment of fetal growth. Weight loss is not appropriate during pregnancy and could result in harm to the fetus. Use your health care provider's recommendation for weekly weight gain. Katherine Isacks, MPS, RDN, CDCES - Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)Ĭan you use MyNetDiary to help support pregnancy or breastfeeding? Yes! However, because MyNetDiary was not designed for pregnancy or breastfeeding, you will need to customize your calories and nutrient targets higher than the default targets, as well as use appropriate weekly weight goals.
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