Re: Seeking help for a friend's pregnant daughter.

February 3, 2003

Well You can start with the premise that she is either very tiny or

very malnourished. The fact that she's vomiting so much indicates

that she's got some pretty hard core blood sugar issues. The number

one most important thing with her is for her to eat as much as

possible as often as possible without vomiting or getting nauseous.

For some this means 1/2 ounce of steak every 20 minutes for others

its a couple pieces of sourdough bread every couple hours. It

really is wide and varied. If she were my client I'd start with raw

milk, cream, eggs. If she's not inclined to do raw then pasturized

whole milk, and eggs cooked as little as she's willing. Again

she'll need to test the amounts and timing. she might handle and

egg an hour or a tablespoon of milk every 20 minutes. It really

depends upon her tolerance. For many women in this situation the

only thing they are willing to look at is starch. So with them I'd

first discourage that and then cave ;-) this is a pregnant woman

we're speaking of ;-) So at the very least some very high quality

sprouted grain bread with lots of butter and or preferrably egg.

And again at time intervals and amounts she can stand. This by no

means is a full plan for her entire pregnancy but this approach can

get her off of square one and from there she can build on it.

DMM

> My friend's daughter is pregnant. She was 95 lbs. when she became

> pregnant and hasn't been able to gain much weight with this

pregnancy.

> She's 105 lbs. now. Everything she eats she throws up and so she

has to

> eat little amounts at a time to keep anything down. She was

wondering

> what would be the best foods to eat for the pregnancy, to help in

> gaining weight and to produce a healthy baby that won't cause her

to

> throw-up, since she can't eat a whole lot.

> Thanks!

> Robin

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