Jeannie:
Thank you for this post. I am concerned about this because I am attempting IVF right now and that is my next fear if I am lucky enough to get pregnant. I've been doing Atkins for 10 weeks and have no history of diabetes in my family or elevated BG with myself, however, I am 37 years old and this will be my first pregnancy and I am about 25 lbs overweight (when I started Atkins my BMI said I was obese...just barely but I was there).

I am crossing my fingers for you and PLEASE post and let us know how the blood work comes out ok?

Donnie:
thank you for your post as well. It put my mind at ease to read your post.
Atkins does say that pregnant women should ONLY be on Lifetime Maintenance while pregnant, so I will make very smart choices with carbs and I'm spending August working my way up to OWL. I have pounds and pounds of frozen strawberries and blueberries I got at Costco (what a steal... something like $1.00 a lb on the strawberries) so that will help me stay on track with nutritious carbs.

That darned ADA article on the subject just left me feeling nervous although I am sure that was not their intent. I felt like they were saying, "hey we're stumbling around in the dark and here are the BAAADDDD things that can happen and here are the 'demographics' of the disease." Oh boy!

I sure do hope that for the health of MOST Americans, the ADA will come around to the Atkins WOE. It makes me so sad to think of so many people suffering needlessly at this very moment.