Ask any healthcare professional what causes pre-eclampsia and they’ll tell you that we honestly don’t know. We suspect that there’s a nutritional component, but clinical studies have been unsuccessful at isolating a root cause or identifying beneficial nutritional practices.<\/p>\n
I know this. I try to stay up on the research, on the recommendations. I counsel pregnant women on nutrition for a living. <\/p>\n
But when I start gaining fluid rapidly and my blood pressure starts creeping up and I’m afraid I’m going to risk out of home birth?<\/p>\n
I’m willing to do anything, research be darned.<\/p>\n
Up my protein from 80 grams per day to 100? Sure.<\/p>\n
Cut out sugar? Sure.<\/p>\n
Eat apples and beets for liver function? Why not.<\/p>\n
So what if we don’t have any proof that any of those things will do any good – if there’s any chance that they will, I’ll do it.<\/p>\n
It gives me a new compassion for the moms of kids with autism who desperately try eliminating artificial colors, and then gluten, and then dairy. So a professional (like me) tells them that there is no evidence that any of those are associated with autism or decrease in autistic behaviors. <\/p>\n
They’re desperate and feel powerless – they’ll do anything, however bizarre to try to maintain some level of control. <\/p>\n
As do I – putting my feet up on every occasion, lying down on my left side as soon as I get home from work, avoiding processed foods and sugar, loading up on protein. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the clinician and evidence-based practitioner in me frets over the fact that I really have no idea if any of this will do any good. None of it is based on good science. It’s all just guesses. <\/p>\n
So I do the one thing that will definitely not help my blood pressure stay low. I fret. I worry. I am anxious.<\/p>\n
I resist the one thing I have been commanded to do by the One who made my body and who knows exactly what is best for it.<\/p>\n
He<\/b> says to be anxious for nothing, to lift everything to Him in prayers and supplications with thanksgiving. He<\/b> promises peace that will guard my heart and mind. <\/p>\n
Yet I fret, I resist, I try to do something myself, not willing to trust God with my body and my baby’s. <\/p>\n
Lord, forgive me. I come to You desperate – able to do nothing. Take my fears, I choose to entrust them to You.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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