08/29/2025
i recently was on a walk and met a new dad. we shared stories of our little ones, and found out that both of our babies were 10 pounds at birth, and his first response was “you must of had a c-section too?”
i was shocked that this is the new-normal in conversation with strangers about birth.
another from of our indoctrinated culture.
birthing my 10 pound baby at home, would have been classified as a sugar baby.
as the narrowing of normal in modern OB-care persists, we miss a potential opportunity to appreciate the variant shifts in the natural world.
with medical induction being a primary intervention practice in modern OB care, and rates on the rise all over the world, i would have been classified as a pre-diabetic, “high risk” pregnancy.
this signature would have changed my birthing outcomes tremendously, and laid the groundwork for medical intervention, induction and the potential for complications in my birth.
normal variant shifts in pregnancy are important to respect, as our overall state shifts.
the physiological diabetic-normal variant shift ;
beginning in pregnancy mothers naturally experience insulin sensitivity creating a hypoglycemic state of the blood — cellular uptake of sugar to synthesize new tissue.
later stages of pregnancy this reverses, and maternal insulin resistance occurs, creating a hyperglycemia state in the blood — to actually provide the fetus more sugar for growth!
“gestational diabetes” is defined as the inability to respond to this natural shift in sugar regulation in later phases of pregnancy. in a hyperglycemic state, we should also see a match for a hyperinsulinemic state.
in other words, a natural diabetic-state in later pregnancy will induce your baby to grow!
rather than villainize this uptick of sugar in the blood with your “routine testing” let’s celebrate the birth of a grown baby who’s taken their form!
