Posts by usnavyangel

no kids here yet... mines not due til feb. :]
but i know a girl who's stomach & entire body went back to being supermodel thin! i don't know how long it took her but i saw her pregnancy pictures & she was HUGE!! now shes itty bitty & looks like she just came off a runway! lucky her! although, i guess not all women get right back in shape.

my cousin gave birth to her daughter 4months & she dropped the majority of the weight in the first few weeks [she wasn't exercising or anything, it just disappeared] now she just has a little pooch that was there before she got pregnant. shes happy & she looks great! i guess it all depends on how you view yourself. :]

best of luck!

Thanks to everyone who responded! :]

spuckine1: all i mainly drink is water & sometimes juice or chocolate soymilk. [yumm ]. My BP was 100/52 standing up & sitting down it was 90/53. so i'm assuming my bp has always been that low because the dizziness & blackouts were before i got pregnant.. everyone in my family [& drs as well] contributed the dizziness & blackouts due to me being anorexic & bulimic & going on starving binges for days on end. but that was a few yrs ago.

he apologized to me today. said that he's been having a rough few weeks [hes in the navy & hes quitting smoking for the health of me & the baby. he said he could care less how healthy he is].

akela9: we've attempted to have sex once.. & it hurt so bad so we stopped. :[  i felt more guilty that we stopped than the fact that it physically hurt. but that was a few weeks ago before all the heart problems started so... :/  me losing weight, the dr attributed that to the vomitting from morning sickness. but i've only thrown up 3 times in the whole 3months ive been pregnant. & once was yesterday. & all 3 times it had been very little & usually on an empty stomach, so i was rly throwing up acid & water & stuffs.
you & me both. :/

Original Post by lunger0514:

Is it possible?  My first pregnancy I took two flinstone vitamins (per my doctor suggestion since prenatals made me sick) and an extra 400 mcg of folic acid.  I just picked up a the spring valley brand from walmart. 

Now, this time around, I am doing the SAME thing and I have developed a rash and itch all over.  I tried trial and error, not taking the folic acid and just the flinstones and I the reaction subsides.  But as soon as I take the supplement I feel sick and itchy....is this in my head????

My primary care doc said it is VERY rare to have an allergic reaction to folic acid unless it is in excess above 1 mg or 1,000 mcg. 

I plan on calling my OB soon...this is just too strange!

This sounds very similar to what i'm going through! i have this weird rash thingy on my elbow & a small patch on the top of my hand & at the bend of my elbow [closer to my forearm]. my parents are concerned... me? not so much... i'm going to talk to my ob tho. they're the best people to ask before stopping anything thats given to you FOR the baby.

best of luck. let me know what your ob says.

Original Post by gi-jane:

A lot of things in cartons aren't healthy. Did yours have a lot of added salt? Fresh egg-whites get an A- but they are pretty limited nutritionally. OK, no fat, sugar or salt but..... no fibre, no vitamins, no iron, no nothing else either.

it had 285mg of 3/4 of a cup. 3g of carbs & 18g of protein [again, for 3/4 cup].

I think it goes by the WAY its processed. Like what susiecue said. i completely agree. its better to enter everything in manually [if you know it]. like i tried to input my generic soda into cc as "diet coke" [from coca-cola] & it came up that it has <b>2</b> calories for a 12fl oz can of diet. umm, my can says its 0cals for 12 oz. so i just input information off the can [or box].

i also agree with clairelaine. :]

yumm. i love torfurky. altho, i didn't quite like the tofurky roast thingy i had for thanksgiving... but then again, i cooked it wrong. *shrugs*

SmartDeli has a bunch of yummy stuff. Like BBQ Pork & vegan lunch slices. Yumm.. Smells & tastes like the real thing. Couldn't tell yah the calories off hand but mm mm mm. :D  also, morningstar or gardenia [depending on whether your in the us or canada] has really good stuff.

also, to find places that sell vegetarian stuff, go to happycow.com & it'll list places that carry veg food [even restaurants!]. msg me with any questions.

Sounds easy!
& a great motivation!

starting this one!!
i can't run for crap. >.<