Healthy Pregnancy

[Dr. Tal]

What's the saying??....When it rains it pours?
So my morning sickness finally cleared up, (as in I haven't vomited since Friday ) I think that's a record for me. Only problem is I now have a sunus infection Not super pleasant. SO I was off work sick yesterday had steam inhalations every two hours. Came into work today, but my head is so congested I think I am going to go home again soon.

Haven't much felt like eating or exercising either, so the whole healthy thing isn't really going too well at the moment

[Cherished]

Awww Dr. Tal write yourself a perscription for some tender love and care with a side serve or rest xo

[belfie]

Awww Dr. Tal write yourself a perscription for some tender love and care with a side serve or rest xo

Dr Tal - I can't write a better prescription than the one that Cherished wrote, look after yourself, and i agree it's very difficult to do the whole healthy/exercise thing when you're sick sick sick! Don't beat yourself up.

Cherished - aaww your nursery sounds gorgeous! And your meal planning sounds like a great idea.

AFM - well my day went KINDA to plan. Went to a GF's for DS to have a haircut, but had forgotten my muesli bar. Ended up sitting there for yonks having a cuppa but neither her nor I had anything for me to eat so by the time I got home at 1.30pm I was ravenous. Had a 'standard' serving size of potato chips to stave off the hunger (geez it seemed small! ) then my salad sandwich. And then still felt FOUL afterwards. I really don't seem to do so well if I forget to eat. So then a cuppa and some chocolate and ANOTHER hour on the sofa before I felt human again. The house was a disaster zone and toddler boy was back up again . Didn't get around to my healthy arvo tea, but did manage a walk and my rice paper rolls for dinner were seriously yummo. Deteriorated into naughty land a bit tonight (ahem chocolate, icecream), but on the whole... not TOO bad.

I've posted somewhere else cos I've been feeling seriously BLEH and can't work out what's wrong. I had a HUGE attack of the poor me's last night - did a big post here and then wussed out & deleted it . I've had a cold for 3 weeks (after "that" gastro) and I just feel OFF still but there's nothing specific wrong. I just think I shouldn't be feeling so crappy at this stage of my PG, and my darling boy is sleeping beautifully (till 8 or 9am) so it's not that i'm not getting enough sleep either. But after today's effort, I think it's mostly my nutrition. Plus I may have eaten something that does my belly bad on the weeekend, cos I tend to get very tired & mopey when my digestion problem flares up (even though I think PG is masking any isses - I'm not capable of getting the runs like I usually do! ). I just end up feeling exhausted and it's such an effort to do anything - which is really not me at all. Plus I can't seem to eat normal size meals anymore, then if I forget to have a proper morning/arvo snack, I think I get too empty/tired and my body just can't pick up again quickly. So that's my theory anyway.

I was googling some dieticians yesterday, toying with revisiting that option to get some help/inspiration/creativity regarding our whole family challenges/restricted diet. Some scientific articles suggested that some of my "allowed" fruits might not be ok after all. So frustrating when they change the diet but you don't find out! Arrrgh! So now i'm a bit paranoid as to what I should and shouldn't have!

Ok so meal plan tomorrow:
brekkie: porridge with blueberries
snack: yoghurt with peaches
lunch: salad sandwich with cheese
snack: dark chocolate sesame snaps & mixed nuts
dinner: satay beef stirfy (yes I have homemade satay sauce to use up lol)

Thanks for listening.

[Cherished]

belfie sounds like you also need a perscription for some love'n care and relaxation, I'm sure Dr. Tal can write one for you I'm also feeling a bit off with being tired. I did start a thread asking when the tiredness kicked in again cause I think it's too early at 25 weeks for me to start feeling like this again, I've even started to feel every so slightly sick in the mornings again which is lasting to around lunch time (not that I can complain Dr. Tal )! I haven't actually reached for a sick bag yet. Anyway try not to listen to Dr. Google as it will always tell you 100 different opinions. You are better off to stick to one thing and see if you get results, then try something else if that doesn't work. I feel for you leaving home without food hon, I said to dh last week "if I don't get some food very soon little kids will start loosing their lunch boxes" But I'm always like that, not just being pregnant so it's just twice as bad now!

Food today: Whatever I can find, not much in the house at the moment!

[Kirsten]

Damn that purple reply to thread button - just wrote out a big reply and it's gone! Grrrrrrr!

Belfie: Big for you - that must be awful feeling that bad all the time, maybe a trip to the dietician/nutritionist would be a good idea, couldn't hurt at least. Hope you get some answers soon.

Dr Tal to you too, sinus infections are so bad, you poor thing. Hope you're on the mend

Cherished:I remember feeling tired all the time when pg with DS, I'd prescribe some rest and then some more rest then after you've had a rest do some random lunchbox thieving.

Krystals: I am liking the look of your food plan (especially the S&Vs)

AFM: Well, you should all get a load of what I'm eating right now, giant sized bowl of lettuce (I am lettuce obsessed) with half an avocado, half a capsicum, 2 tomatoes, 2 mushrooms, half a cucumber, with good olive oil and white wine vinegar. YUMYUMYUM. and for a snack I had organic sulphur dioxide free dried apricots, organic sultanas and raw cashews. This baby is loving healthy healthy stuff at the moment, I might go for some more salad. DP reminded me that i went salad mad with DS but all I remember eating with him was fish and chips and "chicken schnitzel sandwich with swiss cheese on dark rye please" my standard lunch order - hee hee

[Cherished]

Hi everyone

Kirsten I wish I was addicted to lettuce! salad is dh's fav food so I eat it with at least one meal a day, I do enjoy it but cricky sometimes I've just had enough! It's a very healthy craving to have though.

AFM today I worked out our weeks meal plan, it actually took ages but well worth it. Now I don't have to think about what to make woohooo. Tonight is prob the most unhealthy meal though its a pasta/vegi bake of which I have just realised that I forgot to put broccoli in Far out I am tired! I had about 11 hours sleep last night and a nana nap today. I don't know how I managed to do all the house work, go shopping and even make dinner. I can't imagine pregnancy #2 will be much fun when I don't have these opportunities to rest. My hat goes off to all of you who are running around after other children.

[krystals]

Hi Girls! Good on you for getting your meal plan done for the week cherished! We write a rough one each week for shopping purposes, but then more often than not decide to mix it up again by the time the food is in the fridge! Tonight is my SIL's impossible quiche- no base! with chicken mushroom and parsley- would have loved to have asparagus, but we live 45 minutes from the supermarket!

The last couple of days I've struggled to stay inline with my meal plans, but have been proud that I haven't strayed too much- Have had some family dramas but am proud that the worst thing I have eaten was a packet pasta- macaroni cheese. Not stressed about the pasta or cheese so much, just the fact that it was a packet meal!!! I'm usually not so lazy with food and both hubby and I prefer to make things from scratch. I don't really like eating numbers or words I can't pronounce! I ended up not eating dinner last night which was naughty, so was famished this morning at breakfast! Luckily hubby cooks and divvy's the porridge, so I didn't get a chance to overreat I didn't walk yesterday or today- I ended up taking the afternoon off work and sleeping for 3 hours!!! Will walk Ella tomorrow morning and if I'm feeling good might go a little further or longer than I usually do.

I hope everyone has a good weekend with lots of energy!