No Result
View All Result
BellyBelly
  • Home
  • Getting Pregnant
  • Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy Articles
    • Pregnancy Week By Week
    • Pregnancy Symptoms
    • Pregnancy Calculator
    • Pregnancy Journals
      • Irene’s Pregnancy Journal
      • Pregnancy Diaries
      • Jovie Birth article
      • Maja Birth article
      • Diary of Ambah article
      • Diary of Belinda article
      • Diary of Rachael article
      • Diary of Sherie
      • Diary of Janelle
      • Diary of Sharon
      • Diary of Lucy
      • Diary of Kathryn
      • Diary of Julie
      • Diary of Kelly
  • Birth
  • New Mothers
    • New Mothers
    • Post Natal/Post Partum
  • Baby
    • Baby Articles
    • Baby Week By Week
    • Baby Sleep Articles
    • Star Signs For Baby
  • Breastfeeding
    • Breastfeeding Articles
    • Breastfeeding Week by Week
  • Toddler
  • Child
  • Men/Dads
  • Parenting
  • Health & Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Recipes & Cooking
    • Relationships
    • Family Travel
    • Men/Dads
    • Exercise
    • Meal Planning
  • Competitions
  • Advertise
  • Home
  • Getting Pregnant
  • Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy Articles
    • Pregnancy Week By Week
    • Pregnancy Symptoms
    • Pregnancy Calculator
    • Pregnancy Journals
      • Irene’s Pregnancy Journal
      • Pregnancy Diaries
      • Jovie Birth article
      • Maja Birth article
      • Diary of Ambah article
      • Diary of Belinda article
      • Diary of Rachael article
      • Diary of Sherie
      • Diary of Janelle
      • Diary of Sharon
      • Diary of Lucy
      • Diary of Kathryn
      • Diary of Julie
      • Diary of Kelly
  • Birth
  • New Mothers
    • New Mothers
    • Post Natal/Post Partum
  • Baby
    • Baby Articles
    • Baby Week By Week
    • Baby Sleep Articles
    • Star Signs For Baby
  • Breastfeeding
    • Breastfeeding Articles
    • Breastfeeding Week by Week
  • Toddler
  • Child
  • Men/Dads
  • Parenting
  • Health & Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Recipes & Cooking
    • Relationships
    • Family Travel
    • Men/Dads
    • Exercise
    • Meal Planning
  • Competitions
  • Advertise
No Result
View All Result
BellyBelly
No Result
View All Result
Home Irene’s Pregnancy Journal

Pregnancy journal week 25

by Irene Garzón BSc (Hons) Midwifery
Last updated July 13, 2022
Reading Time: 2 min
pregnancy journal week 25

I’m almost on the other side of my illness. I’m very weak still but I don’t go to bed fearful of experiencing a horrifying night.

I come from a family who has a lot of confidence in occidental medicine and was brought up turning to drugs and pills the moment I had any symptom of unwellness.

Since I studied midwifery, 20 years ago, I started to understand better the balance between health and illness. I started to listen to my body and I’d try to understand what it was telling me without trying to make my symptoms disappear. Our body talks to us but the fast pace that life takes, especially in western countries, makes many of us not take the time to actually listen.

When we get sick, our body is telling us to stop and rest. Taking something to ignore its demands and carry on with a busy life is a very short-term patch that allows us to carry on without actually giving our body time to heal and recover.

My diet has always been quite healthy. We cook from scratch, raw, fresh ingredients in almost every meal, and have been doing this for as long as I can remember, even when I started to live independently on my own.

However, I have to admit I ate too much meat and loved candy in between meals.

I ate very little during my convalescence. Despite being at my mother-in-law’s who cooks so well, I’d just have very light food like soup or boiled or raw vegetables. When there were plenty of yummy meats my body would point me at what it needed.

I wasn’t worried. I understand there’s a reason why women’s bodies store fat in the way they do. And I also knew my body was talking and telling me exactly what to do.

One of the last days we were visiting family, they were worried and insisted I forced some food in me. I did in order to please them and I vomited a few minutes after.

Back to listening to my body when it’s about its needs.

 

Now I’m recovering, my appetite is back and I can feel now it’s urging me to make up for the lost time. I don’t crave refined sugar, I hardly crave meat. I crave fruit, carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, fresh salads, raw vegetables cold soups like “gazpacho” and “salmorejo”; I crave hummus and pulses. I’m in total awe seeing what my body is doing.

When I’m hungry again it quite clear tells me “a banana is what I want now”.

I can tell I’ve lost a lot of weight and now there’s no time to lose. When it comes to cravings the image of a zombie in front of a mortal comes to my head quite frequently. I’m in total awe of my body and how its priorities are clear. Now you need to rest, now you need to eat.

I’m slowly recovering and trying to get some fresh air even if it’s just to the pool area.

Previous Post

What Is Anencephaly? What You Need To Know

Next Post

What To Look Out For When Selecting The Child’s First Dentist

Irene Garzón BSc (Hons) Midwifery

Irene is a midwife, writer and educator specialised in women's sexual health. She's worked in most areas of midwifery and as an educator in the UK, Spain, Bangladesh, Iran and Nepal (for now!). Her professional passion is to help people understand the importance of being born, where the mother owns this process and how care providers ought to provide the right care.

Next Post
What To Look Out For When Selecting The Childs First Dentist

What To Look Out For When Selecting The Child's First Dentist

Recommended

Hydrocele In Newborn And Babies What You Should Know

Hydrocele In Newborn And Babies | What You Should Know

Last updated August 15, 2022
What Is Hydrocele All The Things You Should Know

What Is Hydrocele? | All The Things You Should Know

Last updated August 8, 2022
pregnancy journal Week 28

Pregnancy journal week 28

Last updated August 5, 2022

Trending

How To Conceive A Boy Expert Tips to Have A Baby Boy

How To Conceive A Boy | 6 Expert Tips to Have A Baby Boy

Last updated July 18, 2022
Ovulation Pain Causes Of Pain During Ovulation

Ovulation Pain – 5 Causes Of Pain During Ovulation

Last updated May 19, 2022
How To Conceive A Girl Tips To Have A Baby Girl

How To Conceive A Girl | 9 Tips To Have A Baby Girl

Last updated July 18, 2022

We’re passionate about women and men feeling informed, confident and prepared for pregnancy, birth and early parenting.

  • Home
  • Getting Pregnant
  • Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy Articles
    • Pregnancy Week By Week
    • Pregnancy Symptoms
    • Pregnancy Calculator
    • Pregnancy Journals
      • Irene’s Pregnancy Journal
      • Pregnancy Diaries
      • Jovie Birth article
      • Maja Birth article
      • Diary of Ambah article
      • Diary of Belinda article
      • Diary of Rachael article
      • Diary of Sherie
      • Diary of Janelle
      • Diary of Sharon
      • Diary of Lucy
      • Diary of Kathryn
      • Diary of Julie
      • Diary of Kelly
  • Birth
  • New Mothers
    • New Mothers
    • Post Natal/Post Partum
  • Baby
    • Baby Articles
    • Baby Week By Week
    • Baby Sleep Articles
    • Star Signs For Baby
  • Breastfeeding
    • Breastfeeding Articles
    • Breastfeeding Week by Week
  • Toddler
  • Child
  • Men/Dads
  • Parenting
  • Health & Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Recipes & Cooking
    • Relationships
    • Family Travel
    • Men/Dads
    • Exercise
    • Meal Planning
  • Competitions
  • Advertise
  • Pregnancy Symptoms
  • Pregnancy Week by Week
  • Baby Week by Week

OUR NETWORK


  • bellybelly.com.au

  • www.aroundtheworldpluskids.com.au

  • www.doula-training.com.au
  • About
  • Contact
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise

© Copyright 2002–2022 BellyBelly, All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Getting Pregnant
  • Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy Articles
    • Pregnancy Week By Week
    • Pregnancy Symptoms
    • Pregnancy Calculator
    • Pregnancy Journals
      • Irene’s Pregnancy Journal
      • Pregnancy Diaries
      • Jovie Birth article
      • Maja Birth article
      • Diary of Ambah article
      • Diary of Belinda article
      • Diary of Rachael article
      • Diary of Sherie
      • Diary of Janelle
      • Diary of Sharon
      • Diary of Lucy
      • Diary of Kathryn
      • Diary of Julie
      • Diary of Kelly
  • Birth
  • New Mothers
    • New Mothers
    • Post Natal/Post Partum
  • Baby
    • Baby Articles
    • Baby Week By Week
    • Baby Sleep Articles
    • Star Signs For Baby
  • Breastfeeding
    • Breastfeeding Articles
    • Breastfeeding Week by Week
  • Toddler
  • Child
  • Men/Dads
  • Parenting
  • Health & Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Recipes & Cooking
    • Relationships
    • Family Travel
    • Men/Dads
    • Exercise
    • Meal Planning
  • Competitions
  • Advertise

© Copyright 2002–2022 BellyBelly, All Rights Reserved.