[blparent] Pregnancy and food sensitivity

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

And I think they need to be healthy callories, you can't eat like ten thousand chocolate bars.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Pregnancy and food sensitivity

True, but watch out.  Those extra pounds jump back on fast as soon as you
stop nursing.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 11:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Pregnancy and food sensitivity

> I was starving all the time during my pregnancy and still since I'm
> nursing.
> The awesome blessing about nursing is that even though I've increased my
> calories by 500 calories per day like suggested while nursing I've lost 32
> pounds since my son was born because of how many calories you burn on top
> of
> not having the time to eat as much at once so the meals have to be split
> up
> or smaller most times.  Chasing a toddler sure helps keep the waistline
> slim
> as well. GRIN
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 8:21 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Pregnancy and food sensitivty
>
> I eat pretty healthy normally, but since discovering I was pregnant, I've
> been eating a lot of organic food when possible, and fitting into the
> budget, especially produce and dairy. We purchase hormone-free milk and
> eggs, as well as hormone-free meat when possible, avoid food high in fat
> especially trans-fat as well as lunchmeats which contain nitrates, and
> studies are suggesting food with nitrates such as lunchmeats and hotdogs
> can
> be detremental especially when pregnant. Fortunately, I've not experienced
> sensitivities to food, though nausea has been a huge problem. I'm probably
> the only pregnant woman craving lettuce salads though, giggle! I eat
> several
> salads a day, and for lunch and dinner, I often eat one with grilled
> chicken, cheese and a few other things like raisins or peas. Did others
> experience a feeling of increased hunger?
> I've always heard of pregnant women feeling hungrier than usual, and most
> women I know who have been pregnant seemed to be hungry endlessly, but
> I've
> yet to feel more hungry than normal. Actually, my husband is eating more
> than I am; I think he's having sympathy hunger, grin! I often hear him
> say,
> "I'm craving 'insert food'." We have 27 weeks to go so not sure what he'
> sgoing to look like by the end! LOL
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
>
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