Pregnant! 
bethanyds
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I found out yesterday I am pregnant! Praise God, I did not think it would happen with all my health issues. I am at 4 weeks.
Can you please look through my list, and let me know if there's anything I should not be taking?
- Armour 90 mg in AM (will this typically have to be adjusted while pregnant?)
- TMG 750 mg 3x daily (is this safe? conflicting reports online)
- Now Foods Prenatal http://www.nowfoods.com/Supplements/Products-by-Category/Vitamins/Multiple-Vi...
(do you recommend a particular brand? Also, Vitamin A showed low on my blood work, should this suffice? My iron also showed slightly low, is this enough?)
- 1/2 Vit B 50 2x daily (do I need this in addition to the prenatal? I am taking extra due to adrenals)
- 1/2 Vit C 2x daily (again, do I need the extra?)
- Zinc 50 mg (blood work shows lower zinc, okay to take this in addition to 15 mg in prenatal? What form of zinc should I take)
- Vitamin D- 2000-4000 IU daily (showed low on bloodwork, okay to take?)
- 1/2 tsp nettle leaf 3x daily (conflicting reports online regarding safetly)
- Red raspberry leaf tea
- 1/2 tsp yucca 1x daily
- 1250 mg magnesium malate (is this okay in addition to prenatal?)
- Rice bran
- Probiotics and/or kefir
- Glycine- occasionally for sleep (conflicting reports on safety online)
Is there anything else you suggest?
What foods would be beneficial for health of me and baby to cut out? (dairy, sugar, etc.)
What are your thoughts on amount of food eaten per day? All I can find is to add 300 calories per day. How much weight is healthy to gain if starting out at an average/healthy weight?
What exercise can I do?
I have a UTI and do not want to go on Antibiotics . What is safe to take while pregnant for this?
My adrenals are still not 100%. What can I do to support them during this time?
Sorry for all the questions. You're the only place I can go for the right info. Thanks so much!
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- congratulations! eoeoe69
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- Re: Pregnant! Saljoe
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This is a reply to # 1,940,745Congratulations! Now relax and breathe. lol I am 6 mths pregnant after being sick all of last year and bed ridden for a good while during that time. My adrenals were shot and I went into Cushings. I have never been so sick in all my life.
When I found out I was pregnant I cried and cried from fear and the unknowing. The first mths were very hard for me, I was just so tired all the time and just felt crappy. Now I am doing things I couldn't a year ago. Full of energy and yet the size of a barn. My age (41) has been a scary factor as well but the baby seems really good and healthy and I haven't encountered any problems with blood Sugar or blood pressure, and those were issues for me before the baby.
I will share with you what I take and have done quite well with. And as far as eating, I don't count anything and give my body what it wants.Of course I do watch what kinds of foods such as trying to eat organic and stuff. I don't really eat junk food or drink sodas. When I'm hungry, I eat. It seemed like all the time in the beginning, especially with so much nausea. I went through that for 4 mths. Just don't deprive yourself and really listen to your body.
Right now my cortisol levels are good as well as other hormones. I am nervous about the stress of delivery and what it may do, but for now I feel wonderful.This is what I take and I'm sure James will have some great answers as well; besides the prenatal and iron...Rose Hips,Vit D3(my levels were very low)Folic acid and B12(really helps with nausea also)Stinging Nettles, Rasberry Leaf, and Astragalus. The Astragalus has helped me greatly with gum infection and fighting off the colds that my other children have had. Look into that for the UTI.
Hope that helps some. Again congratulations.
Sal
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- Re: Pregnant! bethanyds
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Thanks so much. It's encouraging to know other people are in the same boat and have a healthy pregnancy. I'm trying to just be excited and not worry, but it's difficult with everything my health has been through in the past few years. But, it's in the Lord's hands. Thanks for sharing what you are taking. I'll check into the Astragalus. Glad to hear your pregnancy is going so well! -
Re: Pregnant! eoeoe69
12 y
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This is a reply to # 1,941,310congratulations too!!
me and my wife we are still young but someday we want to have kids, and this information is very interesting!!
thanks for share!!
- Re: Pregnant! Hveragerthi
12 y
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Folic acid and B12(really helps with nausea also)
That's what I forgot to add was something for nausea. Small amounts of ginger also work well. Large amounts can stimulate uterine contractions so it is best sipped a little at a time when needed. Use dried ginger, not fresh ginger to make the tea.
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- Re: Pregnant! #60901
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This is a reply to # 1,941,310Hi sweetheart. I suggest you stay away from the Conspiracy theory forum. There is truth in being blissfully ignorant.
- Re: Pregnant! bethanyds
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- Re: Pregnant! Hveragerthi
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This is a reply to # 1,940,745
I found out yesterday I am pregnant! Praise God, I did not think it would happen with all my health issues. I am at 4 weeks.
Congratulations!
Can you please look through my list, and let me know if there's anything I should not be taking?
- Armour 90 mg in AM (will this typically have to be adjusted while pregnant?)
It would be best to be off this, but this would not be the time to try to come of it now.
- TMG 750 mg 3x daily (is this safe? conflicting reports online)
TMG is not a problem.
- Now Foods Prenatal http://www.nowfoods.com/Supplements/Products-by-Category/Vitamins/Multiple-Vi...
Not the best, but will work. I don't like the calcium carbonate or magnesium oxide. If you take it with something acidic like ascorbic acid it will convert these in to more soluble and safer salts.
(do you recommend a particular brand?
I have not looked in to any pre-natals.
Also, Vitamin A showed low on my blood work, should this suffice? My iron also showed slightly low, is this enough?)
The beta carotene will convert in to vitamin A as needed.
- 1/2 Vit B 50 2x daily (do I need this in addition to the prenatal? I am taking extra due to adrenals)
That is fine. The folic acid is especially important.
- 1/2 Vit C 2x daily (again, do I need the extra?)
I don't know how many milligrams you are taking. The max I recommend though is 2,000mg total daily. And again, if taken as ascorbic acid with the pre-natal will help.
- Zinc 50 mg (blood work shows lower zinc, okay to take this in addition to 15 mg in prenatal? What form of zinc should I take)
Yes, this is still well within the safe limit. Zinc gluconate is fine.
- Vitamin D- 2000-4000 IU daily (showed low on bloodwork, okay to take?)
I don't recommend going over 2000IU daily. Or better yet get some sun if you can.
- 1/2 tsp nettle leaf 3x daily (conflicting reports online regarding safetly)
Nettle leaf is excellent during pregnancy for its nutritional value.
- Red raspberry leaf tea
This is excellent throughout the pregnancy to help prevent miscarriage and to help ease the birth.
- 1/2 tsp yucca 1x daily
- 1250 mg magnesium malate (is this okay in addition to prenatal?)
- Rice bran
These are all going to be laxative. So I don't know if you want to take such high doses of magnesium although magnesium is great for preventing preeclampsia.
- Probiotics and/or kefir
Yes, these are fine.
- Glycine- occasionally for sleep (conflicting reports on safety online)
I don't see any issues with glycine either.
Is there anything else you suggest?
Mainly avoid eating large amounts of carrots and limit spices as these can stimulate uterine contractions.
And maybe take some chromium polynicotinate to help reduce the risk of gestational diabetes.
What foods would be beneficial for health of me and baby to cut out? (dairy, sugar, etc.)
Limiting these would be good. The best foods would be primarily plant based foods. Limiting meats would be a good idea. Especially fish since so much of it is contaminated.
What are your thoughts on amount of food eaten per day? All I can find is to add 300 calories per day. How much weight is healthy to gain if starting out at an average/healthy weight?
Here is a site with that information:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pregnancy-weight-gain/PR00111
What exercise can I do?
Swimming is the best since it is full body and non-impact. Yoga is also a good choice.
I have a UTI and do not want to go on antibiotics. What is safe to take while pregnant for this?
I recommend finding some real cranberry juice concentrate then dilute it and sweeten it to taste. Don't use cranberry juice cocktail. Blueberry juice also works.
Also drink plenty of water and urinate frequently.
My adrenals are still not 100%. What can I do to support them during this time?
Vitamin C rich fruits in addition to the things you are already taking.
Sorry for all the questions. You're the only place I can go for the right info. Thanks so much!Your welcome.
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- Re: Pregnant! bethanyds
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This is a reply to # 1,941,883Great, thanks so much! Thankfully, I haven't had the morning sickness yet. Just really tired.
I'll try the cranberry concentrate.
I'm going to try labor naturally and am going through a midwife but curious what your thoughts are on an epidural?
Thanks again!
- Re: Pregnant! bethanyds
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- Re: Pregnant! mankaa
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This is a reply to # 1,940,745Aw congrats! I found out I was preggo 11 weeks ago (I'm now 15 weeks) and cried and cried. I thought this year would be the year to get my body back. Week 7-12 was really rough for me. I just had to rest a lot. After that things have gotten a lot better and dare I say I feel better than I have in awhile. I chalk that up to rising progesterone. I also take suppositories of progesterone through week 15 because I've had losses in the past due to low levels. SO yeah...Just make sure to rest and eat well :)
Like Saljoe, I was oober frightened about the delivery but really when I think about it, there's so much more joy than there is the trauma of even a hard birth. Breastfeeding especially gives us those great hormones that make us feel great! It's awesome you're going with a midwife. I love mine.
Take care.- Re: Pregnant! Hveragerthi
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Aw congrats! I found out I was preggo 11 weeks ago (I'm now 15 weeks)
Congratulations to you as well.
and cried and cried. I thought this year would be the year to get my body back. Week 7-12 was really rough for me. I just had to rest a lot. After that things have gotten a lot better and dare I say I feel better than I have in awhile. I chalk that up to rising progesterone. I also take suppositories of progesterone through week 15 because I've had losses in the past due to low levels. SO yeah...Just make sure to rest and eat well :)
Be careful with progesterone. It can have a lot of nasty side effects.
Like Saljoe, I was oober frightened about the delivery but really when I think about it, there's so much more joy than there is the trauma of even a hard birth. Breastfeeding especially gives us those great hormones that make us feel great!Breastfeeding raises levels of the peptide oxytocin. Oxytocin is involved in pair bonding along with vasopressin and is what also gives both men and women orgasms.
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- Re: Pregnant! bethanyds
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This is a reply to # 1,943,056Thanks and congrats to you too!
Glad you are feeling better. I'm soooo exhausted now. Can't wait until the 2nd trimester! We saw the heartbeat today, such a little miracle.
- Re: Pregnant! Hveragerthi
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- congratulations! eoeoe69
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