yesterday, i had my appointment at the low risk clinic with Marie, the midwife. two major things were pointed out to me:
the due date. when we went for our ultrasound, the sonographer told us our due date would change to dec 4, as the baby was measuring bigger. Marie, however, told me yesterday that they would not change it - the due date stays dec 9. the very first ultrasound at 7 weeks or so is the most accurate in dating the pregnancy. at this point, all babies grow at different rates and so it's not really fair to change the due date everytime ultrasound says something different. and it makes sense, because if the baby is not here by the 4th, everyone starts panicking and talking about induction, when really the baby's not ready for another 5 days or so. so we're back to the 9th!
sugar. now i'm not a sugar person in general. i don't like sweets, don't like dessert, don't like candy, not even a huge chocolate fan. after finding out i'm pregnant, i cut down my pop consumption to about one per week, even though i wasn't drinking much to begin with. plus, i haven't been drinking coffee, which i used to drink at least a cup of day before (i still take sips of jesse's coffee from time to time, but that's about all). i drink pure orange juice and cranberry cocktail. the most sugary weakness i have is probably iced tea and i've probably had about one cup in the last 5 months.
Marie pointed out to me that sugar is something a pregnant woman should avoid like the plague. like the empty carb sugars - pop, slushee, iced tea, juicebox, chocolate, etc. you can't avoid eating sugar in your food unless you're diabetic and consciously avoiding it. heck, even milk has 12 g of sugar per cup! anyways, i figured the reason was probably the baby is getting all hyped up on the sugar and probably getting fat on it as well, equalling larger babies to try to push out. Marie pointed out to me, however, that the biggest reason is that babies get so used to all the sugar, their bodies produce more and more insulin, and once they're born they have a hard time breastfeeding because breastmilk doesn't have all that much sugar. so they kinda go into like an insulin shock.
i had no idea. it's like making my baby a diabetic without even realizing it. so i've decided to really eliminate all those empty sugars i mentioned. i can't help too much of what i eat, because a lot of things i eat are also nutritious and needed (like milk, for example). i wanna give my baby the best possible start she can have.
the due date. when we went for our ultrasound, the sonographer told us our due date would change to dec 4, as the baby was measuring bigger. Marie, however, told me yesterday that they would not change it - the due date stays dec 9. the very first ultrasound at 7 weeks or so is the most accurate in dating the pregnancy. at this point, all babies grow at different rates and so it's not really fair to change the due date everytime ultrasound says something different. and it makes sense, because if the baby is not here by the 4th, everyone starts panicking and talking about induction, when really the baby's not ready for another 5 days or so. so we're back to the 9th!
sugar. now i'm not a sugar person in general. i don't like sweets, don't like dessert, don't like candy, not even a huge chocolate fan. after finding out i'm pregnant, i cut down my pop consumption to about one per week, even though i wasn't drinking much to begin with. plus, i haven't been drinking coffee, which i used to drink at least a cup of day before (i still take sips of jesse's coffee from time to time, but that's about all). i drink pure orange juice and cranberry cocktail. the most sugary weakness i have is probably iced tea and i've probably had about one cup in the last 5 months.
Marie pointed out to me that sugar is something a pregnant woman should avoid like the plague. like the empty carb sugars - pop, slushee, iced tea, juicebox, chocolate, etc. you can't avoid eating sugar in your food unless you're diabetic and consciously avoiding it. heck, even milk has 12 g of sugar per cup! anyways, i figured the reason was probably the baby is getting all hyped up on the sugar and probably getting fat on it as well, equalling larger babies to try to push out. Marie pointed out to me, however, that the biggest reason is that babies get so used to all the sugar, their bodies produce more and more insulin, and once they're born they have a hard time breastfeeding because breastmilk doesn't have all that much sugar. so they kinda go into like an insulin shock.
i had no idea. it's like making my baby a diabetic without even realizing it. so i've decided to really eliminate all those empty sugars i mentioned. i can't help too much of what i eat, because a lot of things i eat are also nutritious and needed (like milk, for example). i wanna give my baby the best possible start she can have.
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