Hi friends,
I just wanted to let you know that I'm pregnant with my first child! My husband and I are so happy!
I'm trying to figure out how to get proper nutrition since I'm still eating a very limited diet of chicken, potatoes, and a tiny bit of applesauce. I've been trying to add in well cooked carrots and celery in my homemade chicken broth, as well as a little kabocha, but too much fiber makes me so bloated. Last night I was crazy bloated, and I couldn't tell whether it was too much fiber or whether it was just the pregnancy. (I'm only 4 weeks along). I was thinking of going to an herbalist to see if she could recommend some nutritious teas, but I know we have to be careful about adding in herbs. What I'm hoping is that I'll have the same experience as some of the other mothers on this board who have gone into remission during their prenatal period. That would be wonderful!
If you have any suggestions for extra nutrition, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks - and I'm so happy to share my news!
Elizabeth
Wonderful news
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Congrats!! I was pregnant pre-MC, and it caused be more C and bloating than my usual "IBS" at the time, and it did start early on. Hopefully you'll notice the immune reactions tamping down, which should allow you to be more adventurous with your foods. I highly suggest more variety in the diet while you're pregnant, and lots of high-quality protein.
Congratulations, Beth, I am so happy for both of you. I don't really have advice to give and hopefully others who have had babies while having MC will help you here. Babies are pretty adept at getting what they need in vitro.
Resolved MC symptoms successfully w/L-Glutamine, Probiotics and Vitamins, GF since 8/'09. DX w/MC 10/'09.
Hi Elizabeth,
Congratulations! With such a restricted diet, I hesitate to make any suggestions that might rock the boat. The one thing that I would suggest, to ensure a healthy baby, is to be sure that you are taking enough vitamin D supplement, because that's vital to the health of the fetus. Can you eat fish? As Zizzle mentioned, adequate protein is very important, because your own body will continue to have elevated protein needs, and now you have an additional demand on the available supply.
I hope that your MC goes into hormonal remission, too, because that would really make your life much easier, (as far as your diet options are concerned).
Tex
Congratulations! With such a restricted diet, I hesitate to make any suggestions that might rock the boat. The one thing that I would suggest, to ensure a healthy baby, is to be sure that you are taking enough vitamin D supplement, because that's vital to the health of the fetus. Can you eat fish? As Zizzle mentioned, adequate protein is very important, because your own body will continue to have elevated protein needs, and now you have an additional demand on the available supply.
I hope that your MC goes into hormonal remission, too, because that would really make your life much easier, (as far as your diet options are concerned).
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Congratulations, Beth!
I didn't have MC when I was pregnant, but I had extreme nausea for the first 3-4 months and had to be hospitalized for both my pregnancies. I lived on grapefruit and brown and serve rolls. My daughters turned out fine in spite of my meager diet those first few months. Do the best you can with food, but don't worry excessively about it. You probably know that you shouldn't drink any alcohol and it's best if you don't smoke.
Gloria
I didn't have MC when I was pregnant, but I had extreme nausea for the first 3-4 months and had to be hospitalized for both my pregnancies. I lived on grapefruit and brown and serve rolls. My daughters turned out fine in spite of my meager diet those first few months. Do the best you can with food, but don't worry excessively about it. You probably know that you shouldn't drink any alcohol and it's best if you don't smoke.
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
Thanks so much for your good wishes, everyone! What a wonderfully happy time this is for us.
I love the advice about not worrying too much about the food piece. I'm eating pasture-raised chicken, making my own broth from the bones, testing out a few veggies, drinking lots of tea, taking Freeda vitamins - prenatal and vitamin D — and letting myself rest when I'm tired. I can definitely try fish, but I worry about farmed fish and the heavy metals even in wild caught! It'll be good to have a little every week, though, I think.
Thanks, all!
I love the advice about not worrying too much about the food piece. I'm eating pasture-raised chicken, making my own broth from the bones, testing out a few veggies, drinking lots of tea, taking Freeda vitamins - prenatal and vitamin D — and letting myself rest when I'm tired. I can definitely try fish, but I worry about farmed fish and the heavy metals even in wild caught! It'll be good to have a little every week, though, I think.
Thanks, all!
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Contratulations! (from a newbie)
I googled "Microscopic Colitis and Pregnancy" and several related options came up!
Since I don't know if you have sensitivities, and this may not be an option with MC, but it was recommended that I drink egg nog for more protein during pregnancy. I was not eating enough and dr wanted me to gain more weight.
Brenda
I googled "Microscopic Colitis and Pregnancy" and several related options came up!
Since I don't know if you have sensitivities, and this may not be an option with MC, but it was recommended that I drink egg nog for more protein during pregnancy. I was not eating enough and dr wanted me to gain more weight.
Brenda
It is important to be able to sacrifice what we are for what we can become.
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Hi Beth,
A huge congratulations to you on your pregnancy! Also I remember reading a book awhile back about the Irish diet prior to the famine of 1840's and their was huge growth amongst the population in Ireland in the decades prior to the famine on a diet of potatoes and milk only.
Saw you were eating potatoes so thought this might reassure also:
The "Potato People" Era
In 17th century Ireland, the arrival of the potato -- an easily cultivated source of high-quality protein and vitamin C -- helped farmers deal with a food security crisis. The English occupation forcibly established large plantations, squeezing Irish farmers onto ever-smaller rented plots and out of their traditionally diverse diets. Rural Irish sharecroppers, soon named the "potato people," not only survived but performed heavy manual labor, enjoyed leisure time and increased their population eightfold in 250 years on a monotonous yet nutritionally complete diet of potatoes, buttermilk and oatmeal. Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/47861 ... z1lGvNCqEk
Brandy
A huge congratulations to you on your pregnancy! Also I remember reading a book awhile back about the Irish diet prior to the famine of 1840's and their was huge growth amongst the population in Ireland in the decades prior to the famine on a diet of potatoes and milk only.
Saw you were eating potatoes so thought this might reassure also:
The "Potato People" Era
In 17th century Ireland, the arrival of the potato -- an easily cultivated source of high-quality protein and vitamin C -- helped farmers deal with a food security crisis. The English occupation forcibly established large plantations, squeezing Irish farmers onto ever-smaller rented plots and out of their traditionally diverse diets. Rural Irish sharecroppers, soon named the "potato people," not only survived but performed heavy manual labor, enjoyed leisure time and increased their population eightfold in 250 years on a monotonous yet nutritionally complete diet of potatoes, buttermilk and oatmeal. Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/47861 ... z1lGvNCqEk
Brandy