debs
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Post by debs on Jun 4, 2011 4:09:58 GMT -5
Now what do I do with my diet???
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Post by hellsbells on Jun 4, 2011 5:50:17 GMT -5
Congratulations! The endo diet is a pretty healthy one, I don't think there's any need to radically change it. If you get cravings for something it's your body telling you you need something in particular, so go with it. The only thing I'd say you may need to start eating more of is dairy - you must, must get enough calcium. Anything you don't get enough of, your baby will take it from your body, and you'll suffer. Calcium is at the fore with this one. Teeth, bones etc can suffer if you don't keep your stores up. So try and go with what your body tells you it needs!
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Post by Karen on Jun 4, 2011 6:00:00 GMT -5
Congrats!! Helen is right, you need to get plenty of nutrients! Although it may be tempting to fall off the wagon all together, continuing to eliminate foods that you are sensitive to will eliminate your baby from being exposed to the immune reaction. There is a chapter in the endo book I recommend (see my signature line) about the why's and how's if this.
I have to ask - was getting pregnant your motivation for trying the endo diet, or just a happy accident?
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Post by debs on Jun 4, 2011 6:38:05 GMT -5
Thank you so much ladies. Very nervous as I'm only 5 weeks + 2 days, only known for a week and I have had three very early mc s already and one ectopic pregnancy. I have to say this feels very different this time. Hugely down to the fact I am not bleeding at all which is a first!
SO I'm going to need to start using dairy again am I? Wow that is going to feel strange! I do miss cheese though so maybe I could just go with a chunk of cheddar now and then?
Karen getting pregnant has been my motivation for just about EVERYTHING over the past 2 years. I had the first early mc right when I first started ttc and have felt very low ever since. I only found out I had endo when they removed my left tube and ectopic pregnancy in February this year. I felt very unlucky at the time but having read women's stories here I know I am incredibly lucky as I had no idea I had endometriosis. I never thought my periods were more painful than anyone elses and I thought the tiredness I feel around that time was just normal. I started the diet straight away and have stuck to it 100% The only slip up I have had was one day using ketchup which was not organic and had added sugar. I've not found it difficult at all and both of us have really enjoyed the Endo resolved recipe book (although I do most of the cooking now!). I've felt great energy-wise and now the ultimate gift - pregnancy. Without all the awful threatened miscarriage symptoms I've had from the start with the others.
So thats me!
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Post by Karen on Jun 4, 2011 6:47:31 GMT -5
Well, then, big tip of the hat to you! I know some women are desperate to get pregnanct but refuse to acknowledge that diet can, in fact, help your body in so many ways. What a nice little reward for having followed it to a T, huh? So glad you haven't had the mc sympyoms, either. Have you had your blood drawn yet? Everything ok so far? So so so happy for you, keep us posted! And I know we have other members that haven't had success yet, but I hope your story is an inspiration for them!
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Post by hellsbells on Jun 4, 2011 7:22:26 GMT -5
I would really suggest talking to your doctor about dairy consumption. If you're not comfortable eating it again, or if it gives you any digestive symptoms, then there is the possibility of calcium supplements, but they're not really as beneficial as getting it naturally from your food. A chunk of cheddar now and again is not enough calcium for a pregnant woman I'm afraid. It's not even really enough for an un-pregnant woman!
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Post by debs on Jun 4, 2011 7:23:50 GMT -5
Thank you is really nice being able to tell you as I'm obviously keeping it quiet among family and friends for now. I especially want to tell the friends who have scoffed so openly at the diet and even at my chances of conceiving with its help (how mean?) the look on their faces will be priceless. But for now definitely would love to think I could be giving hope to people who are feeling as black as I was only a few months ago. I went on the contraceptive patch straight after the ectopic so as to have a break from endless heartache of my period coming every month. So actually I've only had one ttc cycle since the ectopic was removed, bless its tiny soul. I have had amazing success on the diet. And I believe cutting sugar out was most important for me as I was a real sugar fiend - even used to regularly make butter icing just so I could eat it out the bowl. And I did that for about 10 years! Poor poor body. I think my main saving has been getting an organic veggie box delivered regularly and making big batches so there are freezer portions ready to take to work. No I havent gone near the GP surgery after feeling totally let down by them in the past. If you are bleeding in early early pregnancy you just get ignored I have found. And two doctors didnt listen to me on the run up to the ectopic being discovered. I ended up having to go to hospital with pretty heavy blood loss before a paramedic took me seriously and organised for me to see the early pregnancy support unit. Now that I have had an ectopic I can refer myself straight to them which I have done. I have a scan a week on Tuesday when I will be 6 weeks 4 days and will be able to see that it is at least in the right place! I am not too worried about a further ectopic as the surgeon that took out my (scarred) left tube told me the right tube looked fine. So I think I might have passed through the woods as far as endometriosis complications! Its now Endo 3 : Me 1 I still feel like I'm winning ;-)
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Post by hellsbells on Jun 4, 2011 7:26:12 GMT -5
You are winning babe! All good stuff! Sugar is EVIL!!!!!!
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Post by debs on Jun 4, 2011 7:27:07 GMT -5
Ok Helen, I will seriously start thinking about calcium. I would eat as much cheese as I was allowed to tell the truth - I love it. Off to do some research!
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Post by hellsbells on Jun 4, 2011 7:28:46 GMT -5
Too much fat!!!!
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Post by omaklackey on Jun 4, 2011 10:39:09 GMT -5
There are other ways to get calcium, I can't think of them right now but my midwife was always telling me about certain veggies rich in calcium. Can you do a search for calcium rich veggies? Congratulations too!! ;D
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Post by JC on Jun 4, 2011 12:10:23 GMT -5
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I know the diet is so hard to stay on but I really wish some people would just TRY it. And you are proof that this diet can work! Some people are so unwilling to try it so I'm glad you posted this for others to see! Thank you! As far as the dairy, if you do start up on dairy again at least make sure it's organic so you don't get all the weird stuff that comes along with consuming dairy.
I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!
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Post by pretty on Jun 4, 2011 12:54:10 GMT -5
YAY for organic dairy! PLEASE follow Jenaya's advice on that. You don't even want to know what's in regular milk! PS I'm very very happy for you debs! hope, hope, hope all goes well.
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Post by Karen on Jun 4, 2011 13:31:31 GMT -5
Ooh, or (organic) goat's milk, too! I've heard it's closest to human milk and is the easiest to process!
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Post by hannahjex on Jun 4, 2011 13:54:01 GMT -5
CONGRATULATIONS!!! ;D It doesn't have to be dairy to get your calcium (though I can tell from your tone that you're probably hankering after your cheese anyway . I kind of rely on my almond milk and greens/nuts/seeds for my calcium, since I'm lactose intolerant. Here is a list of non-dairy, calcium rich foods. Sesame Seeds A quarter cup of sesame seeds has 351 mg calcium. Spinach A cup of boiled spinach has 245 mg. Collard Greens A cup of boiled collard greens has 266 mg. Blackstrap Molasses (probably a no-no--does it count as sugar?)One tablespoon has about 137 mg. Kelp One cup of raw kelp has 136 mg. Tahini Two tablespoons of raw tahini (sesame seed butter) have 126 mg. Broccoli Two cups of boiled broccoli have 124 mg. Swiss Chard One cup of boiled chard has 102 mg. Kale One cup of boiled kale has 94 mg. Brazil Nuts Two ounces of Brazil nuts (12 nuts) have 90 mg. Celery Two cups of raw celery have 81 mg. Almonds One ounce of almonds (23 nuts) has 75 mg. Papaya One medium papaya has 73 mg. Flax Seeds Two tablespoons of flax seeds have 52 mg. Oranges One medium orange has 52 mg.
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