Pregnancy: Nutrition

Nutrition

• Tried to drink 4 water bottles of water every day (approx 100 ounces of water total).
• Take prenatal vitamin daily.
• Having a water bottle that had a straw really helped for whatever reason. 
• Yogurt has good bacteria for the intestinal tract.
• Tried to follow The Bradley Method's food recommendations worksheet which was a high in protein.

Food Safety & Over the Counter Medication

• Don't consume unpasteurized milk or cheeses.
• Don't have fish that have high levels of mercury.

Pregnancy: Exercise

Exercise

3+ Times/Week

• Prenatal Yoga
• Walking
• Swimming

Daily I tried to do:

• Tailor Sitting for 10+ minutes.  Normally did this during devos or when watching a TV show.
• 4 sets of 10 squats.
• 10 butterfly's with Geoffrey's help.  Sit on floor with knees together, bent in front of me and feet flat on the floor.  Geoffrey would place a hand on the outside of each knee and push against me as I pressed my legs down towards the floor.
• 4 sets of 40 pelvic rocks during the day and another 80 before bed.
• 10 sets of 20 kegels.
• 2 sets of 15 minutes of practicing relaxation.  Realistically I would normally practice while in bed since I never fall asleep right away.

Round 2

• Be mindful of posture!  Can help avoid back labor.

Pregnancy: Health & Comfort

Bleeding Gums

• Use soft toothbrush to massage gums angled at 45 degrees.
• Use mouth wash.
• Don't skip dentist appointments.
• Try to increase Vitamin C through food.

Sleeping

• Use body pillow!
• Sleeping with a pillow between legs is especially helpful.
• Sleep on left side.

PELVIC ROCKS help with so many things!!!!

Tiredness

• Rest a ton.
• Drink lots of liquids with electrolytes.
• Eat honey on toast or honey sticks.

Baby Movement

• Normal to not feel much movement until 21-22 weeks
• Start tracking at 32 weeks
• Prior to this baby can get in position where won't feel baby moving but he/she is

Pregnancy: 1st Trimester

Take prenatal vitamin daily!  It's good to take it even before getting pregnant.

1st Trimester

• It was basically three months of puking and surviving.
• Try to have some meals frozen ahead of time for family.
• Eat crackers or oatmeal as soon as wake up.  Had to do this immediately and then would wait 30 minutes to see if food would stay down.
• Sickness tended to ease up a bit in the afternoons.  Great for teaching, hard that hubby got the worst parts of the days.
• Mac n cheese, chipotle, cheese, crackers and cranberry juice were all pretty good.

Round 2

• Felt significantly harder than with Baby C since no real down time.
• Bought a nose plug and helped a ton.  Especially with changing diapers.
• All day sickness which included not sleeping well during the nights due to nausea.
• Needed to eat/snack every hour or so.
• Napping would make it worse because it would be too long without food.
• Didn't like any food whatsoever.
• Ginger ale, apples with peanut butter for protein and crackers are what I mainly survived on.
• Didn't go to the grocery store really at all.
• Crazy extra tons of saliva.  Flats for cloth diapering were helpful.
• I hate first trimester :)