Nutrition in Pregnancy

Pregnancy involves a lot of do's and dont's ....the first and foremost being healthy nutrition for the mother ...bcoz thats the most important way to ensure a healthy baby.
I recommend the following links for a more expertise advice on nutrition in pregnancy...coz am a no-doctor !!
Firstly, how to overcome hunger and eat right during pregnancy. Well...this sure is a tough phase where u crave for all the wrong things...but yes, u cant help it...not even a nutritionist who is a know-all . Dont believe?? Read along ....

http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/nutrition/pregnant-and-hungry/


The second link am posting is the Do's and dont's of foods among pregger ladies . The foods we think are safe ..but arent actually ...and the various myths related ....Everything is listed down here....go ahead and enlighten yourself..you will be in for a surprise .

http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/nutrition/a-food-guide-for-pregnant-women/

And i need to include the most important tips during pregnancy . This is a must-follow regiment...all u moms-to-be.

http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/pampering/healthy-pregnancy-tips/


Whats a post without my story ?? hehe....So , just read along to know my personal experience during my pregnancies .

If you have read my "Pregnancy" post...you will know that i conceieved my elder one while i was in college . Though it was a planned one...and though i said i didnt panic even for one moment...i was always confused about what to eat and what not to. The first trimester was a dream .No nausea, no vomitings...in fact , i had to leave my front door at 8.30 am daily to attend college....and not once, i had felt nauseous or sick . I had a very active lifestyle and wasn't showing up much . My friends were just fascinated with the news but my mom was a bit worried about my nutrition coz of my odd hours during the college .I had a wonderful doctor seeing me every month and things were going smoothly until the second trimester.I had no special cravings, no weird mood-swings...no sweet tooth too. I had gained a decent 10 kgs by the end of the second trimester and i was getting a feeling of exhilaration that i didnt change a bit despite my pregnancy and was betting that i would go back to my college jeans soon after my delivery.Hmmm...Life's not that easy ,after all. Since i had taken leave for my last semester from college....all i had to do at home was to eat properly (my mom was already panicking about me not showing as expected) and watch TV . That was it !!....The next visit to my doctor shook everyone up ....coz i had gained an abnormal weight of 5 kgs within 2 weeks. And there was no stopping to that . By Feb 29th....the day teju was born...i was 85kgs (gaining 28 kgs altogether...mind boggling ...isnt it ??) Tej was born a healthy baby weighing almost 4kgs....but the rest of the weight had to be dealt by me . And trust me , it wasnt easy for me to shed all of that . It took almost 18 months for me to come back to normalcy .

But as i said ,...life's not that easy !! One moment , i find myself slowly fitting into my old clothes and the next moment i find myself preggers the second time . Whooooa !!!
This time , since we were expecting a girl ....everything seemed different from the first time . I had severe nausea , couldnt eat anything and found everything revolting...even my husband .Poor him !! ....I couldnt manage anything on my own, leave alone little Teju who was just about 18 mths old . My mommy dearest , as usual , came to my rescue .But this time, i put my foot down and didnt relent on her food regime . I gained a respectable 7kgs the first 5 months ....but little did i know what was in store for me in the coming months. The last trimester was an altogether a different one . Me being a vegetarian , i had this sudden craving for sea-food .Do u believe that ??? well, neither did my staunch orthodox brahmin parents !!
Luckily , there was this awesome restaurant in my hometown which served fresh non-veggie food. The moment i found this place , it was a haven for all my food cravings . And needless to say, I gained another 12 kgs....altogether putting me again in the 80kgs league . My second son was born a healthy child too..weighing 3.5 kgs...leaving the rest to me .

However ..this is just my story....and i know its not at all inspirational... i wouldnt want anyone to think highly of my abnormal weight gain too....bcoz only i knew how i struggled to get back to my normal weight range . However , i think if i had followed the links which i posted above..my struggle would have been easier fought . Anyway,, all the best ..u future moms. Dont do what i did !!!

Pregnancy

Pregnancy can be one of life's most exciting and fulfilling adventures. A healthy mom and healthy baby--that's the goal for every pregnancy. Sometimes this is easy, sometimes it requires intensive efforts by the mother, her physicians, her nurses, other health care givers, family members and newborn child's physicians. However, its the most natural phase a woman has to face to bring new life into this world .



My pregnancy
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I got married at the age of 18...now ,all u girls ..stop popping your eyes out..i neither belonged to the age of the "maharajas" nor to any tribal cult... It was just a game played by my destiny....a game where i only won !! so,no repenting on that ! ...

Anyway...when i got pregnant in my final year of btech..at the age of 20...i never panicked for once. The entire credit goes to my mom who put up with all my pregnancy tantrums and the weird mood-swings. I was always looking forward to have a nice and healthy baby...and as it turned out to be, my first-born was weighing more than 3.8kgs... 3 weeks before my EDD.(thats...Expected Delivery Date...for all u starter moms).. So ,the doctor panicked..again not me..and suggested me to have a delivery through a caesaran as little Teju didnt want to trouble mommy dearest. There's a little twist to his birth....i chose his bday to be Feb29th....that being the leap year....i wanted something special to happen to me and my child..and the leap year was just an added blessing (we never know if he would fight with me later on for not having his bday every single year..well,that can be dealt later ) . That was my first born, Sri Vishnu Tej.

Anuj ....as the name suggests...is my second son...and his birth is definitely worth a story. I conceieved him when i was desperate to hold a little baby girl in my hands...bcoz..little Teju was already showing up on his dad's side..and the male domination in my house was over-bearing. This happened when we were in Singapore...and life was suddenly looking very very bright and smooth...when the doctor confirmed that i will give birth to a cute girl. My husband was overjoyed...i couldnt ask for more and Teju couldnt understand anything (he was just 18 months)....That being the situation of my family , I went on a shopping spree ...doing my pre-natal shopping...giving a pretext that welcoming a girl is a lot of work. I had everything in pink...the clothes,the toys, u name it !! Also, a burning topic was selecting the name . All sorts of suggestions were pouring in and we were just exhausted with the list . And then the twist arrives in the form of Anuj....a baby boy !! Dont know why God played this trick...but his magic worked for me....I just realized that the sex of the baby is just as important as an ordinary day in our life.Seriously, after the baby is born...you never care if its a boy or a girl....its just your entire days and nights are wound up into one single purpose - Motherhood .

There's no stopping to that !!