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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jindc]I can't imagine worrying about this aspect of prenatal care (worrying what my doctor/provider might say about what I ate). 
I'm overweight, gained too much during IVF after losing a lot (thanks, Weight Watchers!) and my doc today was like "well, that happens - we just have to watch and probably do an early GD scan....and you'll be able to work out again soon). What a relief to not be lectured, but instead spoken to like a patient who clearly knows right vs wrong (my issue isn't really food, I gain weight very quickly if I'm not working out a lot)
If you can't keep anything down, and find that white toast or whatnot is all you can eat, why even worry about what they say?  Calories are important, and this isn't the time to worry about good vs bad if you can't keep anything down.

I dont have a taste for ANYTHING but have found a toasted bagel and some yogurt for lunch fills me up and is easy to digest.  I also have protein smoothies most mornings before I feel gross.  Maybe this is something to try?  Put some fresh ginger in it?

Hope you feel better soon![/quote]

thans, JinDC. As you know from our other conversations, I was undecided about the Wisdom group in part because of this (not that I object to the diet itself, it just seemed bossy to me!) but I actually just talked to someone there about my concern over my diet and they were EXTREMELY kind about it and said if you're vomiting, you basically eat what you can keep down. They had some good suggestions for satisfying cravings for unhealthy foods as healthy as you can, which I'm already doing. (An unholy desire for a donut, for example, gets responded to with a whole wheat bagel with natural peanut butter and a little bit of honey, not a donut, for example).

Anyway, I asked the question because I don't want to be stressed and feeling like I needed to justify doing what I can to just get through these few weeks of sickness. For whatever reason, and I know it's crazy, but ginger makes me feel sicker. I definitely do find that adding protein to carbs helps, but having trouble keeping those down. And bland food is actually not so good this time around. Strongly spiced stuff seems more appealing for whatever reason.

I made myself homemade hummus this AM and ate that on some whole wheat bread, for breakfast (cannot tolerate anything sweet for breakfast) and managed to throw a few radishes into the mix. I was all about smoothies before the nausea set in but now I can't look at them.

The other thing I'm finding is that what works one morning (husband brought me white crackers with slices of cheese before I got out of bed) but DH brought that to me this morning and just looking at it made me gag. I'm definitely sicker with this pregnancy than I was with my first, and it has hit me earlier, too. (Hopefully that means it will move out sooner!).

Anyway, I'm doing my best, getting some veggies in, and generally not succumbing to SERIOUSLY unhealthy stuff, but I realize it's not ideal. I have no problem at all getting nutritional guidance, just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to feel like it was a rigid rule to follow. (I'm not so good with that). :)

PS. So glad you were told you could work out again soon! That will feel like a fantastic milestone. [/quote]

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