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[daviess3]

will do piclater ladies i promise!!! I am thinking of making a veggie soup for dinner yum yum so off to shops to pick out few nice veg!! x

 

[heart tree]

Ok Davies, I can't wait to see your bump!

 

[petitpas]

Davies, I love veggie soups and it's such an easy way to cheat my body into getting extra vitamins. Last night my mum and I made radish leaf soup. You should try it some day - it's yummy!

As for the blood tests, the standard test is around 12 weeks (part of the nt scan). There is another one called the quadruple test but it is not standard. As far as I can tell it is offered to women who book in later (are too late for the nt test window) or are having multiples.

Pups, one of my best friend has spina bifida and is confined to a wheelchair. I would not want to be without her and would be proud to have a child like her.

Everyone has a different line they draw to what is acceptable to them or not. It is so incredibly personal and when something comes up it is awful how people's principles are tested. I really feel for anyone having to make a decision and hope that after all we have been through nobody here will be forced to fxfxfxfx

 

[bumpyplease]

Veggie soup sounds yummy! Can't wait to see bump pics ladies!

I was just in asda and had a massive urge for something fruity but not actual fruit! So had to buy some tropical fruit juice and a lemon tart for tonight after tea! Made me laugh as I remember you ladies and your fruity demands (was it oranges?) a few weeks ago!!!!

 

[heart tree]

Bumpy I couldn't get enough of oranges for a while. I don't have that craving anymore, but it's a pretty common one! Enjoy!

I love soup. Radish leaf soup sounds interesting. Care to share the recipe?

 

[3xscharmer]

Hey ladies, what can you tell me about Vitamin D? Anyone on it? I was just researching it and well I don't *think* it applies to me b/c if you noticed in my pictures, I stay pretty tanned in the summertime and most of vitamin D comes from the sun! I have also been pregnant 3xs in the summer and miscarried all 3! But unfortunaltly for me and DH I am very impulsive and after reading up on vitamin D preventing miscarriage, I kinda freaked out and since I can't get to the store today, I went on a hunt and found some vitamin D drops that were for Olivia (pediatrician told us it was not necessary to give those to her) and I decided to take them in combination with my prenatal and that should give me approx. 1200 iu and the study quoated between 2000-4000 iu! I have enough drops to get me through a couple of days, but my question is should I go buy somemore vitamin D or should I just quit taking them? I remember when I got pregnant with DD I had just started tanning again but after I found out, I quit tanning as much as I normally do and just got out in the sunshine every couple of days...what should I do here????

 

[puppycat]

That was beautiful Pip xx

 

[daviess3]

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Today's bump x

 

[3xscharmer]

Cute bump davies!!

 

[bumpyplease]

Ahhh cute Davies!

3x sorry I don't know anything really about bit d I'm not taking it but hopefully one of the other girls can help you xx

 

[Pretty Please]

Davies - coming along nicely !!!! Do u think u will like people touching your tum ?

Heart - I was surprised to learn no sit ups allowed even though I been doing them last couple of months whoops - only once a week though - did u know that? Gym wow hope u felt good afterwards

3x - I don't think u need additional vit d - we are supposed to build up enough vit d and store it in our bodies for the winter months . O that's what a nutritionist was explaining to me last week in this health talk last week

 

[daviess3]

I'm not sure I did think that! Spme days I can talk about being preg some days I can't!! So will prob b same with my stomach!! X

 

[heart tree]

Love the bump! You look adorable!

Pretty I stopped doing sit ups but there are modified ways to do abdominal exercises. Right now I'm doing yoga 2x a week and will try to go to the gym to do cardio 2-3x a week. I'll do some light weights at the gym too. I also walk a lot which is great.

I think I felt baby today during yoga! Little pops. Amazing!

 

[Embo78]

Oh yay to feelin bubs it really is amazing isn't it?

 

[hopeful23456]

3x- many women with rpl have low vitD3, I do per tests taken about 2 yrs ago so I take 2000 iu d3 daily. I don't know what's diff about d3 but that is the one to take.

Cute bump Davies!

 

[3xscharmer]

Thanks pretty and hopefull - just not sure if it's something I need...do they test for Vit., d deficency when they run your pregnancy workup at 8 weeks? I ask b/c I had my regular pregnancy workup during last pregnancy and if they do, then I may call the doc and ask what my results were? I did pick up some vit D-3 and am considering taking it like every other day it's only 1000ui but I just don't know yet, my research indicated that 80% of americans don't have enough vit D and that most americans should be taking an extra supplement. I'm going to look into it more!

Everyone have a good day??

 

[Mom2mmcjg]

Mom2mmcjg - what are we gonna shorten that to? Lol.
Are you bloated too hun?

Good question. I just put the first initials of all five of my boys, MMCJG. Mallory, Madison, Christian, Jadon, and Gavin.

So bloated! I look 7 months already! Of course I really couldn't care less. I love having ANY kind of pregnancy symptom.

 

[Mom2mmcjg]

Thanks pretty and hopefull - just not sure if it's something I need...do they test for Vit., d deficency when they run your pregnancy workup at 8 weeks? I ask b/c I had my regular pregnancy workup during last pregnancy and if they do, then I may call the doc and ask what my results were? I did pick up some vit D-3 and am considering taking it like every other day it's only 1000ui but I just don't know yet, my research indicated that 80% of americans don't have enough vit D and that most americans should be taking an extra supplement. I'm going to look into it more!

Everyone have a good day??

Most doctors don't, I had never had my vitamin D checked in 5 pregnancies. Not until I found my current awesome doctor did I even know Vitamin D was so necessary. Ask your doc to test you, he will I'm sure.

 

[petitpas]

I never had a blood test to confirm vitamin D deficiency but both a specialist in the US and my specialist here recommended I take a 1,000 iu daily supplement of D3.

Apparently, a large part of Western poulations are deficient and an even higher proportion of women who miscarry (especially rpl women). There has even been talk at national level here to make vitamin D supplements part of the recommendations just like with folic acid.

I don't think it will harm to take 1,000iu. Any more than that and you might want to check with your doctor? In general, I think it's a good idea to let your doctor know about any vitamins you are taking (don't forget to check what is in your prenatals).

Heart, it was really easy. We boiled some potatoes in chicken stock (I'm sure vegetable stock will be just as good).
We washed two bushels of radish leaves (they need a good rinsing as they usually have quite a bit of earth and grit in them) and I chopped them up a bit with some kitchen scissors.
We also chopped up two onions and some leek (optional), fried them in butter, added the radish leaves, then the potato with stock. Cooked it all for a few minutes, seasoned with salt and pepper only, zapped it all with a blender and voila!
Best served topped with parmesan and cress (alfalfa sprouts, I think they might be called in the US?). Delish!

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Davies, you have cute little bump

 

[3xscharmer]

Pip - that looks good!! My prenatal has 400iu and I bought some suppliments that are 1000iu...so I'm thinking if I cut the suppliment in half I'll get about 900iu! Poblem with talking to my doc is that she knows me so well and she usually just agrees to go along with what I want to do...like taking baby aspirin, she told me she didn't know if I needed it but it would most certainly be safe! She's all about me being pro-active about my fertility and pregnancies...I think I'll just take the vit D suppliments and have them test me when I go in at 8 weeks and see where to go from there, it's winter so I'm not getting any sun and I didn't get to tan as much last summer b/c I was still doing the new mom thing!