Daily supplement intake during pregnancy
I realized how hard it is to find a website telling me how much supplements I am supposed and allowed to take, so I am going to share what I have learned here during my pregnancy and why I am taking what I am taking.
Here is the average daily dosage for a pregnant woman:
(from what gyneas and trustable websites tell me - I'm 27, by the way, and it will matter here.)
Multivitamins 1 pill (I don't really know what it consists of, sorry, but it's the 'normal' one)
Folic Acid 0.4-5 mg
Iron Tablet 11-14mg
Calcium 1000-1100mg for women 19-50 years of age (1300mg for women 14-18 years of age)
Fish Oil 500mg (250mg DHA, 20mg EPA, 18mg AA, 30mg OA, 3mg tocopherol - whatever that means)
What I ended up taking:
Multivitamins 1 pill (used to be pink Obimin but now it's orange in colour, later switching back to Obimin)
Folic Acid 5 mg (1 pill) + (1 mg from the Iron tablet) = 6mg! (omg!)
Iron Tablet 1 pill (250mg Ferrous gluconate, 0.2 Manganese sulphate, 0.2 copper sulphate, 50mg Vit C, 1mg Folic Acid, 7.5mcg Vit B12, 25mg Sorbitol)
Calcium 900-1200mg (300mg per pill x 4 pills, but I usually end up taking 3)
Fish Oil 500mg (250mg DHA, 20mg EPA, 18mg AA, 30mg OA, 3mg tocopherol - whatever that means)
Total 8 pills a day!
That's not all. I've stopped drinking my Anmum Milk. Don't bother asking why.
I really should still be taking 1 spoon of Manuka Honey to reduce my gastric, though.. yea about that..
And I should also be drinking 2-3 glasses of fresh juice (apple, orange, carrot, celery) with Green Food, K-salt(once daily) and Spirulina.
Food Stuff I'm trying to take everyday:
Food Stuff I'm trying to avoid (in this particular order):
So that's all for today. I'm trying to sleep early, too.. And get Eliada to read another Bible Story to the baby - oh, and we found out that it's a 'she' =) I love her...
Here is the average daily dosage for a pregnant woman:
(from what gyneas and trustable websites tell me - I'm 27, by the way, and it will matter here.)
Multivitamins 1 pill (I don't really know what it consists of, sorry, but it's the 'normal' one)
Folic Acid 0.4-5 mg
Iron Tablet 11-14mg
Calcium 1000-1100mg for women 19-50 years of age (1300mg for women 14-18 years of age)
Fish Oil 500mg (250mg DHA, 20mg EPA, 18mg AA, 30mg OA, 3mg tocopherol - whatever that means)
What I ended up taking:
Multivitamins 1 pill (used to be pink Obimin but now it's orange in colour, later switching back to Obimin)
Folic Acid 5 mg (1 pill) + (1 mg from the Iron tablet) = 6mg! (omg!)
Iron Tablet 1 pill (250mg Ferrous gluconate, 0.2 Manganese sulphate, 0.2 copper sulphate, 50mg Vit C, 1mg Folic Acid, 7.5mcg Vit B12, 25mg Sorbitol)
Calcium 900-1200mg (300mg per pill x 4 pills, but I usually end up taking 3)
Fish Oil 500mg (250mg DHA, 20mg EPA, 18mg AA, 30mg OA, 3mg tocopherol - whatever that means)
That's not all. I've stopped drinking my Anmum Milk. Don't bother asking why.
I really should still be taking 1 spoon of Manuka Honey to reduce my gastric, though.. yea about that..
And I should also be drinking 2-3 glasses of fresh juice (apple, orange, carrot, celery) with Green Food, K-salt(once daily) and Spirulina.
Food Stuff I'm trying to take everyday:
- 3 litres of water (says the doc)
- 3 glasses of juice a day (says mum)
- More fruits and veggies (says everyone, including my mum and sis)
- More fruits and veggies (says everyone, including all the websites)
- More fruits and veggies (says everyone, including everyone)
- Oh, and did I mention.. more fruits and veggies? (says me but Eliada is not going to believe I meant it)
- 2 half boiled eggs (if the yoke is totally cooked, there's a high level of unwanted cholesterol)
- 1 glass of milk for pregnant women (hopefully from cows without injected hormones)
- Manuka honey (gastric issues)
- 1-3 Yogurt thingys (Yes, the calcium)
- Soya bean and beancurd like 'tau foo fah' (for the calcium - not too much, though)
Food Stuff I'm trying to avoid (in this particular order):
- Pineapples (sounds like a deadly weapon)
- Sugar cane water (second deadliest as if - hygiene reasons being they absorb any liquid around them, including soap and animal pee - I heard of pregnant women having miscarriages because of this, so, no thanks.)
- Carbonated drinks (Yes, especially coke; Yes, including 100 Plus which is the safest but still has certain minerals to be avoided)
- Coffee, Tea (Not that it kills - they just said they're not good)
- Junk Food (why even eat them?)
- Seafood (because of the mercury and hygiene)
- Fried stuff (especially deep fried stuff)
- MSG - Monosodium glutamate (Almost all outside food - but I'm not doing very good from this point on)
- Herbs (this is the confusing part - I can't tell which to take and which not)
- Fatty foods (Animal fats, butter, oil, etc.)
- Any processed food (ice cream, burger patties - anything with more than 1 ingredient - Debbie's health advice)
- White bread, White flour and white rice (they have bleech.. yeeks)
- Carbohydrates (yes, of any form, really. They have no value. Want to eat more good stuff)
- Sugar (trying not to shut down my immune system for 24-hours by taking more than 6 tablespoons a day)
So that's all for today. I'm trying to sleep early, too.. And get Eliada to read another Bible Story to the baby - oh, and we found out that it's a 'she' =) I love her...
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