We joyfully welcome our son, Michael H. W. 7 pounds, 12 ounces 19.5 inches long With Love, Sarah, T. and Big Brother John
We went to the pediatrician last Friday for John’s two year old check up. While there, John has his blood tested for iron and lead. Good news – no lead problem. Bad news – he is low in iron. Oh, and did I mention that my OB/Gyn also recommended that I take an iron supplement as my blood levels were showing a lowering of iron? Nice. I think these two recommendations were my wake-up call that I need to focus on our diet once again. A note: Through the exhaustion of late pregnancy and the craziness that has been our life lately as gypsies, we haven’t been as vigilant with John’s food intake. Especially with snacks. John has become a cracker fiend. And rarely wants anything other than oatmeal for [... To read more, click here ...]
I am officially in the ninth month! Yikes! It seems just yesterday that I got the positive test! All is well . . . my blood pressure is great, no extra proteins or sugars in the blood and healthy, even weight gain. My doctor did an ultrasound today to guesstimate the size of the baby and he was measuring in at 6 lbs, 10 oz. (Obviously, plus or minus up to about 12 ounces, but still – pretty big kid!) based upon three of four measurements. She asked how much John had weighed at birth and I told her, 7lbs., 10 oz – but that he was born at 37.5 weeks. She said something along the lines of, “Why, I guess you just bear big babies!” Great. Thanks for that!Granted, [... To read more, click here ...]
Though I’ve been all about baking this pregnancy (as my posts clearly show!), with Andrea’s wedding AND my 30th birthday coming up just a few months after the birth of the baby, I’m trying to pre-plan my post-pregnancy “diet” with lots of protein, veggies and fruits, no white flours or sugars and very limited whole wheat flour-based carbs, limited whole grains (brown rice is my favorite), legumes and potato carbs here and there. Obviously, my main focus is to eat sufficiently to build a good milk supply with quality milk for my little guy, while not going overboard and eating too much. It’s not a “diet” per se, but I will be watching what I eat; it’ll be a modified low-carb, “Eat Fat, Lose Fat” based diet plan. One of [... To read more, click here ...]
