If you read my other blog you'll know I'm pregnant. Nine weeks to be precise...with TWINS
If someone had told me I'd be off all the food I love, I would have poo poo'd them and said nonsense. Actually, this is EXACTLY what happened. I've been eating mainly raw food (salads, soup, juices, smoothies), eat very little sweetener and no processed food for about 18 months now and feel amazing for it. I'm the healthiest I've ever been.
Until the past five-ish weeks...
In the week leading up to my blood test, I started not loving the salads I was making. Then I got the positive result I've been wanting for so many years. I Tweeted my wonderful news and along with the congratulatory Tweets, we started talking food, and morning sickness, as I was now beginning to feel nauseous 24/7.
Everyone had a remedy for morning sickness and what got them through the day...everyone is different. I was determined to stick to MY eating regime. A lot of people told me I would start wanting food I don't normally eat and would probably not want to look at vegetables, some fruit and most of the things I love.
RUBBISH, I thought. I eat a lot healthier than many people I come in contact with and I won't want what they ate. So the next Saturday off I went to the farmer's market and bought all the beautiful vegetables I would normally buy. Came home and made a huge cabbage, kale and lots of other green leafy things salad. That evening I dished some up for dinner, took one bite and could eat no more. I couldn't even stand the smell of it!!!
How bloody wrong was I!!!
My fridge is now empty of all my beautiful greens (even typing this is making me gag). I still have coconuts but my diet has done a 180.
There are very few foods I can stomach at the moment...
Haloumi is one (I hadn't eaten dairy in at least a year)
Avocado
Ginger (I'm drinking gallons of fresh ginger tea)
They're the three staples. I take it day by day. I have to smell something before I know if I can eat it, which is not that easy, especially if I'm eating out!!!
I'm not fighting it because I figure my body knows what it wants.
I do know, however, that I'm better armed to help coach women who are wanting to get pregnant, either naturally or by IVF and those who are already pregnant, or on the other side and needing to be healthier.
N x
I was the same in early pregnancy. I was a very healthy, mostly plant based diet.
ReplyDeleteMy best friend became salty cashews and god help me potato chips. They were the only thing I could tolerate.
I still remember crying to my Mum saying how sick I felt and I just did not want to eat chips. She told me just to eat them, it won't be forever.