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I far prefer xylitol. I won't touch any of the artificial sweetners. Xylitol is a 1:1 ratio substitution for sugar which makes using it easier. But mostly, I just use it for coffee. I don't generally bake with it but a rare once in awhile. When I bake with it I grind it in a coffee grinder to give it a finer texture for…

Food allergies respond quite a bit differently then environmental allergies for most people. While they are both a hyperactive immune system, when an allergen actually goes through the digestive process it definitely affects the body differently.

I weigh mine. When I looked at my log it seems like, in general, 100gms of grapes is about 69 calories. I swap between red and green and they run pretty close to the same.

Yep. All of the above. You'll make a good momma and someday your kid will thank you for it. ;) If I were there, I'd buy you these two coolest must haves for your momma sanity (and a daily shower). LOL :D https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-4-Step-Play-Piano/dp/B014D4HHOU/ref=dp_ob_title_baby…

I wanted to use a cap or diaphragm but the manufacturers told my doctor the do have latex in them. And because I can't use the spermicides it would have lowered the effectiveness anyway. Condoms, as much as I hated them, we at least had a 100% effectiveness when we wanted it. I don't want to wait 365 days!! Wahhhhhhhh. I…

Renting one is an excellent idea! That would be great if you could. Good for you for wanting baby to play outside. Our oldest was 17 before she got a cell phone and it was only bc she was starting to work and we felt it a safety issue. But most of our friends thought we were weird. :) Books and dirt are a wonderful thing!

Oh, I'm glad to have someone to ask this question. Do you know if the rhogham shot has any adjuvants or preservatives to it? For someone with either mast cell or other allergy issues the additives and chemicals used to keep the shots mixed can cause severe reaction issues and immune system damage. Sometimes they can get…

I have a very long way to go with weight loss and I can definitely say start lifting now! I've been lifting since fairly early on and I'm so glad I did. While I'm sitting very close to 20#'s lost I look like I've lost a lot more. People comment on it bc it looks like more. You look fantastic. Great work! I hope I look that…

This ends up being very individual. The best thing to do would be to find a local friend after baby is born and ask them if you could jog around the block with theirs a few times to see if you like it. I was still a runner when I had our kids so I tried the jogging stroller thing (we bought a nice one) and I really didn't…

I think you are very wise to question this with your medical history of allergies. Unless you are going to have subsequent babies, there is no reason to get it while your pregnant. I would say *if* baby shows up with incompatibility after birth, then you would want to get the shot for future pregnancies. But there is no…

Yes. We use it here for water retention. A 20 minutes soak in about 1-2 cups of epsom salts seems to pull things down quite bit. Be prepared to pee. And since you're pregnant, make sure your water isn't too hot.

There's some really good advice here, and some really not so good advice here. What I don't understand is why can't you just go out to eat with him wherever he wants to go and order something that either 1) looks or sounds good to you or 2) will fit within what you consider "healthy" (one or the other of these will apply…

I REALLY don't like the latex replacements we have had to use but it is what it is. I'm just happy to *finally* be out of BC land! I seriously thought we'd never get here.

Unfortunately, I can't. I am allergic to all of those types of products. We had to go to a non-latex BC years and years ago because of an allergy as well. I'm okay with the 1%. It is so small. I think if my husband were my age I might be more concerned but with 10yrs between us and the statistics I'm reading, we'll…

Agreed. I finally took a second test today and it was negative. I relaxed a lot after that. Having had two negative tests now, I'm convinced I've missed my first peri-menopause cycle. Seems so weird!! I'm tossing the BC. LOL. I'm so sick of BC! :s I know technically I could still get pregnant but the risk is so low I'm not…

More then likely because that is the age a lot of people start putting on "older age" weight which can lead to diabetes. They usually check glucose and A1C around that age.

Yeah, the waiting is torture. I'd rather know. All of my symptoms point to pregnancy but when I read peri symptoms they are almost the same. I read something online yesterday that said a woman that gets pregnant in her 40's or later can have a negative test for several months before it shows up positive. What on earth?!…

It seems like, when I compare myself to what many of you are experiencing, that I don't have that many symptoms of perimenopause (relatively speaking). I think I've probably had a couple of hot flashes (but I'm not sure someone else would call them hot flashes), I don't have the dizziness, etc. Other then the wave of…

The issue of ACV comes up over and over again so I'm finally go to say this. ACV is not a weight loss aid in terms of losing fat, etc. What ACV WILL do is aid in your digestion. People with indigestion, bloating, etc., more often then not, do not digest their food well or completely. This often results in constipation or…

I love this! Well, for now we wait because while I have lots of symptoms, it seems a lot of those symptoms are similar to peri-menopause symptoms. The nausea has me stumped but oh well. I'll see what next week brings.

Oh, my crew would be thrilled to pieces! Ours begged us to have more for many years. My youngest is 15 and my husband is about to turn 57. :o Oh well. I guess we wait and see if peri-menopause does in fact cause nausea. :p

Absolutely. The other thing that most people don't take into account for constipation is digestive enzymes. Specifically, ones that have ox bile in them. Super Enzymes by NOW is a good one as is BioGest by Thorne. It is so common with people that are often constipated that it's caused by them not digesting their food well.…

LOL. I will be! We decided to wait ten more days and retake it just to make sure. I never have dizziness or vertigo otherwise. I don't even ever really get morning sickness other then a little bit in the beginning feeling like I'm going to get sick and that's it. Argh.

Is that kind of like when I put my husbands hot breakfast in the refrigerator instead of the oven to keep it warm? :D Is nausea a normal peri-menopausal thing? I was working out this morning and just started feeling nauseated as all get out. I NEVER have had that happen. Ugh.

Did you create an actual group for this under the "groups?" If not, it might be a good idea to do so and then post the link to the actual group. This is going to get lost otherwise as it gets pushed further and further down. If you did create an actual group could you post the link?

I am officially off of the phentermine. It's only been 11 days or so. Thus far, I haven't had an appetite increase so much as I'm dealing with perimenopause issues which is making carb cravings nuts. So far, I'm managing to maintain what I lost in 2016 so we'll see how it continues to go. I'm leaning heavily on Becks Diet…

I *think* I just officially skipped my first cycle. At least that's what a negative pregnancy test is telling me. But I have been craving carbs HORRIBLY for the last week and a half. I was technically due on 12/28. How on earth do I get these carb cravings to go away? Normally, they would go away as soon as my cycle…

The good news is, it is really common for amniotic leaks to seal themselves up so there is a good chance that with bedrest and relaxing that this could happen with you. They will still likely keep you on bedrest at home even if it does seal up, but it does allow for you to go closer to full term which is better for baby.…

I use to do a fast pace walk on the TM at an incline of 3-5. I found it really aggravated a previous leg and ankle injury and went back to 0 and have left it there since. I'm actually kind of glad to hear I'm not the only one that has injury aggravation when using an incline. I thought it was just me being a weenie. :p

Kindred spirit...... :) A rebel at heart here as well. When someone tells me I can't do something with/for my kid or myself - just watch me! This is especially true of doctors for me. :D