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http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/salt-dont-ban-entirely iodized salt is essential for fetal brain development according to WebMD.

Make some friends with open food diaries :) Lots of good suggestions there.

Salt is a common craving. That's why pregnant women crave pickles and olives. Just be sure that you are drinking plenty of water with your salty foods. I had a major olive craving during the first 3-4 weeks, but it went away. I'm on sweets now, especially lemonade :) I think it's ok as long as you BP stays normal and it…

My best advice could easily come from me or my husband with regard to in-laws: Don't be jealous! My parents and his parents both live close to us. When one side feels like the other is getting more of our time or more quality time, they make little irritating comments about it. My mom gets especially upset about it, but we…

Some people are why MFP supplied us with the ignore button :) There's absolutely nothing wrong with asking for suggestions.

I really like the names Sierra, Serena, and Sabine. My hubby vetoed those. Victoria, Samantha, and Evangeline are some others I like. Someone else mentioned Inez so you have 2 I names. I like that too. Maybe you just need to meet her. You'll meet her and say, "Oh, of course your name is...." :)

I had heard about being more emotional during pregnancy, but I find that my anger is much harder to contain. Stuff that I would just roll my eyes at and let pass really really gets to me and I just want to scream at the offender. Ex: My father in law felt the need to share that one of his nieces who is pregnant with her…

I've read a lot of books over the past few weeks. They all say to be cautious of who you tell the name to for that reason. I'm so sorry that you got crap from people about it. Dallas is a great name. If it is meaningful to you and you like it, everyone else can deal or get lost. As far as cloth diapers go, I have a friend…

Try local bellydance classes and troupes. Some incorporate Bollywood.

Lots of Cracker Barrel's stuff is in the database on this site. Look up the stuff that looks good. :) The grilled chicken tenderloins are low cal and small portions.

You have to exercise your willpower muscle occasionally. I come from a family of big eaters, and I can't avoid them all the time. My mom's house has tons of delicious junk food she always keeps on hand. When I first became more mindful of my eating habits, it was really difficult to be around family, especially there. It…

I had the same issue during and a few months after taking POPs/Mini-pills (the kind with progesterone and no estrogen).... they totally screwed up my cycle. I don't recommend them. Also, it happens if you are over/under weight. It can also happen if you have PCOS and some other medical conditions. If you are worried about…

My go-to grab foods are babybels, baby carrots, and sliced apples.

I skipped this purposely because we had not really gone public yet. It didn't seem right somehow. We have now told everyone despite our better judgement probably... it was just too difficult to hide it over the holidays. I have a very nosy family and family-in-law. We now live near almost all our extended family (recently…

This may be a silly question, but could someone explain some of the abbreviations used on this thread? I have figured some of them out from context, but some I have no clue. ex: DD? IF? DH?

Sounds like SO was being insensitive.

You left out the parts about Medicaid, Communism, and blaming it all on working moms.

Congrats on your success! Family is hard to deal with sometimes. If you are close, they will be happy for you eventually. Listen to hubby and take mom with a grain of salt. I have to remind myself to do that ALL the time.

I was just thinking that. It's gotten kind of weird and far from the OP....

About to tell the parents about my pregnancy. Any spare thoughts for me would be very much appreciated. Hubby's parents will react well, but I'm not sure about my parents. My brother's wife had a pretty traumatic pregnancy 2 years ago and it was very hard on my parents. I expect mom to use words like "horrific" or "scary"…

Nathan Fillion!

OP: I totally agree with you. I have had weight problems all my life. I do not remember my parents ever telling me to stop eating bad stuff or telling me to go outside and play. They were and are mostly good parents, but they were and are not healthy. They did not foster healthy habits in me. I have had to do that myself.…

My brother is adopted, but when we were little, people used to say that he looked just like my parents and that I looked nothing like them.... mostly because he has brown hair like my parents, but I had light blonde hair. I look nothing like my brother.

I know every word the The Big Lebowski. I watch DeLovely when I'm sad. I used the watch The Ten Commandments over and over when I was between 6 and 12.... not sure why now, but I loved it at the time.

The Big Lebowski is the greatest film ever made. People who hate it also hate kittens and joy.

OK, I have heard of ppl not liking What Dreams May Come, but WHO hated Eternal Sunshine? I've heard of people not getting it, but hating it? Really? I enjoyed Waterworld, which was universally hated even by the people who starred in it.

Buy the book Taking Charge of your Fertility by Toni Weschler. A friend of mine recommended it to me and she swears it is magic. Every woman she has recommended it to who has bought it has conceived within 4 months. I didn't even look at it much, let alone try any of the suggested methods. lol.

Find a good instructor. A good yoga instructor will be able to help you adjust and modify poses and work into more difficult poses gradually so that you do not stress yourself. Yoga is very beneficial. You are not too injured or too unfit to try it. That said, you might not be doing the type of yoga you imagine. I've been…

LOVE this!

Completely agree. Also, stress is not conducive to weightloss and it really sounds like you are stressing out about the numbers. Maybe you relaxed a bit over the holidays? Focus on having a healthy lifestyle and be happy that you've made progress there. Never ever give up on yourself or your health, even if you do decide…