Aloha kakou! We are now 11 weeks hapai! It's our hiapo so we are very excited about everything. Any suggestions on diet and exercise is much welcome - or just if you like talk story. We are going to have a home birth here in Florida. Even though I so much wish we could be back home on the 'aina, I feel very blessed to have found such a lovely midwife and especially to have a caring and loving kane. I'm pretty nervous but I'm also looking forward to being a mom. Guess that's all I have to say for now. Mahalo. :)
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Congratulations! I haven't logged in for a while, so am just seeing this. We are hapai too, and probably about as far along...we are due in early Oct.
It's great that you have a midwife that you are happy with--that is so key. As far as diet, I'm really enjoying the Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook (or something like that--it's for nursing and pregnant moms). And exercise: stay active, walk, swim, do what you feel comfortable with. I tend to think people treat pregnant women as much more fragile than we are! (Not talking about high risk moms here.) A video I just got is "The Perfect Pregnancy Workout" and I've really liked it. It's a real workout (at least for me!)
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It's great that you have a midwife that you are happy with--that is so key. As far as diet, I'm really enjoying the Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook (or something like that--it's for nursing and pregnant moms). And exercise: stay active, walk, swim, do what you feel comfortable with. I tend to think people treat pregnant women as much more fragile than we are! (Not talking about high risk moms here.) A video I just got is "The Perfect Pregnancy Workout" and I've really liked it. It's a real workout (at least for me!)
Best wishes to you and your baby!