{"id":68949,"date":"2019-10-30T13:35:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T19:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/?p=68949"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:24:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T18:24:40","slug":"pregnant-heres-the-bumpy-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/the-bumpy-truth-blog\/pregnant-heres-the-bumpy-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant! Here&#8217;s The Bumpy Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-68991\" src=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-bumpy-truth-banner-final-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-bumpy-truth-banner-final-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-bumpy-truth-banner-final-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-bumpy-truth-banner-final-150x148.jpg 150w, https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-bumpy-truth-banner-final-500x494.jpg 500w, https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-bumpy-truth-banner-final.jpg 596w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Pregnant! Now What?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok! Reality has sunk in and your wrapping your head around the fact that you are growing a human. There are so many people feeding you information about what is healthy for you.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s be real, what works for some may not work for others.\u00a0 Why? Because all of our bodies are different. We all are lacking in different nutrients. We all have a genetic makeup completely different than anyone. We all process foods differently as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a child, I have always been thin. Go ahead roll your eyes but stay with me. By the time I got to college, my freshman 20-lbs hit me like a ton of bricks. I was eating fast food 2-3 times a day, not getting enough sleep and drinking energy drinks to get me through the day. I cringe even thinking about how poorly I was treating my body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we learned that we were having our first baby, I knew without a shadow of a doubt that I had to make a change. It was no longer about me. The fear of bringing an unhealthy baby into the world hung over me like a dark cloud.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Right, being the funny guy that he is, brought me home a book one day. As I took the book out of the bag and read the title \u201cSkinny Bitch\u201d I laughed so hard. I had gotten so much grief for so long about my ability to stay thin and this was hilarious. What I didn\u2019t realize was how much this book was going to change my life and I am excited to share tips to make more mommas have healthier pregnancies and lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not an opportune time to indulge and eat whatever you want, every choice will have consequences &#8211; good or bad. <\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some changes that will improve your health dramatically: <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a reliable prenatal vitamin. The American Pregnancy Association recommends\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/corp-sponsors\/nordic-naturals\/\">Nordic Naturals<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exercise regularly (walking, yoga or anything your body is used too)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drink large amounts of water daily<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No alcohol, drugs or tobacco\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limit caffeine intake (tea, coffee, etc)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No more sugary sweetened beverages (sodas, sweet tea, energy drinks) This is crucial&#8230;check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/pregnancy-health\/you-are-what-you-eat\/\">my blog post<\/a> <\/strong>to see why sugar is the devil and your so much better off when you avoid it .<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limit processed food dramatically (anything that comes in a box or is super convenient to make or eat is your enemy). Research links a high- processed food diet to many health issues including: obesity, diabetes, asthma, and so many others. I will cover this in depth in another post &#8211; stay tuned!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get plenty of rest and soak up some sunshine for some high-quality and extremely beneficial Vitamin D (in moderation of course)! So lay out by the pool, rock your two piece and chug some aqua!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s easy, right? HAHAH. No, it is not easy at all. It&#8217;s totally natural to will feel like your world is turned upside down, because well, it has been turned upside down. The good news is &#8211; You\u2019ve GOT THIS! I mean it! Believe it!\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to this new chapter in your life, embrace the journey and don\u2019t sell yourself short! You are growing a human! That makes you AMAZING and you deserve the best!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With love,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~KB~ <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pregnant! Now What? Ok! Reality has sunk in and your wrapping your head around the fact that you are growing a human. There are so many people feeding you information about what is healthy for you.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be real, what works for some may not work for others.\u00a0 Why? Because all of our bodies are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":28558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7247],"tags":[],"faq-categories":[8401],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.11 (Yoast SEO v20.11) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pregnant! 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