Re: The worst mother on earth

[Guest guest]

No, No, No... It is not so bad. Today is a holiday - it doen't

sound as though you eat 'junk' food on a regular basis. And you

are pregant - right? You are allowed. A few chips, cookies and

sips of soda will not affect the baby that much. Yes -

there are probably better cookies you could eat - making them

yourself - and I remember buying natural sodas years ago for my

son hoping to entice him away from Mountain Dew he bought

himself. The fact that you are attempting to do well by your

unborn child is a LOVELY thing. Do not give yourself such a

hard time. Blessings, Em

Let the beauty we love be what we do. Rumi

Let everything you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 16:14

'Love is the measure.' Dorothy Day

'Gather yourselves...All that we do now must

be done in a sacred manner.' Hopi Elders 2001

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[Guest guest]

No, No, No... It is not so bad. Today is a holiday - it doen't

sound as though you eat 'junk' food on a regular basis. And you

are pregant - right? You are allowed. A few chips, cookies and

sips of soda will not affect the baby that much. Yes -

there are probably better cookies you could eat - making them

yourself - and I remember buying natural sodas years ago for my

son hoping to entice him away from Mountain Dew he bought

himself. The fact that you are attempting to do well by your

unborn child is a LOVELY thing. Do not give yourself such a

hard time. Blessings, Em

Let the beauty we love be what we do. Rumi

Let everything you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 16:14

'Love is the measure.' Dorothy Day

'Gather yourselves...All that we do now must

be done in a sacred manner.' Hopi Elders 2001

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

I have to agree with Em. Don't be so hard on yourself. Your baby will

be fine. Just focus on eating healthy now that Christmas is over and do

the best you can. I also agree with Em that it's wonderful you're

making such an effort. You're probably eating better than 99.9% of

expectant Mothers out there.

Take care!

emilie hamilton wrote:

>

> No, No, No... It is not so bad. Today is a holiday - it doen't

> sound as though you eat 'junk' food on a regular basis. And you

> are pregant - right? You are allowed. A few chips, cookies and

> sips of soda will not affect the baby that much. Yes -

> there are probably better cookies you could eat - making them

> yourself - and I remember buying natural sodas years ago for my

> son hoping to entice him away from Mountain Dew he bought

> himself. The fact that you are attempting to do well by your

> unborn child is a LOVELY thing. Do not give yourself such a

> hard time. Blessings, Em

>

>

> Let the beauty we love be what we do. Rumi

> Let everything you do be done in love.

> 1 Corinthians 16:14

> 'Love is the measure.' Dorothy Day

> 'Gather yourselves...All that we do now must

> be done in a sacred manner.' Hopi Elders 2001

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have to agree with Em. Don't be so hard on yourself. Your baby will

be fine. Just focus on eating healthy now that Christmas is over and do

the best you can. I also agree with Em that it's wonderful you're

making such an effort. You're probably eating better than 99.9% of

expectant Mothers out there.

Take care!

emilie hamilton wrote:

>

> No, No, No... It is not so bad. Today is a holiday - it doen't

> sound as though you eat 'junk' food on a regular basis. And you

> are pregant - right? You are allowed. A few chips, cookies and

> sips of soda will not affect the baby that much. Yes -

> there are probably better cookies you could eat - making them

> yourself - and I remember buying natural sodas years ago for my

> son hoping to entice him away from Mountain Dew he bought

> himself. The fact that you are attempting to do well by your

> unborn child is a LOVELY thing. Do not give yourself such a

> hard time. Blessings, Em

>

>

> Let the beauty we love be what we do. Rumi

> Let everything you do be done in love.

> 1 Corinthians 16:14

> 'Love is the measure.' Dorothy Day

> 'Gather yourselves...All that we do now must

> be done in a sacred manner.' Hopi Elders 2001

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear ...

I feel you write so beautifully - with a such lovely

understanding of 'nourishment'.

Are you a mother? If so, how many children do you care for?

Thank you. Blessings, Em

Let the beauty we love be what we do. Rumi

Let everything you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 16:14

'Love is the measure.' Dorothy Day

'Gather yourselves...All that we do now must

be done in a sacred manner.' Hopi Elders 2001

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Dear ...

I feel you write so beautifully - with a such lovely

understanding of 'nourishment'.

Are you a mother? If so, how many children do you care for?

Thank you. Blessings, Em

Let the beauty we love be what we do. Rumi

Let everything you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 16:14

'Love is the measure.' Dorothy Day

'Gather yourselves...All that we do now must

be done in a sacred manner.' Hopi Elders 2001

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Dear ...

I feel you write so beautifully - with a such lovely

understanding of 'nourishment'.

Are you a mother? If so, how many children do you care for?

Thank you. Blessings, Em

Let the beauty we love be what we do. Rumi

Let everything you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 16:14

'Love is the measure.' Dorothy Day

'Gather yourselves...All that we do now must

be done in a sacred manner.' Hopi Elders 2001

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Sin,

AND has had SEVEN pregnancies so Sin, listen to her ok???

Love,

Reg

>

> I totally agree with Klara. I would also like to add that eating a

healthy diet includes having fun on festive occasions. What you ate

is such a small amount and it was a shame you couldn't really enjoy

it feeling so guilty etc. A baby needs a full menu to choose from in

order to grow and develop. If you eat too strictly then the baby

draws from your past excess and you will start to crave extreme foods

in order to make balance. During pregnancy it is very important to

eat a wide variety of all foods and to satisfy those cravings coz

they come from your baby too. If you resist your cravings then it is

only natural to go for other foods and eat too much of them when you

do. THere is nothing wrong with having a non macro dessert, pancakes,

juice, fruit, more oil, bread etc if that is what you strongly feel

like eating. You are not sick, you are pregnant and a healthy person

eats foods that they love - macrobiotics is not meant to be a form of

suffering but something to relish and enjoy.

>

> Macrobiotics is all about balance and all foods are macrobiotic if

used appropriately. The key is to try and have balanced meals with

lots of vegs and if you strongly crave say sweets, try to make more

natural ones first. Children balance in a very different way to

adults because they have less 'learned' behaviour. They can live on

carrots for a week and then not want them at all. Of course if all

they want is rice and nothing else for weeks, you have to gently

steer them back to center but the point is they instinctively know

what they need. It is very similar during pregnancy. Your body and

baby crave certain foods and that is great and natural.

>

> Remember that food is only one form of nourishment. There are so

many ways to nourish your baby and it all comes together - music,

nature, reading beautiful books, creative projects, laughter, having

fun, chatting with friends, meditation, singing, making love etc etc.

These are all forms of nourishment and they also make a huge

difference to how your baby develops.

>

> I suggest you take that lovely day you had yesterday with all that

lovely food and put the memory in your belly. Remember how much fun

it was and change the experiece to a positive one. Remember the

sharing with family and how wonderful it was to be together. Remember

how delicious those foods tasted and how relaxed you felt afterwards.

Then the message you send your baby will be a lovely message and

he/she will remember the beauty of spending time with family and

friends .

>

> Blessings

>

[Guest guest]

I know.

I just felt the baby go nuts with all that sugar in me not long after I ate it

and I thought my G-d I'm killing my child with a sugar rush! I thought it was

having some kind of an attack from all the crap I just fed it.

I was so worried (to put it mildly) and tried to calm myself as to not make the

situation worse.

I wont be doing that again guaranteed.

I would never feed my baby sugar, cookies, chocolate, etc as a born infant I

can't believe I did it at 20 weeks in my belly.

I still feel bad (Reggie thank you sooooooooooooo much for the phone message)

but am trying to take what everyone has said to heart.

much love, and thanks for the continued support to all who wrote back!

" ...become the change you envision " _

Re: The worst mother on earth

> Sin,

>

> AND has had SEVEN pregnancies so Sin, listen to her ok???

>

> Love,

> Reg

>

>

> >

> > I totally agree with Klara. I would also like to add that eating

> a

> healthy diet includes having fun on festive occasions. What you

> ate

> is such a small amount and it was a shame you couldn't really

> enjoy

> it feeling so guilty etc. A baby needs a full menu to choose from

> in

> order to grow and develop. If you eat too strictly then the baby

> draws from your past excess and you will start to crave extreme

> foods

> in order to make balance. During pregnancy it is very important to

> eat a wide variety of all foods and to satisfy those cravings coz

> they come from your baby too. If you resist your cravings then it

> is

> only natural to go for other foods and eat too much of them when

> you

> do. THere is nothing wrong with having a non macro dessert,

> pancakes,

> juice, fruit, more oil, bread etc if that is what you strongly

> feel

> like eating. You are not sick, you are pregnant and a healthy

> person

> eats foods that they love - macrobiotics is not meant to be a form

> of

> suffering but something to relish and enjoy.

> >

> > Macrobiotics is all about balance and all foods are macrobiotic

> if

> used appropriately. The key is to try and have balanced meals with

> lots of vegs and if you strongly crave say sweets, try to make

> more

> natural ones first. Children balance in a very different way to

> adults because they have less 'learned' behaviour. They can live

> on

> carrots for a week and then not want them at all. Of course if all

> they want is rice and nothing else for weeks, you have to gently

> steer them back to center but the point is they instinctively know

> what they need. It is very similar during pregnancy. Your body and

> baby crave certain foods and that is great and natural.

> >

> > Remember that food is only one form of nourishment. There are so

> many ways to nourish your baby and it all comes together - music,

> nature, reading beautiful books, creative projects, laughter,

> having

> fun, chatting with friends, meditation, singing, making love etc

> etc.

> These are all forms of nourishment and they also make a huge

> difference to how your baby develops.

> >

> > I suggest you take that lovely day you had yesterday with all

> that

> lovely food and put the memory in your belly. Remember how much

> fun

> it was and change the experiece to a positive one. Remember the

> sharing with family and how wonderful it was to be together.

> Remember

> how delicious those foods tasted and how relaxed you felt

> afterwards.

> Then the message you send your baby will be a lovely message and

> he/she will remember the beauty of spending time with family and

> friends .

> >

> > Blessings

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I know.

I just felt the baby go nuts with all that sugar in me not long after I ate it

and I thought my G-d I'm killing my child with a sugar rush! I thought it was

having some kind of an attack from all the crap I just fed it.

I was so worried (to put it mildly) and tried to calm myself as to not make the

situation worse.

I wont be doing that again guaranteed.

I would never feed my baby sugar, cookies, chocolate, etc as a born infant I

can't believe I did it at 20 weeks in my belly.

I still feel bad (Reggie thank you sooooooooooooo much for the phone message)

but am trying to take what everyone has said to heart.

much love, and thanks for the continued support to all who wrote back!

" ...become the change you envision " _

Re: The worst mother on earth

> Sin,

>

> AND has had SEVEN pregnancies so Sin, listen to her ok???

>

> Love,

> Reg

>

>

> >

> > I totally agree with Klara. I would also like to add that eating

> a

> healthy diet includes having fun on festive occasions. What you

> ate

> is such a small amount and it was a shame you couldn't really

> enjoy

> it feeling so guilty etc. A baby needs a full menu to choose from

> in

> order to grow and develop. If you eat too strictly then the baby

> draws from your past excess and you will start to crave extreme

> foods

> in order to make balance. During pregnancy it is very important to

> eat a wide variety of all foods and to satisfy those cravings coz

> they come from your baby too. If you resist your cravings then it

> is

> only natural to go for other foods and eat too much of them when

> you

> do. THere is nothing wrong with having a non macro dessert,

> pancakes,

> juice, fruit, more oil, bread etc if that is what you strongly

> feel

> like eating. You are not sick, you are pregnant and a healthy

> person

> eats foods that they love - macrobiotics is not meant to be a form

> of

> suffering but something to relish and enjoy.

> >

> > Macrobiotics is all about balance and all foods are macrobiotic

> if

> used appropriately. The key is to try and have balanced meals with

> lots of vegs and if you strongly crave say sweets, try to make

> more

> natural ones first. Children balance in a very different way to

> adults because they have less 'learned' behaviour. They can live

> on

> carrots for a week and then not want them at all. Of course if all

> they want is rice and nothing else for weeks, you have to gently

> steer them back to center but the point is they instinctively know

> what they need. It is very similar during pregnancy. Your body and

> baby crave certain foods and that is great and natural.

> >

> > Remember that food is only one form of nourishment. There are so

> many ways to nourish your baby and it all comes together - music,

> nature, reading beautiful books, creative projects, laughter,

> having

> fun, chatting with friends, meditation, singing, making love etc

> etc.

> These are all forms of nourishment and they also make a huge

> difference to how your baby develops.

> >

> > I suggest you take that lovely day you had yesterday with all

> that

> lovely food and put the memory in your belly. Remember how much

> fun

> it was and change the experiece to a positive one. Remember the

> sharing with family and how wonderful it was to be together.

> Remember

> how delicious those foods tasted and how relaxed you felt

> afterwards.

> Then the message you send your baby will be a lovely message and

> he/she will remember the beauty of spending time with family and

> friends .

> >

> > Blessings

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I hope you're feeling somewhat better now than when you wrote your

message. It seems the guilt you feel must be much worse than the

food you ate. This doesn't make you a bad mother at all to eat

these things. Your body is going through so many changes, and it's

only natural to have cravings as your body adjusts to all the

changes. Perhaps it's best to be gentle and loving with yourself.

Many moms have eaten these foods and not suffered a miscarraige, and

surely your health must be much better than theirs! Your baby will

be fine.

HOpe you enjoyed the holidays,

>

> I feel like the worst mother on earth!

> I've been so good for so long ...and then today (December 25th) I

broke down and had (ready for this?): a handful of chips, 3 cookies

and 3 chocolates AND a few sips of ginger ale! What got into

me!?! ...and I HATE pop! Haven't had it in years!

> And if I'm not freaking out! Bad enough for all that horrid sugar

and what I may have just done to my baby, but I just had a bunch of

pineapple and was just told that pineapple softens the cervix and

causes miscarriages!!!

> I " m trying not to freak out, but I " m close to tears!

> I'm a terrible mother (to-be)!

> How could I have done this to my baby? ..and me.

> You may proceed to give me sh-t now...nothing can make me feel

worse than I already do. Is there anything I can do to clean out my

system other than drink a bunch of water?

> I was told to try Udo's Oil 3-6-9

>

> " ...become the change you envision " _

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you.

Yes, guilty is the word, but I " m trying not to be so hard on myself.

Of course in all my years of working with pregnant woman I had never heard of

pineapple causing miscarriage. I ended up 'googling' it and found a few sites

that said yes this was the case. I still can't help but think that is

ridiculous. I love pineapple and have a cousin who ate it all thru her

pregnancy.

Still the 'guilt' I had was enough to make me more conscious and determined to

eat right. Thank you for your kind words .

" ...become the change you envision " _

Re: The worst mother on earth

> Hi ,

>

> I hope you're feeling somewhat better now than when you wrote your

> message. It seems the guilt you feel must be much worse than the

> food you ate. This doesn't make you a bad mother at all to eat

> these things. Your body is going through so many changes, and it's

> only natural to have cravings as your body adjusts to all the

> changes. Perhaps it's best to be gentle and loving with yourself.

>

> Many moms have eaten these foods and not suffered a miscarraige,

> and

> surely your health must be much better than theirs! Your baby

> will

> be fine.

>

> HOpe you enjoyed the holidays,

>

>

>

> >

> > I feel like the worst mother on earth!

> > I've been so good for so long ...and then today (December 25th)

> I

> broke down and had (ready for this?): a handful of chips, 3

> cookies

> and 3 chocolates AND a few sips of ginger ale! What got into

> me!?! ...and I HATE pop! Haven't had it in years!

> > And if I'm not freaking out! Bad enough for all that horrid

> sugar

> and what I may have just done to my baby, but I just had a bunch

> of

> pineapple and was just told that pineapple softens the cervix and

> causes miscarriages!!!

> > I " m trying not to freak out, but I " m close to tears!

> > I'm a terrible mother (to-be)!

> > How could I have done this to my baby? ..and me.

> > You may proceed to give me sh-t now...nothing can make me feel

> worse than I already do. Is there anything I can do to clean out

> my

> system other than drink a bunch of water?

> > I was told to try Udo's Oil 3-6-9

> >

> > " ...become the change you envision " _

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I already know what kind of mom you are silly. You will and are a

wonderful, thoughtful and loving mom. My mom ate stuff like eclairs on

a daily basis when she was pregnant with Nikki.............. lol

xoxoxoxoxo

R

>

> I know.

> I just felt the baby go nuts with all that sugar in me not long after

I ate it and I thought my G-d I'm killing my child with a sugar rush! I

thought it was having some kind of an attack from all the crap I just

fed it.

> I was so worried (to put it mildly) and tried to calm myself as to

not make the situation worse.

> I wont be doing that again guaranteed.

> I would never feed my baby sugar, cookies, chocolate, etc as a born

infant I can't believe I did it at 20 weeks in my belly.

> I still feel bad (Reggie thank you sooooooooooooo much for the phone

message) but am trying to take what everyone has said to heart.

> much love, and thanks for the continued support to all who wrote back!

>

>

> " ...become the change you envision " _

[Guest guest]

I'll bet you can google anything and find all sorts of nonsense. I'd tell you to throw away the computer but then I wouldn't get to hear the rest of your exciting story. Anyway, stay away from pink elephants :>) Klara, wishing I could start the mothering journey all over againSONIA LEMOINE wrote: Thank you.Yes, guilty is the word, but I"m trying not to be so hard on myself. Of course in all my years of working with pregnant woman I had never heard

of pineapple causing miscarriage. I ended up 'googling' it and found a few sites that said yes this was the case. I still can't help but think that is ridiculous. I love pineapple and have a cousin who ate it all thru her pregnancy.Still the 'guilt' I had was enough to make me more conscious and determined to eat right. Thank you for your kind words ."...become the change you envision" _ Re: The worst mother on earth> Hi ,> > I hope you're feeling somewhat better now than when you wrote your > message. It seems the guilt you feel must be much worse than the > food you ate. This doesn't make you a bad mother at all to eat > these things. Your body is going through so many

changes, and it's > only natural to have cravings as your body adjusts to all the > changes. Perhaps it's best to be gentle and loving with yourself. > > Many moms have eaten these foods and not suffered a miscarraige, > and > surely your health must be much better than theirs! Your baby > will > be fine. > > HOpe you enjoyed the holidays, > > > > >> > I feel like the worst mother on earth!> > I've been so good for so long ...and then today (December 25th) > I > broke down and had (ready for this?): a handful of chips, 3 > cookies > and 3 chocolates AND a few sips of ginger ale! What got into > me!?! ...and I HATE pop! Haven't had it in

years!> > And if I'm not freaking out! Bad enough for all that horrid > sugar > and what I may have just done to my baby, but I just had a bunch > of > pineapple and was just told that pineapple softens the cervix and > causes miscarriages!!!> > I"m trying not to freak out, but I"m close to tears!> > I'm a terrible mother (to-be)!> > How could I have done this to my baby? ..and me. > > You may proceed to give me sh-t now...nothing can make me feel > worse than I already do. Is there anything I can do to clean out > my > system other than drink a bunch of water?> > I was told to try Udo's Oil 3-6-9> > > > "...become the change you envision" _ > >> > > __________________________________________________