What was your diet like when you got BFP?
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Topic: What was your diet like when you got BFP?
Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Subject: What was your diet like when you got BFP?
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 11:19am
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Just out of interest - how would you describe your diet when you got your BFP? ------------- TTC 6 years IVF it is IVF/ICSI round one 10 eggs, 8 mature, 3 fertilised BFN IVF/ICSI #2 = 22 eggs! 20 mature, 15 fertilised, 1 fresh transfer and 2 frosties BFN 2 Frosties still in freezer thank god |
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Posted By: rachaels
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 11:33am
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Take a look at the McDonalds and Wendy's menu - voila!
Have straightened my act up since though 
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 12:00pm
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I was on weight watchers when i got pregnant with dd. So it was soup & salad lol. I had bad morning sickness so didnt eat much the 1st 16 weeks
Then i drank alot of coke, cans from machines at work were so good
I was also known to visit maccas or BK at 10pm because i was hungry. I wasnt the best eater, i regret that 100% now because i put on alot of weight because of that. -------------  
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 12:29pm
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I was eating pretty healthily - I usually do. I'd recently come back from rural USA where there wasn't a lot of fresh produce available, so was eating a lot of fresh stuff, especially cos it was summer. I'd lost 10kg while in the states so was a healthy (but not skinny!) weight. Umm... I was also enjoying perhaps a bit much of things like feta, salami etc that I'd have to give up while pregnant. Figured I should eat them while I could!
I imagine diet can have a small impact on TTC - as in a few months quicker or slower to conceive for some couples, but I don't think it would make a huge difference, unless your DH was big into booze and drugs?  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 12:31pm
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I was trying to lose weight and it was January/February so was eating healthy and exercising. Typically I got UTD as soon as I started being good. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 12:32pm
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Ummm... not as good as it is now. The amount of junk in our diets was pretty bad ------------- 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 12:43pm
Mine was the same as it is now .. it turned to custard once I got up the duff.  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Marengo
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 12:45pm
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i was trying to be healthy, but still eating takeaways on the weekends.. made sure i had fruit and yoghurt everyday.. i made consious choices though as i have been trying to get rid of my endo for years so avoid all soy and caffeine and sugary fizzy drinks..
though.. i was a serious candy addict and would eat chocolate or candy most days.. dont ask me what my diet now is though (munches on some homemade pizza with lots of cheeese) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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 Our angel Ella Louise born 13.04.
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Posted By: newme
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 1:07pm
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I had a very good diet. I had irregular periods, so I knew to increase my chances of conceiving I needed to eat well. So a lot of fresh fruit and veges, whole grains etc.
It definitely makes a difference if you are trying to conceive (in my opinion). There is a book called 'Taking Charge of Your Fertility' by Toni Weschler, and the diet in that book is pretty much what I stuck to. |
Posted By: amme_eilyk
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 1:11pm
| kfc, mcd's, subway, pies and too much coke but decent dinners. funnily enough the main thing that got cut was the decent dinners. and then the coke which didnt taste good. |
Posted By: frankie
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 1:51pm
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I have a high BMI had been eating quite badly,. Finally decided I needed to put everything into TTC that I could, as we'd been trying for nearly 2 years. Ate healthy as for 2 mths and got BFP. However this pregnancy was through IUI (fertily treatment) and that was my first attempt at it, so it could have been that. But I do wonder how much the change in diet impacted, possibly quite a bit. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: kittie
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 2:22pm
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Junk food galore!
Tried to cut it all out once i got the BFP but only thing i really suceeded in was having healthier lunchs and cutting out coke. Im still a junk food queen but no where near as bad as i was! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Kellyfer
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 3:17pm
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I'd started WW about a month prior to concieving so was eating pretty well. I'd lost bout 5 kgs and I'm sure that helped with the BFP!! In saying that we'd only been trying a couple of months, so could have just been coincidence. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 3:21pm
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balanced... a little bit of everything, healthy and junk a like.
With J it was winter so lots of casserole type dinners and soups for lunch, not a lot of fruit as I am not a big winter fruit person. We had takeaways at least once a week for lunch and dinner. With thumper it was summer so loads of fresh fruit and salads. Probably too much mcd's for lunch tbh  -------------   
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 3:35pm
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i had an awful diet..lots of junk and little veges.. (obviously i ate better when pregnant) but yeah i managed to get preg 4 times on that diet so for me it made no difference...i wasnt a drinker though so not sure if that helped? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 3:41pm
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My diet ? bad , everytime .
My DH used to go to BK and they would say "ohhhh , you want a bk chicken extra mayo, no lettuce " because they knew him so well ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 3:55pm
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I've always had a pretty healthy diet, in terms of lots of fruit and veges. However when I got my BFP I had never really drunk water and it wasn't until DD was born that I decided to cut out juice and fizzy and just drink water!
I did however have a fair bit of takeaways like maybe 1-2 times a week but now it's more like once a fortnight! My weight pre baby was 54kg and height about 162cm so not a big person, I lost 3kg in the first 3 months from morning sickness but gained that back plus 12 kg at the end of my pregnancy and have lost it all again now. My diet wasn't the best whilst pregnant either as I didn't change it at all but have since giving birth because I am breast feeding and realise it's probably important I do! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 4:18pm
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Thanks girls its all interesting isnt it! ------------- TTC 6 years IVF it is IVF/ICSI round one 10 eggs, 8 mature, 3 fertilised BFN IVF/ICSI #2 = 22 eggs! 20 mature, 15 fertilised, 1 fresh transfer and 2 frosties BFN 2 Frosties still in freezer thank god |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 4:32pm
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Normal really I guess, I still ate chocolate and chipd and macca's etc every now and then(or sometimes more than that lol)
Once I fell pregnant with Caden, I didnt eat much at all for 8 weeks, I felt so sick all the time. ------------- |
Posted By: blossombaby
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 8:26pm
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before getting BFP it wasnt amazing haha but i did eat alot of fruit, ham off the bone etc being its the festive season
once i found out i was preg i hardly ate and when i did it was hard to keep down etc had m/s till 20 weeks and if i did eat would be like fruit or something simple like that. still have no appertite feel ripped off thought preg people were ment to enjoy food!!! i have been good at drinking tho ... lots of water, fruit juice, coke (i hate to admit how much i drink) havnt had alot of takeways or anything either! |
Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 6:37pm
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My diet was healthy both times, vegetarian with some added chocolate hehe And um yeah the first 14 weeks or so not much was consumed -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 8:17pm
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I was throwing up 3-5 times a day for the first and most of the second trimester lol. So I ate virtually nothing! Mostly just plain cracks, plain cooked speghetti, apples and I lived off of V8 tropical vege juice. My doc said I would be fine as long as I kept up plenty of fluids and my supplements. When I did start eating again I found I had too much baby in there to leave much room for food so rather than eat meals I'd snack all day long. Really though my diet didn't change much. I never got weird cravings nor did I ever feel super hungry. -------------  
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 10:35am
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F'n shocking, on the edge of disordered, couldnt have been worse
I dont think i'd sat down for a meal in about 6 months previous to getting pregnant. I'd eat less then 500cal a day, not intentionally, but i'd only ever nibble at a piece of carrot or a piece of celery as i was cooking (i'm a chef). On top of that i was working 12 - 14hr days standing and never had a break. The only time i sat down in that time was to inhale 2 ciggarettes in a row and then back to it. Even when i found out i was pregnant (and quit smoking straight away with a massive effort) i struggled to eat normally for about three months. The whole notion of taking a plate, taking some food and sitting to eat was so weird to me. Because of my job - as a chef in a large hotel - my meals are often staff dining. Think everyone lining up with a plate and helping themselves from big containers of food. |
Posted By: snugglebug
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 8:59pm
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My diet was pretty balanced, lots of fresh veges and lean meat/chicken/fish and made a concious effort to have healthy dinners, low fat dairy, wholegrain bread, nuts, porridge or wholegrain cereal etc etc not too many carbs eg pasta. But in saying that we did have takeaways maybe once a week and the occasional chocolate or lollies or whatever on a Saturday night. So a combination of being good and indulging sometimes. I have never been good at drinking water or eating much fruit as I only like grapes and bananas but I try my best.
Since Ive been pregnant it's been much the same, except that I eat more lol I try to eat more of the right things but don't always succeed. And everything tastes so much better to me now. All you can ever do is your best I guess! ------------- Me 28, DH 29 DS born 20 Nov 2010 (4 years old) #2 due October 7 http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Samandtia
Date Posted: 28 August 2010 at 9:49am
was TOTALLY shocking and I seriously don't know how I survived?! Coffee and cigarette for breakfast, coffee and cigarette for morning tea (maybe a sausage roll if I had time to scoff it down), I didn't have lunch till 1 and that was either hot chips, Tuna on toast or whatever was handy and easy to put together...most of the time it was junky/greasy food  . We hardly had fruit and veg in the house and I didn't drink water. I was soooo worried when I found out I was pregnant because I didn't know till I was 8 weeks along I thought I did some serious damage because that was also the 'festive season' and there were a LOT of drinkkies going on! Boy! Did my diet change as soon as I found out! It wasn't so hard to change knowing I was doing it for my baby....hahaha strange I wouldn't do it for myself?! 
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