Info: Low sugar, healthy eating in pregnancy

This is something that I really wanna share with each and everyone of you especially pregnant mommies out there. I did an entry somewhere in April regarding my meeting with a Dietitian from PCMC (Referred by Dr. Seri gara-gara berat badan dah reached 80kg at that time. Haha!). I was given a pamphlet tentang amalan pemakanan yang sihat to prevent Gestational Diabetes during pregnancy which causes your blood sugars to rise. Hopefully this healthy bits and pieces would come in handy ;)

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Remember to:

~ Avoid sugar and sugary food.

~ Eat regularly and do not miss meals.

~ Include a reasonable portion of "starchy" food at each meal (rice, noodles, high fiber bread, pasta and potato).

~ Choose a variety of food each day including some fresh fruits and vegetables.

~ Include meat or fish or chicken or beans or eggs at each meal. These are essential part of your diet.

~ Milk is a good source of calcium. 

~ Drink at least 6 - 8 glasses of sugar free fluid each day.

~ Follow all medical advice.

The following food are high in sugar that should be avoided:  

~ Sugar (all types).

~ Canned fruits in syrup.

~ Sweet biscuits and cakes (cream filled or chocolate coated).

~ Chocolate, sweets.

~ Condensed milk.

~ Desserts with sugar/condensed milk (ice kacang, cendol, sago gula melaka, etc).

~ Ice-cream.

~ Soft drinks (Coke, Pepsi, cordials, etc).

Make use of:

~ Low sugar alternatives (diet drinks, low sugar jams, pure fruit spread, etc). 

~ Sweeteners may be taken if desired (Equal, Pall Sweet, etc).

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And I did mentioned that I wanna share about my food log kan? Aku kongsi la sikit ye, together with the Dietitian's reply as well..

Monday 15/4/2013

9.00 am : Fried Spaghetti

10.30 am : Kuih Kasuwi (4 small pieces)

1.00 pm : Cuttlefish Teppanyaki

5.00 pm : Nestum 3-In-1 (Cereal drink)

7.30 pm : Tuna Sandwich

Thank you for the food log and gauging on this your carbohydrate intake for the day is still high. May I know the portion too. And please do not drink any 3 in 1 drinks. 2 in 1 is fine and you either go without sugar or add in Equal /Pal Sweet etc. Reduce kueh intake. Consume more vegetables & high fibre foods. And send me more food log please.

Tuesday 16/4/2013

8.30 am : Sausage McMuffin (bread + sausage patty + cheese), 1 hash brown, medium size orange juice [from Mc Donald’s]

12.00 pm : ¼ chicken with potato chips and grilled vegetables [from Nando’s]

4.00 pm : Nasi lemak (small serving)

7.30 pm : 1 bowl of asam laksa

Looking at Tuesday’s meal: the OJ would be too sweet. You need to take a light snack around 10.30am or so. 4pm snack ok if it’s the bungkus one. And 7.30pm is fine.

Wednesday 17/4/2013

7.30 am : 2 slices of wholemeal bread (toast) with cheese spread

10.45 am : 10 pieces of cream crackers (cicah Milo)

1.30 pm : Caesar Salad with chicken

5.00 pm : 2 slices of white bread with sardine

8.00 pm : Steamboat (mushroom, tofu, chicken sausage, fishball)

Wednesday’s intake looks better and you are spreading it out nicely. However you can eat the snack earlier than at 10.45am and maybe you need not consume 10 pieces of crackers but limit to 4-5 pieces and add plain peanut butter or cheese over it. Are you game in drinking some milk products eg: Nutrent Diabetic ? or Glucerna SR? I have some samples which I can pass it to you to try. Afternoon snack OK but can be even better with wholemeal bread :) And dinner is great!

Thursday 18/4/2013

7.30 am : 2 slices of wholemeal bread (toast) with cheese spread

10.30 am : 1 banana

12.00 pm : 1 bowl of curry mee

3.45 pm : Caesar Salad with chicken

8.00 pm : White rice (1 senduk) with daging (5 small pieces) masak lemak cili padi and sayur kacang boncis

Oh dear.. 1 senduk aje nasi putih? Were you not hungry? You know you can go up to 1 cup level as per the standardized cup measurement used for baking? But the rest of the day menu & timing is good and improving as you progress :)

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So.. Tu la ceritanya.. To tell you the truth, since ada someone monitor my diet during that time takde la berat badan naik mendadak. Dah lepas bersalin ni pulak, kena la amalkan mana yang boleh diikut..

Till then :)

It's a girl, insyaAllah :)

Siap la penuh barang-barang warna pink kat rumah lepas ni :D

So anyway.. I'm already at 33 weeks pregnant now. I went for another check-up yesterday and everything was fine. Baby dalam perut dah 2.2kg lebih kurang. My weight pun naik 1.7kg aje which is OK according to Dr. Seri. The food journal yang aku dok buat tu pulak, my Dietician pun dah reply. Will share with you guys soon, insyaAllah..

Appointment with a Dietician

Made an appointment to see the Chief Dietician herself, Datin Farah and just came back from PCMC for the 1st appointment. So what can I say about the session was, now I have a clearer picture on my eating habits selama ni and what are the problems with that eating habits. She jotted down what I normally ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner, she asked whether aku ada ambik snack in between meals ke tak.. Soalan-soalan yang macam tu la..

I don't have to see her every week actually, just send her an e-mail on my food intake will do and dia akan comment la dari situ. Like a food journal, which I think is a very good idea :D Then boleh la aku letak kat blog jugak so that I can share with all of you..

Till then..

-xoxo-

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At 31 weeks..

Last week I went for the glucose tolerance test and even though the result was OK, I still have to go and see a Dietician on a weekly basis for 4 weeks. Haha! Kalau nak diikutkan, rasanya macam tak payah kot sebab I only gained 0.6kg in a month's time from the previous check-up. Maybe sebab before that berat badan aku naik mendadak sampai 3kg dalam masa sebulan agaknya..

So basically sekarang ni aku kawal sikit la my food intake walaupun there are days when I was like, "Eh lantak la, I am pregnant for heaven's sake!" :D After that balik la ke pangkal jalan balik - baru la nak terhegeh-hegeh makan salad, sandwiches and anything healthy. Haha!

Tentang barang-barang baby pulak, to tell you the truth aku belum start beli apa-apa pun. Soon, insyaAllah :)

At 27 weeks..

Baru aku perasan yang this time aku agak kurang update on my pregnancy. Dah 27 minggu dah, tak cerita banyak pun tentang my progress :D Selain dari agak busy (alasan standard) for the past few months, keadaan badan yang makin berat ni pun buat aku malas nak update blog. Lagipun masa awal-awal pregnant hari tu my morning sickness teruk, merasa la duduk hospital for 2 nights due to dehydration..

My baby's gender dah tau dah :) InsyaAllah akan keluar girl pulak nanti. When I went for the last 2 check-ups, itu la yang doctor bagitau. Bagi aku tak kisah la whether it's a boy or girl, janji anak keluar sihat dan cukup sifat..

Mengidam? Takde la sangat. Sama macam masa mengandungkan Umar dulu, cuma selera makan aje yang lain. Time Umar, asyik la dok makan nasi putih dengan telur bungkus tiap-tiap hari. Yang ni, tekak mahal sikit. Haha! Ketar jugak la tangan bila keluar duit nak membayar harga makanan tu. I was like, mengada tau. Selama ni aku takde pun teringin nak makan benda-benda yang aku beli tu semua. Haha! Takpe la, anak yang nak makan :D

Come to think of it kan, aku rasa sebab selera makan aku sekarang ni la yang buat berat badan aku naik mendadak! *nanges* Sampai kena buat glucose tolerance test tau! Padahal benda tu la yang paling aku nak elak. Haih! So now baru aku terhegeh-hegeh nak kawal sikit my food intake :( And drink lots and lots of plain water :(

At 24 weeks + long holidays..

Masih macam tak percaya that I'm already 6 months pregnant. Seriously untuk kali ni aku ada agak nervous sikit. Maybe because I don't know what to expect. Lain pregnancy, lain pembawakannya kan? Aku harap sangat sampai hari aku bersalin nanti, akan dipermudahkan la semuanya macam masa Umar dulu. Sampai tak sedar yang opening dah 6cm and tup-tup push sekejap baby dah keluar.. Last 2 check-up yang aku pergi (normal check-up + detailed scan), Alhamdulillah kandungan and baby dalam perut OK. Baby's gender pun dah tau :)

I'm on leave now actually since last Thursday sampai next week. Sakan bercuti :D I have so many things to do and so many places to go to. Ewah! Pergi merata-rata pun bukan update kat blog pun kan?! Haha!

So OK la darlings. Gotta go.. Hopefully aku ada la kekuatan untuk update blog dengan lebih kerap like old days :D Ada beberapa entries yang masih pending ni - Jurong Bird Park, Thistle Port Dickson, etc.. 

Have a great weekend!

-xoxo-

At 19 weeks!

Well oh well, what can I say? First sekali I am sooooo thankful that fasa morning and afternoon and night sickness tu semua dah berakhir long time ago :D Sekarang dah boleh makan and lebih cergas!

But.. At 5 months, I feel that I'm bigger compared to my 1st pregnancy. Oh ye la kan, badan dah expand. Haha! Aku kena kawal sikit makan ni sebab my doctor dah warning. Once my weight reach 80kg aje, air gula kasi minum! Aaaaa tak nak boleh tak :( So now aku tengah gigih la mengamalkan pemakanan sihat sekarang ni.. Haih!

Wish me luck! 

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