Comments for blog.limedaley.com/post/19-weeks-midwife-appointment

Comment #2881

2010-10-19T21:25:27Z

I didn't know you were expecting another baby! I obviously missed that post while I had company in the summer. Congratulations, extremely late.

Comment #2880

2010-10-08T14:28:47Z

Thanks for that, Janet. Maybe I'll try it in hot chocolate and see if it ruins the hot chocolate for me. d:

It's good to know it still worked for you. You're right about recommendations being different everywhere.

A friend on facebook said, why don't you just make cookies. But it would be a lot of cookies everyday to get the same amount of molasses... Fun, but probably only for the first couple of days!

Comment #2879

2010-10-08T08:27:33Z

Yeah, I've heard the maximum absorption thing, too, but I seem to also recall some natural sources of iron come with calcium, and we don't really know how everything works anyway, so I just take the stuff the way I can stomach it. Maybe I just like doing my own thing since I know everything is healthy in some culture somewhere. ;)

I used to use hot milk, then coffee, then hot chocolate, and now my current kick is Ovomaltine (no sugar added). It brought my numbers from worryingly low to quite good, so I figure it gives me enough iron and also a bit of calcium, which is good since I don't drink as much milk here as I do in the States.

And speaking of doing what you think is right, I'll hijack your post enough to say that people seem to say you ought to do what you feel is right as a mother just up to the point where they disagree with you. We all draw the line somewhere, but I find it amusing how the one follows the other so quickly!

We can't wait to meet our little cousin/nephew/niece!

Comment #2878

2010-10-07T21:45:51Z

For maximum iron absorption, you're not supposed to take it with calcium, so that would take hot chocolate out of the running. And I think I'd rather take it plain than drink coffee. (:

Comment #2877

2010-10-07T19:50:00Z

You might talk with Janet, too. I don't remember the details, but Janet mixed her molasses with something -- hot chocolate? coffee? -- that made it easier to take than a straight tablespoon.

Comment #2876

2010-10-07T19:31:55Z

Well, we could put the ticker up now that we've settled on a date. But right now I'm headed for a nap.

Comment #2875

2010-10-07T18:58:23Z

Yay!

I noticed, too, that by the fifth time we don't get the baby ticker, either. You'll have to remind me to make plane reservations.

I hope to do better for this baby than I did for Faith with the blanket, though -- but I'll admit it was kind of fun knowing that she was a girl before choosing the fabrics. :)