Ellie’s Pregnancy Journey with SureSlim

I was over the moon when I found out I was pregnant.  Now that I had a new life growing inside me I wanted to do the best I possibly could to have a healthy baby.  I was     worried by conflicting    reports in the press about what I should be avoiding.  Even the pregnancy books had different information about what I should be cutting out of my diet..  I needed some help to sort out the facts from the old wives tales.

On my first visit to see the mid-wife, my weight was 9st 2lbs and I was told that I should put on between 2 and 2 ½ stone over the next 7 months, but they wouldn’t    monitor this, and as long as I kept everything in moderation I wouldn’t go far wrong!  I was left feeling a bit      bewildered.  I had friends who’d put on that much weight in the first few months of their pregnancy!  I’d always been proud of my size 8 figure, and trained regularly to stay in shape – the thought of being a new mum, 2½ stone heavier and wearing shapeless maternity clothes didn’t thrill me – or my husband!

It didn’t matter that I wasn’t overweight to start with – the SureSlim programme was about eating healthily to give each person the right foods to nourish their bodies and correct their metabolism.

My husband and I were both impressed that it wasn’t a “fad diet” and there was enough scientific backing and evidence to convince us that it was a well proven healthy eating plan.  I had a blood test and completed a detailed enrolment form, including all my medical history, so that they could find the best foods for me and my growing baby.

A week later I was given my personalised pregnancy  programme and it all made perfect sense.  There was a list of all the foods I should be eating, and if it wasn’t on the list I shouldn’t eat it – Simple!  I was also told which foods I should eat regularly to help my baby develop and keep me feeling energised.  It was the best thing I could have done.  The blood test also showed that I had slightly elevated levels of a certain chemical in my body, which could lead to joint problems later on in life.  The SureSlim dietician advised me which foods I needed to avoid help overcome this.

Not only did I get one-to-one attention, but the emphasis wasn’t on my weight, but on how I was feeling.  The   niggles and complaints that I was reading about in the pregnancy books were passing me by – I felt great! Not only was my skin clearer, but people said that I was  glowing.  I was still going to my aerobics classes and walking the mile into work every day.

My friends said I looked better now that I was pregnant, and that it obviously suited me!

As the months went by, my tummy was gradually growing into a compact little bump; my midwife was really pleased with how my pregnancy was progressing but I was still wearing my size 8 hipster jeans!  I was getting wolf whistles as I walked into work – you should’ve seen their embarrassed faces when they saw my bump!  I was always getting complimented on how well I looked and how small and compact my bump was.

I didn’t need to bother with the baggy maternity clothes that I’d been dreading.  A week before I went into labour I went to a friends engagement party wearing the size 10 outfit that I’d worn for my nephews christening a few years earlier. At this point my weight had gone up by exactly 2 stone.

My son, Geraint William, was born a few days early, at the end of June just 3½ hours after I’d gone to hospital, weighing a healthy 7lbs 8ozs. Within a week my weight had dropped by 16lbs to exactly 10st.  Julie had advised me to just eat whatever I fancied for the first 6 weeks after giving birth – she said I would be too busy looking after my son to worry about my own diet, and as usual she was right! I was breastfeeding and the days (and nights) were just a blur of feeding and nappy changing with hours spent gazing in awe at my son.

The SureSlim dietician compiled a new programme for me, different to my pregnancy programme and specifically to meet my body’s changing needs now that I am breastfeeding. 

It’s easy to follow and it fits in with all the coffee mornings I’m enjoying with the other new mums I’d met at the ante-natal classes.  Now after giving birth I have my best figure ever, without any stretch marks.  I’ll be     recommending SureSlim to all my friends when they start trying for baby no 2.

 

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