milk?

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mamaS

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Hello,

I haven't been drinking milk yet but i know i need to, what kind of milk should i take? skim, fresh, powder, non fat,.....there's a lot in the grocery, confused which one is good.

I'm on my 8th week.

thanks, appreciate your help.
 
Hi there MamaS,
The books recommend taking nonfat / lowfat, high calcium milk. I've been having the PURA brand from Australia. I really don't like drinking milk, so I disguise it in hot chocolate every morning.
Hope this helps!
 
I know the PURA brand is available in Park 'n' Shop in Discovery Bay. If they don't have it, ask them to order it in for you.
 
Congratulations on your baby. Pura is standard in Wellcome and PS. If they don't have it in when you go there, it just might need to be restocked, ask the clerk and check in a few days.
 
Hi Ladies,

How many glasses of milk should we drink in a day? i am only taking around 200 ml. I have gingivitis as early as now, so the dentist told me to increase my calcium intake.

Thanks.
 
I drink 1/2 L of milk a day for now 10 years and have no problems with calcium, great teeth, hair & nails. Same when I was pregnant so maybe it's a good amount...
Take care
 
mamaS,

I would recommend you to drink the added "calcium" orange juice from Tropicana (NOT from concentrate). I've had it throughout my pregnancy and I believe it helped me alot and also my dd's bones.

HTH
 
you need about 1200mg of calcium per day i was told.

you can get calcium from dairy products and also very green veggies. also i took calcium supplements as well. during pregnancy, the baby takes a lot of your calcium, so i believe that you need to ensure you get ample amounts.

please note though, that when taking calcium supplements, your body will only absorb around 500gm at a time, so take one tablet in them morning and one at night. also you need vitamin D for your body to absorb the calcium. not sure if you need the vitamin D + magnesium though.

hope this helps
 
when i was pregnant, i drank pura skim. one giant latte cup (at least 450ml) morning & night. i used to add horlick to it cos you're not suppose to drink cold drinks when u'r pregnant & i hated warm milk. so i added horlick (horlick only, no additional sugar, but horlick is quite sweet on its own) to disguise the taste. but when it was time to check my blood glucose, i was borderline failing. so my obgyn gave me one more chance - checked me again after a month. so i stopped the horlick totally, and just drank plain skimmed milk warmed (holding my nose). when i checked blood glucose again 1 mth later, i was better than normal!!
so watch out for those things u add to your milk.

if it's for the calcium, u can choose to go to IMI (17/F kailey bldg, stanley st) to get the cal-mag from whole food . very gd. i'm still taking them now that my baby is 14 mths-old. cos im still bf her.

gd luck!
 
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