milk?

[virgobb]

Yes, you can actually get calcium from a lot of other foods. e.g. orange, sardines (with bones) ...

http://www.healthyeatingclub.org/info/books-phds/books/foodfacts/html/data/data5c.html

In the chart, I find that even sesame seed contains a lot of calcium. It's good because I like sesame seed. In Chinese cuisine we have a sweet soup by sesame seed and I like it very much

 

[wandasmart]

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

 

[joannek]

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!