Help thy body heal thyself naturally. Please. I'm begging you.
I don't like it when I am retaining water. It makes me feel uncomfortable. This water retention is part of the reason why at 3am I am up typing a post. I can't sleep and my body feels uncomfortable being puffy. I haven't struggled too much with water retention during pregnancy. It has come & gone a few times. I like it when it is gone.
But tonight I am also a little hungry, so I thought I would do a little research to see what foods that I am in current possession of have diuretic effects, w/o caffiene (as I do want to get back to bed.)
So, right now I have a little plate filled with celery sticks and strawberries and a hot cup of tea that contains rosehips (non-caffienated herbal tea.)
If this doesn't work, then I'll start the day with a banana, as food high in potassium are supposed to counteract the effects of excess sodium in the system. Although, I didn't really have a lot of stuff with with excess salt. But maybe right now, even small amounts are too much for me.
Actually, it turns out you should REALLY read labels....
ReplyDeleteI was drinking this Wild Raspberry Tea for the last week & a half, thinking it had raspberry tea leaves in it, which is supposed to help strengthen & condition the uterus to help with pushing & stuff......
So, this is the tea with rosehips in it, and I scan further down the label and see Natural Raspberry Flavor....Humph.....
Although the first ingredient was Hibicus flowers which is also used as a diuretic, followed by rosehips....so maybe that is why I have been able to control my water retention.....
BTW - I think the combination of tea, celerey & strawberries did my body good. I woke up with only minimal swelling. So, I had another mug of the tea and a banana and it's pretty much gone.