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.
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Actually, it turns out you should REALLY read labels....
I 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.
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