water intake

for as long as i can rememer, i've always been a water drinker! when i got preggo, i wasnt that worried b/c i knew all i drank was water with every meal so i figured i'd be okay

in the past couple of weeks, i feel like i've been failing my baby b/c i really dont think i've been drinking enough water... just this week i started getting better about it & drink 2 cups on the way to work and make sure to drink all day & when i get home -- before during AND after dinner

so my question is, how much should we be drinking and do you think im horrible for not getting with it sooner lol

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I drink about 100oz of water a day
I thought I was drinking enough before but then I started to get cramping so my doctor told me to keep track and try to drink 100oz of liquid a day (can include anything that doesnt have caffeine like juice)

I have a 30oz water jug that I drink twice while I am at work and then try to get the other 40oz when I get home through some juice or seltzer.

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I've had a hard time too Michelle and normally I drink well over a gallon a day- but I stepped it up yesterday and today- but now after reading tilde's post- even what I am drinking isnt enough

I am drinking 3-3 cup bottles of water and then about 2 additional when I am home

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i drink about 4 16oz bottles while I'm at work and maybe another glass when I'm home, so maybe 70 ozs total.

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i was at the doc on monday. he told me i was dehydrated ~ i thought IMPOSSIBLE! i drink at least four 700ml bottles each day. which is equavalent to 9 glasses of water. he told me in this weather the whole 6-8 rule goes out the window. i should be somewhere near 10-12. so now i am like hanging out w/ a flood. i just drink water and walk to the bathroom!

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I've been having a hard time with water, too. In the morning, it makes me sick, so I don't start drinking it until about noon.
I also make it a point to eat water-rich foods like watermelon and cucumber--it's not really soup season, but broth-based soups count toward your water intake.

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I have the Smart Water that I drink its 33.8 oz and I fill it up maybe 2-3 times a day so im guessing I consume at anywhere from 70-100 oz alone at work

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I fill up a 20oz Rubbermaid water bottle about 4 times a day.... that isn't all I drink though. I drink OJ in the morning and I will have a glass of soda with dinner. I also sip water thru the night whenever I wake up (which is often) because I'm always so thirsty at night.

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i drink a little more than 2 liters a day....so about 70 ounces. Sometimes I drink a little more, esp. when teaching.

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This was really hard for me in the beginning. I am not a big water drinker, at all.
I was drinking about 64oz/day for a while, but was still getting a lot of cramping and tightness. So now, I drink 80-100oz/day. I just try to do what you are doing now....drink a certain amount at all times throughout the day. I use bottles of water because it is easier for me to keep track...even if it isn't very environmentally friendly!

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ok, how many oz would you say this water bottle is:



i drink 2 of these during the work day, not including my morning water bottle or night time water intake

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I drink at least 64 oz at work alone, sometimes more. My water bottle is 32 oz. At home I drink at least another glass or two of water/iced tea, so I drink almost 100 oz a day depending on the day.

Can you weigh the bottle empty and then full? That's what I did with mine and found it was 32 oz. Do you know anyone that has a WW scale or a digital scale that gives pounds/ounces?

Or try searching for the product online - that should tell you how many oz. that bottle is.

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i try to remember to drink more, but sometimes i just cant bc i start feeling all full and nauseous. i am reading how much you girls are drinking and i just dont know how you do it!!

on a side note, i was just wondering... are you supposed to increase how much water you drink as you get further along in the pregnancy, or is it pretty much throughout that you should be drinking tons?

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Posted by BayB614

i try to remember to drink more, but sometimes i just cant bc i start feeling all full and nauseous. i am reading how much you girls are drinking and i just dont know how you do it!!

on a side note, i was just wondering... are you supposed to increase how much water you drink as you get further along in the pregnancy, or is it pretty much throughout that you should be drinking tons?

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