Pregnant and Bulimic . Any experience???
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Pregnant and Bulimic . Any experience???
| Fri, 01-16-2004 - 1:28pm |
Hi,
I'm 16 weeks pregnant and actively bulimic. As you as know it's impossible to cure myself just because of my current circumstances. Does anyone have any info they can share on this subject?
Thanks

Hi,
I don't have any personal experience but you might want to check www.somethingfishy.org. And you might get some posts here, too. I hope things will work out for you. Please post any time you need to.
Love & hugs, Kristina
The opinions I have expressed here are from my own experience and are not intended as medical advice or to take the place of your own physician's advice.
Love & hugs, Kristina
I am a strong believer that we are often best-equipped to care for ourselves, better than any other person (God excluded ;)) could. I truly believe that you know how to make better choices and stop your behavior. But you have to let yourself do that. If ever there is a time when you must surrender your pride and help yourself, it is now. You know best what you need.
You see, in the end, it all comes down to this: you just stop. Because you have to. Because life is too precious. Because you're tired and you don't want to anymore. Because there is slush in the street, a book on your nightstand, and a smile on a small, pajama'ed girl in the kitchen.
It doesn't matter how you do it. You already know. You've known all along. But it's too easy to fall back on the old mantra: I CAN'T just stop. It is true in some ways, most of all because you make it true.
So what do you need to do? You know best. If it were me, I would be finding the right professionals (I didn't say helping yourself meant doing it alone...), eating the way I know I should, and doing the things that crowd out the eating disorder (things I love, things that ground me in relationships, things that make me feel taken care of, things that put God first). I am being vague only because I have a feeling you've heard these things before: Call a friend! Take a bath! Write down your feelings! And so on. And you will do those things. But the mistake we usually make is refusing to see HOW those things could help. When I want to purge, there is no way in hell I'm going to start a bath instead. It all depends on the thing that comes before the desire to purge and before the bath: the commitment to do whatever it takes to keep you on the right path. That way, you don't have to fear the desire when it comes. You just do something, anything, to carry you until it subsides.
I have said too much. I want so badly for your baby to have a safe and loving pregnancy. BABY. Remember. You have two babies now: the child you bear, and yourself. Take care of both, selflessly.
You will be in my prayers so much, even if we never hear from you again.
All my love and hope and strength (which are not big),
and All of God's (which are SO big),
Starfish
There is a "Pregnant with an ED" message board on parentsplace that has several women who are either still pregnant or have already dealt with a pregnancy and an ED. I know I still have a long way to go in my recovery, and I have my moments where I feel like caving in, but my perspective is so different. I no longer am the only one that matters, I have a responsibility to my baby and to God to take care of myself.
I pray that your baby is healthy and strong. Please get help...you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Love,
Jennifer
april