so then what are you drinking these days?

Well, I don't count oz or anything. . .but in the morning I have been liking to have a chai tea with milk. And then mostly just lots of water throughout the day, I love a quarter lemon squeezed in a large glass of water. I too have been slacking on my preg tea, but it is warming up here so that may help (I also like it better chilled). I just pretty much drink water all day, except if I have a busy day and forget or am out doing stuff and don't want to finding a bathroom every half hour!

I also have been really loving mixing about quarter part juice (usually cranberry or cherry--the real stuff not the ones that are mostly apple juice) with 3/4 parts sparkling water. Yum. . .better than soda in my book. Although I did go to a BBQ last night and had a Hanson's soda (cherry vanilla creme) made with cane sugar and it was delish! But I try to avoid that much sugar usually.

I'm glad its warming up b/c that encourages me to drink. I love the ice clinking in my glass.

You know, I've been thinking about starting a thread about this because it's still about a week until my next prenatal appointment and I'm starting to wonder if my drinking habits are "normal" or not.

Lately, I am thirsty ALL THE TIME. I'm drinking 1.5-2 gallons of water every day (I have a 32oz water bottle that I refill to keep track), plus usually one or two 8 oz glasses of juice... and then I wake up at night STILL thirsty and drink 16-32 oz of water. I would say that my thirst is actually generally greater than my hunger at this point. It is wild.

Most non-water beverages are repulsive to me and have been since pretty early in pregnancy. Orange juice, my old best friend, makes me vomit and/or gives me heartburn... as does coffee. Carbonated beverages just don't appeal. I've had tea a time or two but haven't really craved it... just water. And occasionally Juicy Juice.

Water has never been my beverage of choice, either, but ever since I developed kidney stones in my 5th pg, I've forced myself to drink a lot more of it, pg or not. However, I always need to put something in it to make it palatable -- lemon or orange, mainly, although mint and/or cucumber is good, too, especially when it's hot. And it must be ice cold, no exceptions. I don't know how much of it I drink a day, but I keep a 32 oz. mug filled beside me most of the time and sip on it as much as possible.

I also like tea, any variety, hot or iced, hot chocolate (it's still chilly here at the moment), the occasional vitamin water, MILK (really liking milk in the past couple of weeks, for some reason), and my beloved one cup of coffee w/lots of cream every morning, which I started back drinking once I hit 2nd tri. Oh, and on those blah, drag myself around afternoons, I like to have a tiny little bottle of Mexican coke. Mmmmm...

Guin