Pregnancy Dos and don'ts
Has anyone else noticed how crazy it is the amount of things you're not allowed to eat and drink during pregnancy?
No soft cheese, no mouldy cheese, no peanuts, no rare meat, no pineapple (whats that all about?), no alcohol, no ibuprofen...I know there is a slight risk involved in these things but they obviously never did our mums any harm. My mum didn't know she was expecting me until 24 weeks and in that time she had fallen off a horse, broken her arm and had X-rays, been on max painkillers for ages with the broken arm etc and I was born healthy 8lb 5.
At my early scan the nurse told me a lot of the things they tell you is total crap for example no heavy lifting. When I had my pg confirmed the nurse said that I could drink anything and it would have no effect as long as I didn't get drunk. But my practise nurse said I couldn't drink at all and gave me daggers when I said I'd had half a glass of beer! Everyone tells you different things I don't know what to believe.
Then again I haven't got medical experience! What does everyone think and have you eaten/drank anythin naughty lol? I've had a few glasses of wine but stuck to the 1 unit a week limit! Tbh I don't believe that all these things are true but at the same time I guess I don't want to risk it.
No soft cheese, no mouldy cheese, no peanuts, no rare meat, no pineapple (whats that all about?), no alcohol, no ibuprofen...I know there is a slight risk involved in these things but they obviously never did our mums any harm. My mum didn't know she was expecting me until 24 weeks and in that time she had fallen off a horse, broken her arm and had X-rays, been on max painkillers for ages with the broken arm etc and I was born healthy 8lb 5.
At my early scan the nurse told me a lot of the things they tell you is total crap for example no heavy lifting. When I had my pg confirmed the nurse said that I could drink anything and it would have no effect as long as I didn't get drunk. But my practise nurse said I couldn't drink at all and gave me daggers when I said I'd had half a glass of beer! Everyone tells you different things I don't know what to believe.
Then again I haven't got medical experience! What does everyone think and have you eaten/drank anythin naughty lol? I've had a few glasses of wine but stuck to the 1 unit a week limit! Tbh I don't believe that all these things are true but at the same time I guess I don't want to risk it.
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This is my first post. I would not describe myself as maternal at all and we were so shocked I was pregnant!
I burst into tears when I found out what you should/should not do - I had no idea. I am between two-three months pregnant and like your mum I have been on strong pain killers/eaten rotten mouldy cheeses/nuts etc.
It's an absolute shocker what is and is not allowed!
I suppose it's best to follow the various medical advice given - my dr just mentioned smoking/drinking/pate/mouldy cheeses and some seafood and that was it. I came on this site and read about peanuts and everything else I was ? and then promptly burst into tears.
Oh well. I am sure after the birth I will be back to eating nuts with mouldy stinky cheese and a big glass of wine!
I'm also missing my sunday morning breakfast of fried egg butty with runny yolk. Hubby makes it still but cooks the egg solid which isn't as good.. he's been told that as soon as baby is here then hes making me a runny egg butty!!!
As for the drinking - I think its best not to in the early stages.. but the odd drink later on I'm sure can't do any harm. I've got a big bottle of bacardi breezer int he cupboard and I keep meaning to have a drink but I keep forgetting!! Haven't had a drink since March - so if I did have one drink I'd probably fall over drunk!!!
Why cant you eat pineapple? ive never heard of that and had a massive bowl of it just yesterday?!?!
Leighx
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It also said to be careful with minced meat such sausagemeat / burgers which is slightly pink. I obviously wouldnt eat a burger which isnt cooked properly but does this apply to sausage rolls coz ive eaten loads of them too??
I'm not stressing now though coz i wouldnt eat anything otherwise.
My mum and dad keep taking the mick out of me coz i keep listing all the things i can and cant eat and I;m sure they think i'm making it all up!!! They keep teasing me and saying 'are you sure you can eat that ginger biscuit?'. Cheeky buggers.
But there does seem to be a lot of conflicting advice out there. No wonder people get confused!
Ange
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Pineapple I had never heard of.n I am avoiding the usual pate, cheese etc Ensuring my meat and eggs are cooked well. only reason i am aoviding peanuts is because husband told me too. At first i thought it was because of the allergy however he informed me they put something on them to make them have a longer exp date, which isn't good for pregnant mothers. As a result I am avoiding them.
Denise...why is mr whippy ice cream not allowed? i haven't had any but was interested to hear why. xxx
I have only just found out (on Sunday) that I am pregnant - we think I am only 4 weeks, so still early days...I've been preparing myself by taking folic acid and omega 3 tablets for the last 3 months - Can anyone tell me what foods I should be avoiding (besides the obvious, raw meat..) I only have my GP appoint next week, but as you can imagine, I want to make sure I eat correctly!
thanks!
On the alcohol front there was further confusion today with a new report that says if you very occasionally had four or five glasses of wine in the one evening it wouldn't do any harm!!!! someone else recently said one small glass a day is ok too. i think ultimately the Government doesn't want to risk giving the wrong advice to pregnant women hence the no alcohol at all guidelines from them. I've had the odd glass of wine (although sadly, it's made me feel really rough afterwords). However, I'll not be admitting it to my midwife ;\)
Not 100% sure about this not eating cold turkey business. I'm sure one of the baby mags had an article out this month about xmas food and it didn't mention that. i would have thought as long as you were careful about cooking food that had already been cooked and then reheating it would be ok (i.e. the reheating the turkey curry made with the leftover turkey) . has anyone else seen anything?
On the peanut front, i'm not going to be avoiding them. i do have hayfever but no other allergies. i'm more concerned that peanut allergies have rocketed since pregnant women were advised to avoid them.
i've also heard about staying away from mr whippy but i cant remember why!!
anyway, that's my tuppence worth on food. oh and apparantly you shouldn't overdose on vitamin c.
It's a wonder the human race has survived so long...
I'm also looking forward to a glass of bubbly at Christmas (my first alcoholic drink since found out i was preggers).
Ange
19 wks tomorrow
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I know that avoiding some seafood and not having too much tuna is to do with mercury levels that could be bad for baby
what do you think people ate millions of years ago.... fish, meat from animals they could catch. and we're not extinct! our great grandmothers etc didn't have any of this information and probably didn't change their diet much and theres generally nothing wrong with us apart from a bit of hayfever etc!
if i believed it was going to harm my baby i wouldn't have it. i just don't believe it. perhaps if i was to have ten tins of tuna in one sitting or eat a whole block of mouldy cheese it would! but unless you have peanut allergies or severe allergies to something in your immediate family, please dont freak out about it and deny yourself treats every now and again! X