Foods to Avoid

[bertine]

The list of foods to avoid while pregnant is insane. Between the "offical" list and all the internet rumors it seems like you can't eat anything. Not that I am paying too much attention to these lists.

BTW, one of the items on the internet rumors list? Pinneapples. WTH?

Comments

[bertine.livejournal.com]

The rumor it is could cause early labor.

I also just read you aren't supposed to eat "Fiber One" bars because they have chicory root extract in them.

I would stop reading pregnancy forums but I am sort of amazed by people that are OVERLY WORRIED ABOUT EVERYTHING.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

For funzies you should state on a pregnancy forum that you plan not to breastfeed. Watch them swarm!!!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

What would be even better is saying "If my baby tests positive for Downs, I'll terminate", which is true.

I actually saw someone post about their decision to terminate the pregnancy and the comments were brutal.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

*gasps-and-stammers!* *Gasps! And! Stammers!*

I would say there would be pearl clutching, but pearls are a choking hazard to an unborn baby so Good Mommies burn them in a ritual, smoke-free, chemically-sound ceremony before birth.

(I totally would do the same thing w/r/t Downs too.)

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I think most people do the same thing w/r/t Downs so I think it is funny that people act so outraged! It is this thing that people just don't talk about.

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

What would be even better is saying "If my baby tests positive for Downs, I'll terminate", which is true.

The hilarious part is that 90+% of women abort when they get a positive test for Downs. Just about EVERYONE does it. Yet still, honestly saying it online gets the OMG YOU MONSTER reactions.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. I think people react so badly because they don't think they would or don't want to face the fact that deep down they would.

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

Pineapple is a new one. The big things when I was pregnant were sushi, soft cheese, and deli meats. OMG DEATH TO THE BEBE.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Dont tell anyone, I eat deli meat.

I sort of love lunchables.


I would eat sushi if I found that at all appealing. Other than lunchables I am having it hard to eat meat at all.

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

In my first trimester of first pregnancy, I ate Frosted Flakes a lot. Smell of cooking meat was nasty.

Second pregnancy was better. I did do a lot more relaxation of the "rules". :)

[bertine.livejournal.com]

The first trimester seems like the one you need to worry about the most. So many things are being formed. Then the baby just starts fattening up!

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

I ate pretty much exclusively sushi in the first tri with all my pregnancies.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Which is so funny to me because pretty much looking (or really thinking about) meat has made me sick. Except for lunchables so I eat those.