Eating junk food very occasionally while pregnant?

[Anonymous]

My Maternal Fetal Medicine doctor told me to eat what my baby wanted to eat. He wanted Limeade--full sugar. And wanted only things I didn't have in the house, usually meals from restaurants. I craved fried chicken so badly at one point.

I was super high risk. And lots of risk factors for Gestational Diabetes. I ate what baby wanted and no GD.
And baby came out perfect at 39 weeks 8lbs, 8oz scheduled c-sec.

You will do more damage to your child flooding it with anxiety hormones worrying about everything you put in your mouth. And make peace with that even when you do things "perfectly" they don't protect you from "the bad thing" happening.

[Anonymous]

I don’t blame OP. As a FTM you are vulnerable to a lot of ideology around birth, pregnancy, and mothering. It’s hard to have perspective because you have no first hand experience. This practice in particular basically makes it sound like if you do all the things they say “right” (ie exercise an hour a day, follow a strict diet, get a doula, prepare for birth the “right” way, -and don’t use pain relief in labor) that you’ll have an empowered, uncomplicated vaginal birth and avoid a horrible unnecessary C section (which is clearly the worst and most unnatural thing in the world). The problem is these views are extreme and do not guarantee a good outcome, or a good birth experience for that matter (speaking from experience). It’s only after you’re through one kid that you have any real perspective and frame of reference.

OP, stop worrying about the diet. Eat the damn pretzels. Eat the whole damn bag. I promise you it won’t make your baby 10 pounds or give him/her diabetes and the ghost of Ina May won’t visit you in your dreams or tell you you aren’t committed enough or a good mom.

[Anonymous]

My middle child is 35% Christmas cookies.

[Anonymous]

I was in school with a woman who ate McDonald's every day, was borderline obese by the end of the pregnancy. The right half of the baby's brain liquified and it was permanently blind and deaf - had a tube sticking out of its head to drain out fluid build up. Best to be safe! Nobody, adult or baby, is healthy eating junk food. Sadly we have become an unhealthy country

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in school with a woman who ate McDonald's every day, was borderline obese by the end of the pregnancy. The right half of the baby's brain liquified and it was permanently blind and deaf - had a tube sticking out of its head to drain out fluid build up. Best to be safe! Nobody, adult or baby, is healthy eating junk food. Sadly we have become an unhealthy country

I honestly can’t tell if this is real or sarcasm. Either way, it’s in poor taste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in school with a woman who ate McDonald's every day, was borderline obese by the end of the pregnancy. The right half of the baby's brain liquified and it was permanently blind and deaf - had a tube sticking out of its head to drain out fluid build up. Best to be safe! Nobody, adult or baby, is healthy eating junk food. Sadly we have become an unhealthy country

I honestly can’t tell if this is real or sarcasm. Either way, it’s in poor taste.

It's a true story. I'm not sure how explaining what happened to somebody is in poor taste. It's a real data point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in school with a woman who ate McDonald's every day, was borderline obese by the end of the pregnancy. The right half of the baby's brain liquified and it was permanently blind and deaf - had a tube sticking out of its head to drain out fluid build up. Best to be safe! Nobody, adult or baby, is healthy eating junk food. Sadly we have become an unhealthy country

I honestly can’t tell if this is real or sarcasm. Either way, it’s in poor taste.

It's a true story. I'm not sure how explaining what happened to somebody is in poor taste. It's a real data point.

Omg. I guess you are too stupid to understand that one anecdote does not equal data. FFS how are people this stupid real?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in school with a woman who ate McDonald's every day, was borderline obese by the end of the pregnancy. The right half of the baby's brain liquified and it was permanently blind and deaf - had a tube sticking out of its head to drain out fluid build up. Best to be safe! Nobody, adult or baby, is healthy eating junk food. Sadly we have become an unhealthy country

I honestly can’t tell if this is real or sarcasm. Either way, it’s in poor taste.

It's a true story. I'm not sure how explaining what happened to somebody is in poor taste. It's a real data point.

Omg. I guess you are too stupid to understand that one anecdote does not equal data. FFS how are people this stupid real?

What is this entire thread or forum but a collection of personal anecdotes? Can you find a research study showing that junk food is a healthy diet for a pregnant woman?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in school with a woman who ate McDonald's every day, was borderline obese by the end of the pregnancy. The right half of the baby's brain liquified and it was permanently blind and deaf - had a tube sticking out of its head to drain out fluid build up. Best to be safe! Nobody, adult or baby, is healthy eating junk food. Sadly we have become an unhealthy country

I honestly can’t tell if this is real or sarcasm. Either way, it’s in poor taste.

It's a true story. I'm not sure how explaining what happened to somebody is in poor taste. It's a real data point.

Here is your answer OP. Eating chips will liquify your baby’s brain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in school with a woman who ate McDonald's every day, was borderline obese by the end of the pregnancy. The right half of the baby's brain liquified and it was permanently blind and deaf - had a tube sticking out of its head to drain out fluid build up. Best to be safe! Nobody, adult or baby, is healthy eating junk food. Sadly we have become an unhealthy country

I honestly can’t tell if this is real or sarcasm. Either way, it’s in poor taste.

It's a true story. I'm not sure how explaining what happened to somebody is in poor taste. It's a real data point.

Omg. I guess you are too stupid to understand that one anecdote does not equal data. FFS how are people this stupid real?

What is this entire thread or forum but a collection of personal anecdotes? Can you find a research study showing that junk food is a healthy diet for a pregnant woman?

No one here even implied such a thing. You’re embarrassing yourself.

[Anonymous]

Often when you're craving something (or get an aversion), your body is telling you something. You may need some extra salt or something.

And as everyone else has said, eat the damn chips. If you're eight months pregnant right now, you're having a very medical birth with fewer options to you. Their main concern is avoiding COVID.

[Anonymous]

This can’t be real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in school with a woman who ate McDonald's every day, was borderline obese by the end of the pregnancy. The right half of the baby's brain liquified and it was permanently blind and deaf - had a tube sticking out of its head to drain out fluid build up. Best to be safe! Nobody, adult or baby, is healthy eating junk food. Sadly we have become an unhealthy country

And how is this relevant to OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in school with a woman who ate McDonald's every day, was borderline obese by the end of the pregnancy. The right half of the baby's brain liquified and it was permanently blind and deaf - had a tube sticking out of its head to drain out fluid build up. Best to be safe! Nobody, adult or baby, is healthy eating junk food. Sadly we have become an unhealthy country

I honestly can’t tell if this is real or sarcasm. Either way, it’s in poor taste.

It's a true story. I'm not sure how explaining what happened to somebody is in poor taste. It's a real data point.

Here is your answer OP. Eating chips will liquify your baby’s brain.

hahahaha

[Anonymous]

I ate nothing but hamburgers and Girl Scout cookies my first pregnancy. My kid is 98th percentile for height and 82nd for weight and has hit all her milestones several months early. Eat whatever you want.