How strict do you follow the pregnancy forbidden foods?

[Anonymous]

At the risk of being flamed, I was extremely strict. I never ate any of the forbidden or restricted foods and still don’t drink any alcohol while nursing. I even switched to all organic food and have never eaten more healthfully.

To each her own. I would simply not be comfortable going outside the guidelines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the risk of being flamed, I was extremely strict. I never ate any of the forbidden or restricted foods and still don’t drink any alcohol while nursing. I even switched to all organic food and have never eaten more healthfully.

To each her own. I would simply not be comfortable going outside the guidelines.

This. WHY TAKE THE RISK?????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the risk of being flamed, I was extremely strict. I never ate any of the forbidden or restricted foods and still don’t drink any alcohol while nursing. I even switched to all organic food and have never eaten more healthfully.

To each her own. I would simply not be comfortable going outside the guidelines.

This. WHY TAKE THE RISK?????

Because I HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE!

And the "rules" aren't based in science. Just hysteria, of which you are a part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the risk of being flamed, I was extremely strict. I never ate any of the forbidden or restricted foods and still don’t drink any alcohol while nursing. I even switched to all organic food and have never eaten more healthfully.

To each her own. I would simply not be comfortable going outside the guidelines.

This. WHY TAKE THE RISK?????

Because I HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE!

And the "rules" aren't based in science. Just hysteria, of which you are a part.

My life is more than sushi and cold cuts. Like PP, it was easy (without hysteria) to avoid those foods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the risk of being flamed, I was extremely strict. I never ate any of the forbidden or restricted foods and still don’t drink any alcohol while nursing. I even switched to all organic food and have never eaten more healthfully.

To each her own. I would simply not be comfortable going outside the guidelines.

This. WHY TAKE THE RISK?????

Because I HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE!

And the "rules" aren't based in science. Just hysteria, of which you are a part.

If you can’t cut out a few foods for nine months in order to protect your baby’s health, you shouldn’t have kids. Selfish, selfish, selfish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the risk of being flamed, I was extremely strict. I never ate any of the forbidden or restricted foods and still don’t drink any alcohol while nursing. I even switched to all organic food and have never eaten more healthfully.

To each her own. I would simply not be comfortable going outside the guidelines.

This. WHY TAKE THE RISK?????

Because I HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE!

And the "rules" aren't based in science. Just hysteria, of which you are a part.

If you can’t cut out a few foods for nine months in order to protect your baby’s health, you shouldn’t have kids. Selfish, selfish, selfish.

Have you tried dying mad about it?

[Anonymous]

I ate runny eggs for sure plus once raw cookie dough! Salmonella can cause miscarriage ...but t's so rare I took the risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the risk of being flamed, I was extremely strict. I never ate any of the forbidden or restricted foods and still don’t drink any alcohol while nursing. I even switched to all organic food and have never eaten more healthfully.

To each her own. I would simply not be comfortable going outside the guidelines.

Example of someone who says they followed the rules without passively cutting down people who decided differently

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the risk of being flamed, I was extremely strict. I never ate any of the forbidden or restricted foods and still don’t drink any alcohol while nursing. I even switched to all organic food and have never eaten more healthfully.

To each her own. I would simply not be comfortable going outside the guidelines.

This. WHY TAKE THE RISK?????

Example of someone being a massive d!ck about the conversation.

[Anonymous]

I didn't know until halfway through my first pregnancy that I wasn't supposed to eat runny eggs. Oops. I also ate some ceviche and had some occasional sips of alcohol.

This pregnancy I've been stricter but only because I've largely stopped eating animal products (including meat and eggs) so it's been easier to avoid most of the "bad" stuff...but with that said, the only listeria outbreak reported in my first pregnancy was lettuce-related, so perhaps I'm not safe after all!

[Anonymous]

I would watch high mercury foods, limit alcohol and that's about it.

Listeria is a super common bacteria with a VERY LOW chance of making anyone sick. It sucks that it has such negative consequences for pregnant women on the very very rare chance you encounter it. But the things that had listeria outbreaks around the times I was pregnant: cantaloupe, spinach, packaged shredded cheese, ice cream. Yet NEVER have I heard of anyone limiting salads or fruit because of this.

Unpasteurized dairy is also fine, but to be honest you'd have to go out of your way to find it. Almost every block of blue cheese I picked up said it had been pasteurized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the risk of being flamed, I was extremely strict. I never ate any of the forbidden or restricted foods and still don’t drink any alcohol while nursing. I even switched to all organic food and have never eaten more healthfully.

To each her own. I would simply not be comfortable going outside the guidelines.

This. WHY TAKE THE RISK?????

Because I HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE!

And the "rules" aren't based in science. Just hysteria, of which you are a part.

If you can’t cut out a few foods for nine months in order to protect your baby’s health, you shouldn’t have kids. Selfish, selfish, selfish.

I certainly hope you aren't planning on doing ANYTHING EVER that may in some minor small risk way endanger your baby's health and well fare. Because they are only a baby once. And they are only a toddler once. And it's only 18 years FOR THE LOVE OF PERFECTION! So knowing how much more you care than anyone else, I hope you are NEVER going to get in a car with your child. Because that is by far the best way to have you all killed. So you've planned your lifestyle around being car fee, correct? Because I simply can't imagine why you would be SO SELFISH as to put your precious baby in a dangerous car. SELFISH.

[Anonymous]

I keep the entire list and why each food is on it in mind constantly and make my own personal decisions when faced with risky foods. I tend toward following the restrictions but have the occasional cup of tea, sip of alcohol, piece of sushi from a reputable place, etc. But I am able to and enjoy eating a wide variety of foods so it's pretty easy for me to mostly follow them -- I struggle with some of the other restrictions regarding exercise/movement/sleeping positions/etc. so I try to restrict my risks where it's easy for me. There are so very many things that "might be dangerous to the baby" and everyone has a different list of which of those things are easy and hard for them and I think we all need to make our own individual assessment of the risks vs rewards to ourselves and our kids.

I still eat raw and undercooked eggs, though. I couldn't get worked up about salmonella before I was pregnant, and I can't find the energy to do so now. *shrug*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had GD and morning sickness followed by heartburn. I envy those who actually got to eat during pregnancy...

Want a cookie? Or a quarter to call someone who cares? This thread wasn't asking YOU, dumb ass. Get your head out of your rear and try to respond to things that are relevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had GD and morning sickness followed by heartburn. I envy those who actually got to eat during pregnancy...

Want a cookie? Or a quarter to call someone who cares? This thread wasn't asking YOU, dumb ass. Get your head out of your rear and try to respond to things that are relevant.

Go back to bed, you woke up on the wrong side of it.