Re: Did you do any "no no's" while pregnant?

my doctor said I could eat whatever I want. Never had a list of "no no's" But I also had 1 kid in Utah and 1 in Boston. My friends that were preggo at the same time in NY had all the lists of "no no's" I always thought that was interesting

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Everything on you list except for coffee, it took a 3 rd kid for me to start drinking coffee
My kids seem pretty normal

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Oh I slept on my back too. And on my belly right up to the end. I can't follow "rules" when sleeping. All bets are off when it comes to my favorite activity!

My doctor was also very lax...no list of rules, just told me 2 things...common sense and moderation.
That's why I loved him so much. I am nervous with drs as it is the worst thing for me would be a nervousnell doctor!
He grounded me!

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Did you do any

My doc is pretty lax and only told me no alcohol and no illegal drugs.

I asked about cold cuts, sushi, coffee, etc. and he told me to just use common sense.

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I drank 1-2 cups of coffe a day.
I occasionally ate feta with my salads.
I also ate a few deli meats but I'm not really a cold cut eater anyways so it was only a handful of times if that.
I had a sip of champagne on NYE.
I ate tuna fish a few times.
I'm sure I did others but I can't remember!!!



Edit to add my doc only told me to be careful with sausage and hot dogs. He didn't say 'no', but he said in moderation.

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I didn't like coffee all of a sudden while pregnant

I used Splenda and drank unsweetened iced tea when I went out.

I craved root beer and drank half root bear/half diet coke about once a week at some point.

I ate cold cuts often and wouldn't heat if I was out and couldn't

I ate hot dogs, bacon, shrimp (which I think is fine as far as mercury bc it's not a "big fish")

I drank bottled water all day long.

I loved fruit but don't think I ate a single vegetable or salad the my whole pregnancy.

I ate mr softee too. And I may have ran out of the house barefoot to catch him.

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Did you do any

My doctor didnt tell me to stay away from anything he just told me to be smart and eat in moderation so thats what i did

I didnt know of alot of the "no-no" stuff until this page

Did you do any

The only thing I stopped was alcohol. I drank coffee, soda, cold cuts, took my migraine medicine when needed (did consult with my dr. about that one first though), barely drank water because I hate it... But it's funny now because I try really hard to get my kids to eat healthy. I dont go out of my way but will buy organic when possible. Their juice is actually mostly water with a splash of real juice and they only drink that or milk. I still eat like crap though lol!

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Many of the things people are listing, I never knew were no nos. I ate bacon and sausage pretty regularly.

I just steered clear of alcohol and cold cuts.

I don't typically drink caffeine but did treat myself to a couple of Starbucks drinks while pregnant.

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Did you do any

Coffee was the only one. I had 1 cup a day.

I even gave up my clearasil face soap because my doctor said the salicylic acid could be harmful. My face looked horrible my entire pregnancy.

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I had coffee every day, sometimes twice.

I ate cold cuts a handful of times.

I ate raw bar at a wedding (same caterer as my wedding and I knew they were really fresh, and shucked in front of me)

I had sips of wine here and there.

I ate soft cheeses. Lots of them.

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i didn't drink alcohol or coffee. but drank tea. lots of tea.

salami was my new best friend. i'd skip the sandwich part and just eat salami any time i saw it. yum!

didn't know about soft serve so did eat that.


honestly, my original doctor was so bad i didn't know about most of these. (i knew alcohol and fish and caffeine so stayed away from the first two and limited my chocolate intake for the last.)

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I had coffee every day.

I had a couple glasses of wine/champagne here and there at special events.

I ate cold cuts and soft cheeses for the first part of my pregnancy but transitioned to a mostly vegan diet midway thru so I stopped those then.

I had a hard time getting pregnant but I don't know. I just didn't stress too much about what I ate. I exercised up until 37 weeks and ate healthily 98% of the time. DS was/is perfect.

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With my 1st I was much better about following the rules. With my 2nd:

I drank coffee daily-how else was my pregnant asss gonna keep up with a 2.5 year old

I ate coldcuts-but I attempted to heat them up first to make my self feel better

I drank diet soda a few times a week-I wasn't trying to gain the 60+ lbs I gained the first time around (and didnt!)

I had the champagne toast at a wedding

I didn't even know the soft serve rule existed for either pregnancy...( and my ds is only 3 months old).

DS is awesome!

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I did not do any no-no's in my first trimester. Second + third I was much more laid back, although I still followed the "rules" regarding unpasteurized cheese, sushi (which I don't like anyway), and cold cuts. Everything else was fair game (except artificial sweeteners which I don't ingest pregnant or not).

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i still drink caffeine- up to 2 cups a day
i'm trying to stay away from cold cuts
i had THREE hotdogs at a bbq today...sooo...yeah
i had a glass of wine on my anniversary
i eat bacon multiple times a week
i've definitely had soft serve
i try to moderate and watch but sometimes i can't

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I didn't drink except a few sips here and there, I didn't eat raw oysters and I didn't smoke crack. All joking aside, I was pretty lax-I ate cold cuts, cheese, highlighted my hair.

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I did it all....cold cuts, caffeine, hot dogs, etc. No fish....but only b/c I hate fish to begin with. My pregnancy was a long journey to get to and I was high risk throughout. But I had/have an amazing ob who always guided me with "use common sense" approach and never restricted anything

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sushi, coldcuts, champagne at my BILs wedding (1 tiny toast glass, 33 weeks pregnant)

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Did you do any

My doc didn't care about much. Said "Don't get sick" pretty much. So I ate what I wanted from where ever I used to buy it from. So I had Sushi about twice a month and tuna once a month and medium rare meats the entire time!

cold cuts and hot dogs make no diff. I never ate a lot of them to start with. I cut cokes only because I wanted to and actually cut them a YEAR before I was preggo.

I ALWAYS slept on my back

I drank tons of orange juice and never had acid reflux (and no AJ didn't either after being born)

What I did follow was no meds of any type other than Tylenol. I got sick once and though I was suffering some sort of cruel punishment and it was just a cold.

rules tho in general are impossible. I didn't follow them for AJ either. never knew strawberries before 1 were bad or peanut butter and honey. Who makes this stuff up? Neither NY or TX doctors ever said a word and I never asked.

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I was so so...I am not a drinker so I didn't drink

Did have a coffee daily

Got gestational diabetes so I needed to eat cold cuts cause I was running out of stuff to eat so ate those, not heated up in the third trimester

Drank diet soda and used splenda