Ummarr Naughty

[London]

Im curious to know two things.....

1) What things did u do/eat/drink whilst you were pregnant, that are considered no-no's?

2) Whos gonna admit to it? lol


I ask because when I was pregnant, a family member was pregnant at the same time. She did EVERYTHING by the book and would constantly tell me off for the naughty things I was doing.

Here are my confessions....

*I continued smoking.....but cut down to just a couple a day (for those who say 'but if you cut down so much, why didnt u just stop'.....its harder than one might think)

*I drank coffee

*I ate soft serve ice cream....I was craving it BAD and would have stepped over anybody to get some.

My son was born 6pound 8oz with no complications. I asked the midwife if my placenta was gross cos of the smoking and she said it was a bit 'gritty' but she has seen much much worse. The family member who did everything 'right' had a complicated birth and her child was born with a chronic skin condition.

So.....anyone else brave enough to admit anything they did?..Just for fun....No judgement

[Littlemissmetal]

With my first pregnancy I quit smoking completely 1 month after finding out I was pregnant, haven't looked back!
Completely cut out all alcohol (But I was never A big drinker)
I didn't change my food diet, I continued to eat all I did before I was pregnant, which included cold meats, cheeses, caffeine etc. I just ate it all in moderation.

DS1 was born 9 pound, had no complications, and is now an extremely happy healthy toddler.
DS2, Well I am still pregnant with him so I guess we will see, but we are looking at another big baby, estimated 10 pound at my checkup 2 days ago.

[Lillynix]

I ate and drank whatever I wanted. I didn't restrict my diet at ALL. I just used common sense and general safe eating practices.

Some of the biggies though, I ate...

Soft cheese
Soft Serve
Sushi
Ham and other deli meats
Pre-made salads
Drank the (very) occasional alcoholic drink

[~Temet Nosce~]

I smoked with dd, though only around 5-7 a day (yes it is hard to kick even just those few a day) have quit this time around though
I ate alot of soft serve icecream with dd too.. I craved it!
I had a couple of drinks (as in 1 standard drink about 3 times during the pregnancy) and I have had a couple this time around too

umm I drank coffee with dd and drink about 2-3 a day with this bub too...

eat subway etc. alot...

hmm there is probably more but can't think of them, and some of the things I am probably not even aware are supposed to be 'no no' things..

no ill effects from any of these either. Dd is perfect

[SassyMummy]

I didn't know most of the "rules" when I was pregnant... I knew you weren't supposed to eat raw fish or soft cheeses, but that's really all I knew.

I continued to eat what I normally ate, so I would have eaten pre-prepared salads, cold deli meats, soft serve, leftovers, etc.

I knew it was one of the "do not eat" foods, but I ate 3 fresh (uncooked) oysters the day before I was to be induced (so when I was 9 days past my EDD).

I didn't care - they were free, they were well prepared and looked after (they were from my then-DPs restaurant so he knew how they were), and as far as I was aware, I'd have my baby very soon afterwards. In reality I didn't have her for almost a week later, but meh. lol.

I also had the odd sip of beer - I don't even like beer, but I wanted it during my pregnancy.

[lambjam]

The other night I ate blue cheese while I drank red wine!

Throughout the pregnancy I have had a total of... hmm probably 6 small wines and a couple of beers. My feeling is that a drink once a week is probably fine; as long as I'm not drinking every day and as long as I never feel the slightest bit tipsy I think it's ok.

I usually avoid the soft cheeses, but have had a nibble here and there when I really wanted it. And I've eaten ham a couple of times when it was really fresh, the day I bought it. I don't eat any raw meats or fish, you do hear of people getting food poisoning from them reasonably often so it stands to reason that pregnant women would too.

[Zada]

lets say the only thing I dont eat is fish with high mercury and camembert/brie cheese. I eat everything else.
oh I dont smoke or drink alcohol tho!!

[Jakois]

With all three of my pregnancies I ate pretty much the same things although I did not eat sushi.

I also had the very occassional drink of wine.

[Lil M]

As I had no idea that I was pregnant for the first 18 weeks & had not been TTC, I have lost count of the no no's I must have consumed. I drank wine every weekend, I know I ate soft cheese, ham, take outs, took asprin.... the list is endless. All my scans appear to be ok & I'm now 30 weeks, so fingers crossed everything will be alright.

[Emsmum85]

Smoked throughout too, one glass of wine and a teeny tiny baileys, every few days had a Thickshake from Maccas as they eased the heartburn, ate seafood, soft cheeses, sushi, kebabs. Only gained 7kgs too, lost it the night I had her and she was born 8lb neat and 51cm.