https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 18:29:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2241559 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:48:59 +0000 kristinleigh 2241559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@paigeface: I think it's more the pineapple core which contains a lot of bromelain. I don't think a little bit is going to cause harm :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2241558 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:47:59 +0000 kristinleigh 2241558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Err I didn't know soft serve was a no no either... I've been having DQ blizzards weekly! :( it's my first pregnancy and I'm probably stricter than many, but I feel like I'm still pretty loose about it. I've done cold cuts and cleary soft serve lol and cheeses. I do cooked sushi although I'm craving raw so badly. I think once I get past 20 weeks I'll be a little more liberal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240981 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:40:54 +0000 kjpugs 2240981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: 100% - my daughter loves peanut butter and I ate it while pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240978 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:38:15 +0000 pachamama 2240978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kjpugs: I really believe that doctors telling women to avoid peanut butter for whatever dumb reason (which has since been disproven) has led to the increase in peanut allergies. right!? I'm a teacher and I have soooo many kids with allergies, it's frustrating for everyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240950 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:16:05 +0000 kjpugs 2240950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@paigeface: Last pregnancy I avoided places like Red Mango but realized post-pregnancy that when I got soft-serve style milkshakes (frosties, etc) I was eating soft serve! Uh, whoops? HAHA. So this time I've just allowed myself! I bet we have so many whoops-type things we don't even know about anyways! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240944 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:14:05 +0000 paigeface 2240944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kjpugs: I have avoided soft serve this whole time! I am dying for a milkshake from Burger Fi. I think I need to cave and just have one! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240889 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:40:03 +0000 fancyfunction 2240889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're having a bbq this weekend and I am really looking forward to having a hot dog right off the grill! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240855 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:24:41 +0000 kjpugs 2240855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@paigeface: I believe the old wive's tale is related to pineapple CORE and not the part of the actual pineapple that you'd typically eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240854 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:23:29 +0000 kjpugs 2240854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try not to eat cookie/brownie batter (have tasted a few times, whoops) but I do eat soft serve, and queso at restaurants, etc. Don't really eat cold cuts or sushi anyway so I do avoid those.</p> <p>My OB had paperwork that said to avoid PEANUT BUTTER. Um, no. Sorry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240844 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:13:43 +0000 JenGirl 2240844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been very lax about restricting my diet. I did cut way back on alcohol, but I let myself have a small drink about every couple weeks in the second and third trimester.</p> <p>I do try to keep my caffeine intake to 200 mg per day, but I don't stress when I go over. </p> <p>I don't like deli meat and chicken/tuna salad, so that was a moot point. </p> <p>I always try to limit predatory fish, so I only eat tuna every few months, so i just stuck with that. </p> <p>Just this last weekend, I came across some unpasteurized cheese at a farmer's market that I decided not to get, but I eat soft cheese, like feta, all the time. </p> <p>Everything else, I eat. I've had raw sushi from reputable restaurants, I still eat my steak medium and eggs runny, I eat soft serve, I eat pre-made salads and raw cookie dough. </p> <p>You can never completely eliminate all risk to your kid, so it's just a matter of figuring out how you want to handle risk. This is what works for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240728 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:51:01 +0000 paigeface 2240728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Speaking of this I heard a bit of an old wives tale that pineapple induces labor... I had a pineapple smoothie today with mango. I'm only 32 weeks. Is this ok to eat at this stage or did you stay away from it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240532 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:28:13 +0000 Keybee 2240532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I forget a lot of the rules, so I'm lax. DH takes them very seriously, however, so when he's around he reminds and encourages. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240410 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:13:34 +0000 LulaBee 2240410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 2 cups of regular coffee a day, and have had an occasional beer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240231 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:36:18 +0000 CRGmama 2240231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 weeks into my second pregnancy and have basically not cared about deli meat and a reasonable amount of caffeine. I need the energy somehow to take care of my toddler! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240189 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:29:34 +0000 Coffee-lover 2240189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My ob told me sushi was ok if it was only once a week, and deli meat, soft serve and mostly everrything else was fine to eat. She told me the only things I couldnt do was drink alcohol, smoke, or do drugs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240175 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:40:35 +0000 sera_87 2240175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't change my eating habits at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240166 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:25:56 +0000 lovehoneybee 2240166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well yesterday I had a runny eggs for breakfast and an untoasted turkey sandwich for lunch and this morning I had eggs Benedict and two cups of (regular) coffee so... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240125 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 11:19:01 +0000 wrkbrk 2240125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Uh oh someone mentioned decaf. Is there a risk to decaf coffee (which I have had every to replace my normal coffee since Ive been pregnant??). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2240012 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 05:45:21 +0000 pachamama 2240012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Went to a Vietnamese restaurant 2 nights ago, had a bunch of bean sprouts which pregnant. Women "SHOILD NEVER EAT". Nothing happened. I'm fine :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2232978 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:33:04 +0000 gingerbebe 2232978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ate cooked sushi and soft serve. I avoided deli meat at sandwich shops unless they could nuke it for me, but at it at home or if it was in an omelet or something where its cooked. I drank soda and coffee and tea, although I tried to mix it up with decaf when possible. I ate a lot of tuna and shellfish, although not raw. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-2232409 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 05:40:37 +0000 pachamama 2232409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shimmer: I think a lot of the food recommendations are bunk. In the US our cheese and cold cuts are so processed /pasteurized I really feel like they're not too much of a threat. However I avoid processed food even when I'm not PG so I'm not starting now!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-1658014 Mon, 26 May 2014 04:33:44 +0000 Snowdrop 1658014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just had some mayonaise at a restaurant yesterday. I think I'm going to use my own judgement. This restaurant is very reputable so should be fine but i told dh i didnt want to go to a chinese buffet where we dont know how long the food had been left out or how many people had breathed over it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-1652894 Thu, 22 May 2014 18:28:36 +0000 Meridian 1652894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just had some sushi (the raw kind) today, as a matter of fact. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-1652647 Thu, 22 May 2014 16:09:56 +0000 snowjewelz 1652647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was kinda blindly following the "rules" until I started "talking" to HBers and realize no a lot of people are that strict! It's my 1st pregnancy though so to be safe I haven't drank alcohol, any coffee (even decaf), minimal green/herbal teas, deli meets, unpasteurized cheese &amp; raw fish/seafood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-1652642 Thu, 22 May 2014 16:07:16 +0000 aegie 1652642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@thisisme: hahaha ... that's my reaction too. huh? what? I didn't hear you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-1652638 Thu, 22 May 2014 16:06:51 +0000 pui 1652638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've eaten soft serve a few times. What confuses me about that one is by the logic that the ice cream itself isn't dangerous but the machine could have not been cleaned properly... why aren't pregnant women also told to avoid the condiment dispensers at fast-food places, or the extra butter you can get on your popcorn at movie theatres? </p> <p>I think if we're going to be afraid of some equipment at a restaurant not being cleaned thoroughly, we probably shouldn't eat out at all. I don't see why we should be avoiding ice cream dispensers in particular. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-1652633 Thu, 22 May 2014 16:03:23 +0000 Ms.Mermaid 1652633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am reading Expecting Better, which breaks down a lot of the research on what's safe and what isn't safe and talks about the deli meat and sushi risks, etc. I've personally been sticking mostly to cooked sushi, but after reading that really the risk with sushi is to you and not the baby, same with salmonella, I think I'm going to go back to eating eggs benedict and delicious, delicious salmon rolls. Our birth class is on the same night as half-priced sushi night around the corner! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations/page/2#post-1642762 Sun, 18 May 2014 11:45:08 +0000 MCD919 1642762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ate deli meat &amp; soft serve occasionally, soft cheeses, and a cup of coffee every morning after 1st trimester. I abstained from any alcohol, but that's because DH was very against it. I would've been ok with a small glass of wine here or there, especially at the end! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations#post-1642752 Sun, 18 May 2014 11:31:06 +0000 lioneyes 1642752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>staying away from alcohol, deli meat (because I don't like it) and high-mercury fish. still eating sushi (from a very clean and reputable place) a few times a month, and caffeine in moderation. also, i usually like my steak RARE, but am really trying to eat my meat cooked to medium or more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-a-bit-lax-with-pregnancy-food-recommendations#post-1642703 Sun, 18 May 2014 10:53:52 +0000 PawPrints 1642703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Way less concerned about cold cuts/froyo/sushi; way more concerned about environmental toxic substances that harm development (mercury, BPA in cans and plastic, pesticides on people's lawns, flame retardants, etc.) </p>