https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 06:35:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/local-food-recommendations-amp-warnings#post-1472546 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:42:01 +0000 MrsH 1472546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Pumpkin: yes, I live in the Great Lakes region so there was a flyer on local fish and consumption. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/local-food-recommendations-amp-warnings#post-1472531 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:40:00 +0000 Dandelion 1472531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was pregnant with S, the midwife gave me this brochure about which fish in the area are ok to eat. We have a lot of lakes around here, but I didn't get anything like that from my OB this time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/local-food-recommendations-amp-warnings#post-1472523 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:38:55 +0000 Mamaof2 1472523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Pumpkin: I wouldn't eat the mustard if I wasn't pregnant :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/local-food-recommendations-amp-warnings#post-1472513 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:37:51 +0000 Ms.Pumpkin 1472513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my first OB checkup yesterday, I was presented with a folder of information, including an informational brochure produced by the State of Maryland, giving guidelines for healthy consumption of local fish.</p> <p>I just found some of the brochure hilarious- I want to think that it probably isn't very common in other places to be told that you shouldn't eat crab "mustard" while pregnant? It just seems like a recommendation that would make somebody in a place where crabs aren't as much of a local 'thing' to go, "Whaa?" (The "mustard" is a liver-like organ in the crab with a really strong taste and apparently it has high levels of PCBs and mercury)</p> <p>Fortunately this native Marylander thinks that eating the mustard at any time is just gross. :silly: </p> <p>Did your health provider give you any food or activity restrictions during pregnancy that are very specific to your local area? </p>