https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:23:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1419738 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:14:29 +0000 Mrs Spoon 1419738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go to PV almost every year on vacation and have never been sick. Casa Velas is a really nice hotel so I wouldn't be too concerned about the food there. Stay hydrated, stick to bottled water (even for brushing teeth) and don't purchase street food/beverages and I'm sure you'll be fine! Have a great time on your vacation!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1419503 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:43:49 +0000 sunny 1419503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: it was fun. The formal restaurant is extremely slow... Plan for dinner taking a long time. We generally preferred eating at the casual one for that reason since we had our LO with us. She went bonkers the night dinner took hours. </p> <p>For breakfast the precooked was kind of meh but the cook to order eggs were always good. For lunch, I *loved* the fajitas. That was seriously the best thing I ate all week! The resort tries to do all these theme nights but their Mexican food is the best out of all the cuisines. </p> <p>Our friends enjoyed the various activities that were planned. We didn't really get to do any of them because we had nap times and stuff but things like Aquafit looked fun. </p> <p>Btw if they have a problem with their room, definitely complain and try to get moved. Some of our friends had issues with their rooms and got upgraded to better views, etc. </p> <p>Have a great vacation and hope your parents do too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1419141 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:48:25 +0000 mamimami 1419141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Pumpkin: you know what I was thinking is that it can be so mental! Not to get all woo woo but the people I know who are most cautious and paranoid are the ones who always get sick! So in that sense the bottled water may have a placebo effect :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1419131 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:42:24 +0000 stratosphere 1419131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have traveled around the world in many developing countries where the risk of foodborne illness is high (India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania and others) and I have NEVER gotten sick except for a terrible month-long ordeal resulting from one innocent afternoon in Sayulita, Mexico (north of PV). I had a limonata (no ice) at a nice bar (where all our friends had Coronas) and ended up with a flagellate GI tract parasite that had me down for the count for about a month. A week suffering through the rest of my vacation, two weeks after we got home to get it diagnosed (rounds of antibiotics didn't touch it, as that's the wrong mechanism for this sort of bug), and a week of taking a CRAZY awful pill to kill the bugs. The remedy was almost worse than the affliction.</p> <p>That is all by way of saying, DO NOT DRINK ANY FRUIT JUICES. Limonota and other juices can be cut with water, and if that water is not clean, you end up where I did. Even from a nice popular tourist bar. And I thought I was being safe by avoiding the ice. There is no way you could while pregnant take the hard-core drug I had to take to get rid of the parasite, and I'm sure the parasite would be no bueno for baby either.</p> <p>I'd also follow the other typical rules of avoiding ice, any vegetables that haven't been cooked, and any fruits you didn't peel yourself (and avoid unpeelable fruits like strawberries altogether), and don't brush your teeth with the tap water. </p> <p>Enjoy your trip!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1419022 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:08:47 +0000 Beehive 1419022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stay away from queso fresco, it's a listeria risk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418975 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:52:55 +0000 coopsmama 1418975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: how did you like Velas Vallarta? My parents are headed there in March for a week. We went with Casa Velas because the adults only aspect appealed to us for this particular trip! :) </p> <p>@locavore_mama: oooh that's a good one I never would have thought of!</p> <p>@PinkElephant: that's actually a great point! I can feel baby move. I just can't help but be nervous since it's my first time out of the US while pregnant. (yes, I was also a paranoid mama with my first pregnancy while eating out here in the states ;)) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418973 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:51:36 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 1418973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I probably wouldn't avoid much, other than tap water. I tend not to be super overly cautious about that kind of stuff in general though. I'm generally more afraid of hotel food/airline food than of street food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418961 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:45:43 +0000 blackbird 1418961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Call the hotel! I bet their ice is filtered!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418959 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:43:53 +0000 PinkElephant 1418959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you're avoiding ice, don't forget that this may also mean frozen/slushy drinks (outside the hotel...as others have said, I'm sure within your hotel complex, they're using purified water for the ice/drinks).</p> <p>Can you feel the baby move yet? I've traveled a lot in both of my pregnancies and found I felt a lot less worried about what I was eating and doing as long as I could feel some kicks! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418956 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:42:50 +0000 regberadaisy 1418956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mayo! !!! MIL had a really bad encounter with bad mayo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418949 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:37:58 +0000 sunny 1418949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: oh awesome! We were at Velas Vallarta! I avoided the ice, salad, everything mentioned for the first few days but ended up drinking it after everyone we were with was fine. I wasn't pregnant though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418946 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:35:42 +0000 Ms.Pumpkin 1418946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamimami: yes, you're right. I'm probably not the one to give advice, as I wasn't always the most cautious traveler! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418915 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:15:09 +0000 coopsmama 1418915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: We are headed to Casa Velas. <a href="http://www.hotelcasavelas.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.hotelcasavelas.com</a> :) I can't wait for some warmth! </p> <p>@mamimami: Thanks for the detailed info. That's making me feel a lot better about being pregnant down there. We are super excited for the trip otherwise! I have always loved my trips to Mexico! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418908 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:12:04 +0000 mamimami 1418908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Pumpkin: bottled water will not help your fruit, it has to be disinfected. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418882 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:58:51 +0000 mamimami 1418882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hola from Mexico! I think you should be fine with pretty much everything at your hotel including ice and produce. Decent hotels and restaurants disinfect produce with an iodine solution which kills all the bad stuff. If you want to be super duper careful you might avoid strawberries which can be hard to clean with all those nooks and crannies. Have fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418872 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:52:18 +0000 Ms.Pumpkin 1418872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the main issues are related to water- avoid ice cubes, because even if your water is bottled, often the water for ice is just plain old tap water. Same for salads and cut fruits- they'll wash the veggies in tap water, and you can sometimes get bugs that way.</p> <p>I wouldn't worry at all about fruits &amp; veg that you peel yourself- oranges, bananas, avocados etc. If you feel comfortable, sometimes when traveling I would take non-peeling fruit (like an apple), and wash it with bottled water, just as a precaution.</p> <p>Also, it's hard to break the habit, but I'd get so mad when I was good about bottled water all day, then I'd unthinkingly put my toothbrush under the tap! So annoying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418861 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:45:46 +0000 raintreebee 1418861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do not eat fresh fruits or vegetables!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418855 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:44:49 +0000 blackbird 1418855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember if I avoided anything!! All the water at our hotel was filtered, so that I knew. My dr was more concerned with me getting dehydrated or over heated </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418850 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:43:07 +0000 sunny 1418850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was told no queso fresco. I would forgo the ice in your drinks too.</p> <p>Which resort are you going to? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418841 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:38:45 +0000 coopsmama 1418841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: Yikes, hope he was okay. Thanks for the info! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418840 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:36:56 +0000 NurseMommy 1418840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: no, but my DH did. Also, lettuce commonly carries listeria, which is a scary one for pregnant women. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418813 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:27:40 +0000 coopsmama 1418813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: Noted. Did you have an experience with the lettuce in Mexico?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418810 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:26:38 +0000 NurseMommy 1418810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lettuce. Do. Not. Eat. The. Lettuce. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-foods-to-avoid-while-in-mexico-and-pregnant#post-1418797 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:17:00 +0000 coopsmama 1418797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I are headed for a little getaway to Puerto Vallarta. I've been to PV 2x before and other parts of Mexico another 2x and have never been sick from the food, but am a little more nervous this go around what with being 20 weeks pregnant.</p> <p>Obviously I'll be sticking with bottled water, but does anyone have any suggestions for other foods to avoid? Should I be even more careful than I normally am and not eat salads, cut fruits, etc? </p> <p>If you've been to Mexico while pregnant -- what did you do on the food front?</p> <p>Eta -- we will be staying at a really nice, luxury resort and eating most of our meals there. Perhaps just one or two outside the resort. </p>