Is it safe to have cinnamon while pregnant? I had some cinnamon and nutmeg in my oatmeal this morning, and Dr. Google has some mixed comments on its safety. It seems safe in amounts used in food as long as you aren't eating a ton of it, but I could use a little reassurance!
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I had never heard this! I had cinnamon.
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Totally fine.
Cinnamon is one of those things that you'd never use in the amount that it would take to cause problems.
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Large amounts of cinnamon can start contractions. I would not worry about the amount you're putting on your oatmeal! And it probably means cinnamon essential oil...not the culinary kind. Very different.
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My naturopath encouraged me to eat cinnamon. I stay away from Dr Google. I love the ingredient lookup on my Ovia app if I'm not sure. Here is a snapshot.
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I've never heard this one, I eat cinnamon all the time and have no issues. But I'm loose about these things, I have ice cream, hot dogs, lunch meat, cooked sushi, ect.
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@LuLu Mom: ummm ice cream is off limits??? i have been HAMMERING ice cream this pregnancy
i have never heard this cinnamon thing either...
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@loki: Soft ice cream. I ate it while pregnant too. oops.
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What!?!? I love cinnamon . I've never heard it was unsafe.
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@loki: I think it's referring to like soft serve icecream, like from McDonalds, etc
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@MrsBrewer: i've had a lot of it
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I just had a cinnabon the other day. oops?
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@loki: Um that isn't even on my dr's "don't eat" list, so...*shrug*
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If cinnamon were that unsafe, you would know it. If a teaspoon (at most) was enough to be hazardous to a fetus, you would know, and we wouldn't be eating it (pregnant or not).
Take Dr. Google with a grain of cinnamon, err, salt, or you're going to have a long 9 months
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I couldn't even vote, I've never heard of this. I'm interested, what even made you google it?
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Thanks, ladies. I'm going to download the Ovia app, it looks so straightforward and handy. I just remembered hearing common herbs and spices are sometimes avoided during pregnancy so I thought I'd check. Didn't mean to cause alarm with everyone else, it seems like the consensus is that cinnamon is OK.
@kiddosc: I'm having a rough first few weeks of pregnancy, so I'm a bit more on edge than the average excited pregnant woman.
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My GD counselor encouraged me to put cinnamon on foods to help lower my sugars during pregnancy.
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@zarzar: I think it is fine in moderation.
Maybe this article has something to do with the recent fear of cinnamon?
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@loki: DOn't worry about it, I asked my doctor about it and she started laughing saying "someone has been Googling" and said unless the place looks completely sketchy you are fine. There is a SLIGHT risk of listeria if they don't clean their machines well.
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I've been craving cinnamon this pregnancy and had a decent amount already. I have a few tubes of cinnamon rolls to work through happily.
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when I got pregnant one of the first things my doctor told me was not to google because I would just drive myself crazy
Cinnamon is one of those things that you'd never use in the amount that it would take to cause problems.
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