I ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches all the time with Charlie and Olive!
Did you avoid peanuts while pregnant?
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All the time. It's one of my go to snacks.
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I didn't. I had just a little bit but avoided them for the most part. I knew someone who swore that her kids are both highly allergic due to her consumption of nuts while pregnant. Not that it can be proven but I got paranoid. I also avoided them while nursing my older one. But this time, I'm not.
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I ate nuts and pb&j all the time. I had actually hadn't ever heard that you shouldn't eat them.
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Yes, I ate it almost every day. I love peanut butter.
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All the time!
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What? I've never heard of this! I didn't eat them a lot, but didn't make a point of avoiding them.
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I did! Ate a ton of peanut butter..
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I had a peanut butter milkshake at least 3 times a week. Probably more.
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All the time! (Are you supposed to avoid!?) I have Smart Balance on my toast in the mornings and have mixed nuts as snacks often, too.
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I eat PB all the time - its one of my favorite foods!
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LOL! The first time I heard about this whole "avoiding peanuts" thing was when Princess Catherine (ah, Kate) refused something peanuty at an event she was attending. It started the rumor mill. I eat peanut butter without worry! If it's not on my OB's do not eat list, you better believe I'm enjoying it if I want it!
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All the time! The thinking now is that exposure helps prevent/minimise allergies.
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Yeah, all the time. Seems like eating it would prevent the allergy...but that's just my random thought.
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I actually had two pb&j sandwiches before 10am this morning! I am obsessed with them! What is the deal with this craving?!
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Pretty much all I was able to eat (and hold down) in the first trimester were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and oatmeal. My appetite has returned, but I still have peanut butter on toast as part of my breakfast.
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Yes, we don't have a family history of allergies, so I went for it!
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I eat pb often--didn't even think about it.
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I ate pb toast every morning during my 2nd trimester. Then I heard you're supposed to avoid pb so I stopped.
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Interesting. I don't eat pb at all (don't like it), but I was just thinking the other day that maybe I should try to eat some once in a while so that LO doesn't end up with an allergy. But you're supposed to avoid them so as not to create allergies? That seems counter-intuitive to me.
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@joyjoy: Most of the current thinking is that you shouldn't avoid. Like most pregnancy advice, it's changed over the years. There was a brief period where they said to avoid, but then it seemed to cause an increase in allergies due to lack of exposure, so now they say not to avoid it, but I don't know that it's important enough to intentionally eat something that you wouldn't be eating anyway.
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The only reason I've laid off the PB is because of the heart burn that I get about 13 seconds after eating it
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I dont eat a whole lot of peanuts but I looooove peanut butter on english muffins! I eat it all the time pregnant or not.
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my good friend ate peanut butter almost every day when pregnant, and her daughter has a peanut allergy... no history of any kind of allergies in their familes. shes' pregnant again and avoiding...
my thinking is that it's OK to eat it every once in a while....
who knows though! i can't believe how many peanut allergies there are out there
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Nope! I eat peanut butter on toast lots of mornings.
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PB and crackers is my go-to nighttime snack. It's one of the only things that can keep me full at night so I don't wake up starving.
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I had lots of peanut butter with apples and on toast. I normally don't eat peanut butter, so I just went with the cravings while pregnant.
We don't have any family history of allergies, so I felt fine about it.
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