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Posted: 29 December 2005 at 10:19pm | IP Logged

ok so it wasnt that long ago i was pregnant but ive truely forgotten what im not supposed to be eating?

any ideas????

Posted: 29 December 2005 at 10:28pm | IP Logged

blue cheese shell fish liver vitamin a eggs (cook them through well) and other stuff

i ate most of these outta necessity and was fine (hate liver though)

just be sensible

zo xx

Posted: 29 December 2005 at 11:13pm | IP Logged

Nuts!!!!! and any soft cheeses.

MUM2 beat me to the rest of the list lol

oh pate...but you dont like that anyway lol

Posted: 30 December 2005 at 9:41am | IP Logged

def cheese n pate

n fishes

mind u most of those made me queasy even to smell!

Posted: 30 December 2005 at 9:46am | IP Logged

The only food I didn't not eat was Pate, liver and eggs.. I ate everything else like Vicki mum, I don't like to be told what to eat ..

HelenC

Posted: 30 December 2005 at 11:38am | IP Logged

Soft Cheeses and Blue Veined Cheeses, they are not pasturised and so can cause food poisoning.

Raw or Runny eggs can cause food poisoning, this includes in home made mayonnaise or chocolate mousse, jar bought/shop bought mayonnaise is fine.

Pate, unless it is pastourised or labelled UHT as it can cause food poisoning.

Fish avoid shark, swordfish and marlin, and no more than two tuna steaks a week (weighing about 140g cooked or 170g raw) or four medium-size cans of tuna a week. This is because of the levels of mercury in these fish. At high levels, mercury can harm a babys developing nervous system.  No more than 2 portions of Oily fish a week such like sardines.

Shell fish because of food poisoning.

Vitamin A as Vit A is to do with repair and developing cells in the body.

Alcohol over use of alcohol can cause fetal alcohol syndrome, no one really knows what affect alcohol has on the developing baby.

Smoking, try and give up if you can if not cut down as much as possible, starves the babies brain of oxygen and can cause baby to be very small.

Pre-washed salads, may contain listeria, salmonella or campylobacter bacteria.

Peanuts especially if you have asthma, exzema or hayfever in the family.

Herbal products, lots of herbs are used to bring on labour so should be avoided ie Raspberry Leaf Tea.

Any meats that are not cooked properly ie bar b q's.

Caffiene is ok in moderation.

Posted: 30 December 2005 at 12:02pm | IP Logged

well well well you are officially a text book! lolol

did that all come from your head?

Posted: 30 December 2005 at 12:42pm | IP Logged

i suffered two bouts of food poisoning in the gambia when pregnant with max

once due to dodgy prawns and the second time was a meat dish gone bad (not my cooking i hasten to add!)

i only had one mouthful but it was enough to make me vomit and hang off a toilet

i went to see my friend sheelagh whos a nurse (the only one genuinely qualified in the whole country) and she told me not to worry that the placenta is remarkably strong and that the fact that i was violently sick shows that its doing the job properly!

im not saying eat dodgy foods but just dont worry too much if you do get sick

Posted: 30 December 2005 at 1:09pm | IP Logged

Well I cant add anything to the list coz Sam has covered it all but I was like some of the other girls and ate most things just in moderation and was careful.

Dont forget to take your folic acid though.