Pregnancy is an extremely special time of a woman's life. It's filled with changes and new experiences. Your body is charged with hormones and there's new life developing inside you. Given all the transformations that are taking place, the subject of what to eat, and also what not to eat get's a whole new meaning.
Food, both during and after pregnancy, is a big issue. What one does eat affects the child inside, after all. The information that surrounds food and pregnancy can be pretty fuzzy. The good news is, however, generally, what you can and can eat stays the same, except for some notable exceptions.
It is recommended that pregnant women reduce their intake or avoid certain foods altogether. While it's common knowledge, the nitty gritty details can be difficult to sort out. It's hard to figure what, exactly, is bad and why.
Family members are eager to dish out advice. Strangers even will offer you their supposed tried and true tips when it comes to diet and babies and giving birth, etc. All this often unsolicited information can be frustrating and confusing all at once. It doesn't help that those extra hormones make you delicately testy and moody.
Nor does it help that every day a new article seems to come out suggesting that such and such a food is dangerous or that alternatively, it's actually not so dangerous and that it does have some good effect. One day your favorite food is on the dangerous to eat list, and the next day it's not. All this information ends up boggling the mind.
At the end of the day, all this extra information is too hard to digest. It complicates matters rather than providing enlightenment.
However, despite all the hullaballoo, when it comes down to what you should and shouldn't eat when you're with child, there are some simple basics you should keep in mind. Think smart, eat smart. Don't go overboard. Stick to a healthy diet.
There are some general guidelines you should keep in mind when pregnant. Most of these actually apply to every day situations, whether you are or aren't pregnant.
You should always remember to wash all fruits and vegetables before you eat them. Remember too, to be careful with foods such as cantaloupe and water melon-the rinds can actually contain harmful bacteria that may be transferred to the fruit, so do wash them before you cut into them.
Always cook food carefully. This rule applies especially to poultry, meats and eggs. Play it safe and go for well done.
Wash your hands before and after handling meat products.
Don't go crazy with sweets and other high fat food. Everything in moderation.
According to the FDA women who are or may be pregnant and nursing should stay away from fatty fish such as swordfish and mackerel. These are known to contain toxic amounts of mercury.
Instead opt for canned fish or smaller ocean fish.
Don't drink.
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