10 weeks, 1 day (my baby has tiny footprints now)
Before I give you a multitude of reason why potato chips and French fries are perfect foods for pregnant mothers, let me start with the list of foods that you should avoid.
-Soft and Moldy Cheeses (does Blue Cheese dressing count?) giving up my blue cheese on wheat thins was a horrible sacrifice for me. Is mold bad for babies?
-Hot dogs and Sausages or any other highly processed meat foods (such as Summer sausages, Spam, Potted Meat, ect.) I am assuming too many Nitrates? Forget pepperoni pizza…great.
-No deli meats (forget a ham and cheese sandwich) Who knew that it was so easy to get food poisoning from meats that have found their way through a meat slicer. Babies and food poisoning do not mix.
-Meats that could possibly be undercooked, or that are severed undercooked. Nix the med. Rare steak, and you can forget about all forms of chicken and pork UNLESS you KNOW FOR SURE they are cooked to a burned up crisp.
-Ready to eat cold seafood, raw sushi and shellfish- bye bye little scrimpies and cocktail sauce, I will miss you.
-Smoked or unpasteurized seafoods (ok who really eats that…)
-Tuna or other large fish that eats on smaller fish (mercury exposure I assume?) No more than 1 can of Tuna per week. Really you are KILLING my protein intake here…….
-Any dish with raw or undercooked eggs (well there goes my favorite….half done boiled eggs with the liquid center. Also don’t forget that this includes ice cream dishes and raw cookie and cake batter. Don’t lick the bowl. This also elimates Mayo, Eggnog, Hollandaise sauce, Chocolate Moose’s, and Caesar salad dressings…. Who knew right…
-Do not eat prepared salads from the deli, or bag salads or raw sprouts….again, e.coli and other forms of food poisioning.
-Buffett or picnic style food that has set out for more than 2 hours
-Stuffing cooked inside of a bird
-Obviously Alcohol
-Caffeine – the obvious offender here is coffee and coffee products, but don’t forget about hidden caffeine such as in sodas and chocolate.
The really nit picky mothers say………
-Soy protein (increases Estrogen levels, maybe not the best idea if you happen to be carrying a boy) This would include all forms of my beloved fake meat products such as Boca burgers and protein shakes.
-Large quantities of Vitamin A (causes Birth defects) Liver….thank god I don’t like fried chicken livers.
-Herbal teas
-Unpasteurized milk and juices. Most of us don’t have cows in our back yards for fresh milk every day, but you may own a home Juicer….
-Unwashed Fruits and Veggies….looks like you have just switched to organic, enjoy the jump in $$$.
-Sugar substitute
-Too much real sugar
-Anything too spicy or flavored with too many spices (heartburn, not necessarily bad for baby, just really uncomfortable for mom)
-I also heard rumors of avoiding Cows milk, peanuts, and no lemon squeezed in your water once you are breastfeeding……..not sure about those precautions yet, I haven’t researched them.
That covers most of the major foods to avoid along with some of the more picky ones. If you are anything like me, you haven’t really had any food cravings, but TONS of food aversions. Add to this list, whatever food aversions you may be having…… I am heartbroken that some of my favorite foods are now food aversions. I used to love Brussels sprouts, steamed broccoli, and raw carrots; now those food are way too bitter for me to eat. My biggest food aversion has been any Foul. I can NOT tolerate Turkey or Chicken, unless it is cleverly disguised. Just typing the words “White Meat Boiled Chicken Breast” makes me shutter with nausea. I did manage a few boneless buffalo wings the other day, so maybe this food aversion thing is headed out the door.
This brings me to the title of this entry,” potato chips and French fries are prefect pregnancy foods”. Potato chips and Fries are not overly spiced and therefor will not give you heartburn. They are cool if you leave them out for hours. You won’t get some kind of strange potato poison from them. They do not cause birth defects. They are perfect when all other foods make you want to hurl your guts up. They are not bitter. They are not overly filling (being pregnant and too full is not a good mix either).They don’t have strange hormones, pesticides, or herbicides sprayed on them. You can’t get e. coli or mercury poisoning from them. See…..they are perfect pregnancy food! J lol
Too bad I have limited myself to two serving a week. L I had one of them today.
like the idiot I am....I totally spelled Fowl wrong. At least I found it before anyone else did....:) WHEW.
ReplyDeleteMy my how times have changed. NO foods were even mentioned when i was pregnant with you. It was like my ticket to a 9 montha all you can eat buffet ;)
ReplyDeleteI ignored the list of bad foods :)
ReplyDeleteate sushi about once a week, I ate lunch meats plain LOL and blue cheese crumbles on just about anything. and drank pepsi every day.
Just because veggies are organic doesn't mean you don't have to wash them. Washing produce is more for getting rid of bacteria that hangs out in nooks and crannies than herbicides anyway. Save the $$$ and wash the regular stuff. :)
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