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Everything Is Dangerous/need to Vent Posted: 01-30-06 15:03pm
I see alot of post about people asking is
this dangerous during pregnancy and I
though I would give you guys a fyi on
stuff
anything you consume is actually dangerous
if not used in moderation, any packaged
food usually contains"msg" and fruits have
pesticides on them(minus organic.) people
will say caffeine is bad for you while
they sit there and down a box of
chocolates (coffee,coke,pepsi & tea)
are not the only things containing
caffeine chocolate is a big factor as
well.
Body washes, tampon, hair products they
all contain something that is unsafe
during pregnancy but see because you dont
know you think its safe well actually
ewverything in moderation is.
Im so sick of people saying omg your so
wrong for doing that for what living life,
feeding my child etc like what arrhh!!
What one dr says is okay another may say
is wrong but none of them can come to the
same conclusion because research is never
100% right its actually biased they only
do it on woman of certain ages,race etc so
how is that right??
i just get so frustrated that people can
say ur child is going to be this or that
if you do that ....Guys buy ear plugs and
do what you want its your life did you
know stress can cause more harm on a baby
and even cause preterm labor
well that my vent just be stress free and
live life!!
~good luck~
jess
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tigresacanela24
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Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 5261 Location: Treat your children well, eventually they'll choose your nursing home.
Posted: 01-30-06 15:14pm
Way to go .Jess!!! Trust me, at first I
was truly anal about things. But then I
just got so sick of it that now I just
feel sooo laid back. Like I posted
earlier about my can of coke. If asked I
tell what my doc said but there are so
many d@mn rules that i'm sick of it. No
one can be expected to do all that or to
change all of their bad habits overnight.
It's like the day my doc confirmed I was
preggo she gave me a volume's worth of
things that I couldn't do/have. I think
some things are seriously dangerous but
that other things we should just use
common sense/moderation rules. All
those rules were seriously stressing me
out, like I was following the food advice
my doc gave and then she b*tched at me
when I didn't gain any weight. Come on,
who gains weight eating chicken breasts,
salad, tuna, steamed veggies, yogurt and
whole wheat pastas and breads all the
time. It sounds like a .D.I.E.T! When
I started eating what I wanted but making
sure I was hitting all of the food groups
and adding a couple junk snacks I finally
gained weight. Common sense! I'm soo
with you on your rant!!
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Lalee
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 991 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 01-30-06 16:11pm
In relation to that, my sister-in-law was
a smoker when she became pregnant. Her
doctor told her that if she gets really
stressed out, it's better for her to smoke
half a cigarette than force herself not to
because the stress is way worse for the
baby than the nicotine she would be
getting in moderation. Needless to say,
she can't say every day that she's
stressed and has to have a cigarette, but
the option is there for that time she
might really, really need it to calm
down.
Also, I work at a newspaper designing
pages. Every day I work, I have to take a
sheet of paper detailing how many pages
there will be in the next day's paper and
who is doing what page to the plate room
in the back of the building. Because of
the time of day I go back there, the day
shift is gone and the night shift hasn't
come in yet... And the day shift has a
tendency when they leave to close the door
to the plate room, trapping all the fumes
from the toner in the machine. Would I
work back there? No. Do I worry when I
go back there that it's going to kill my
baby? No. Basically, I walk in, lay the
paper down and walk out again. I could
technically even hold my breath throughout
the whole process.
I might ask questions about this stuff
because i'm curious. There's nothing
wrong with being curious. (and, no, i'm
not saying anyone said there is.) but, to
me, worrying about whether or not the
candy bar you ate after lunch is going to
harm your child is like being afraid to
leave your house because people die in
car/plane/train crashes.
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diamondsz
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Posted: 01-30-06 18:07pm
Lalee no worries im just making a post
cause I want people to be informed, id
rather you guys know than be stressed and
actually make matters worse stress and bp
are called silent killers.
I just hated people telling me what I can
and cannot do it just get to a point you
say f^ck it and relax and thats when you
actually enjoy the pregnancy instead of
being so anal lol!! You can die from
anything so just take it easy if someone
was going to be in accident tommorrow it s
going to happen not that I wish it on
anyone but do u see my point!!!
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acoles70
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 191 Location: KY
Posted: 01-30-06 18:27pm
If this is the way you want to be during
pregnancy......Bravo!! For me
personally, I choose to be anal. I have
struggled with infertility and that might
be the reason I am so anal. I don't
drink, smoke, drink caffeine, eat
chocolate or processed food. It wasn't a
big problem for me because I already live
like this (well most of the time). I
don't drink during pregnancy because fetal
alcholol syndrome can effect someone who
drank 4 times or someone who drank all the
time. There isn't a magic numbers of
drinks that you have to drink, it can
happen to anyone. My obygn said no
alcohol. Not something I am willing to
risk. I don't smoke because I never
caught on to that habit, it is too
expensive. I hate soda pop so this
wasn't an obstacle either. I am not going
to get my hair or nails done. I am not
going to the tanning bed. For nine
months I am going to live my life for my
child. I want to ensure there is nothing
I could have done that could cause a
problem. If you want to go through you
pregnancy doing as you please that is on
you. I am pretty sure this post was
directed at me, so I have kinda taken
offense. People are different. I am
not stressing through my pregnancy, I am
enjoying it. But I have someone inside
of me who I am also living for.
Pregnancy is a "we" time, not a "me"
time.
Ashlee
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diamondsz
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Posted: 01-30-06 19:30pm
Ashlee this post isnt directed at anyone,
more of personally stuff I went through
with family, im sorry if you felt offended
I just want people to know that its okay
if they want to be relaxed. What you did
was your choice and I respect you for that
but I dont want other woman feeling like
their bad mom for doing something..
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designerGAL
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 213 Location: U.S.
Posted: 01-30-06 21:58pm
Well said diamondsz!
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tigresacanela24
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Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 5261 Location: Treat your children well, eventually they'll choose your nursing home.
Posted: 01-31-06 08:37am
skar
wrote:
i carried on as normal
during all but 2 of my pregnancies and
ironicly guess which 2 went wrong.Now i,m
not saying don,t be carefull just don,t
cut anything out completly without
checking with your doctors first it was
giving up smoking that cost me my 2
boys.
i heard that too. My doc told me to quit
but when I told her how much trouble that
I was having then she told me to not quit
but to cut down. She said if I was
having that many problems then it could
actually be detrimental to the baby for me
to quit cold turkey. I still want to
quit because it makes me feel selfish and
spoiled and just like a bad mom to smoke
(me personally, i'm not going for anyone
else here). So i've managed to cut it
down to 3 cigarettes a day from a pack and
a half a day. (and before all the
blamers start I was told that I couldn't
.E.V.E.R have a child so I wasn't ttc and
the whole pregnant thing caught me off
guard. I hadn't anticipated a baby so
smoking wasn't an issue for me. Until
the baby I never even wanted to quit. I
think that i'm doing good to have cut down
so much. And I will quit well before my
baby gets here. And I think that some
people should have patience with other
people. Not everyone can be perfect.
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 01-31-06 09:53am
I think it has been said before and ill
say it again. Enjoy your pregnancy, it
only happens a couple of times in a
lifetime.
Yes, there are somethings that are not
supposed to be done while carrying your
child and in some states here in the us
you can be charged with criminal
negligence for harming the "fetus" if you
don't believe it is a baby before birth or
in my world the baby.
Don't go out and get hammered or use any
illegal drugs and make your doc aware of
what you are doing and how much of a
particular "no-no" you are having and how
often.
Why ruin a happy time with restrictions
and agrevation. We tried to concieve for
4 years and paid thousands of dollars to
get pregnant so yes it was not easy for us
to get preggers but if we would have
ruined the entire time with rules and
regulations that are harder to follow than
boot camp, what good would have come from
the memories we now have?
Moderation for everything except for the
wonderful memories you will retain from
your pregancy.
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kirztensmummy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 326 Location: london
Posted: 01-31-06 10:04am
tamadrummer
wrote:
and how much of a
particular "no-no" you are having and how
often.
Why ruin a happy time with restrictions
and agrevation. We tried to concieve for
4 years and paid thousands of dollars to
get pregnant so yes it was not easy for us
to get preggers but if we would have
ruined the entire time with rules and
regulations that are harder to follow than
boot camp, what good would have come from
the memories we now have?
Moderation for everything except for the
wonderful memories you will retain from
your pregancy.
amen...Not that I smoke or drink but yea I
agree with most you guys here s.T.R.E.S.S.
Is still the number one enemy of
pregnancy or well mostevents in life like
what brian said enjoy your pregnancy and
most of the things in moderation is
probable better than worrying too much or
not having enough sleep or anxiety
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Lalee
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 991 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 01-31-06 11:45am
tigresacanela24
wrote:
skar
wrote:
i carried on as normal
during all but 2 of my pregnancies and
ironicly guess which 2 went wrong.Now i,m
not saying don,t be carefull just don,t
cut anything out completly without
checking with your doctors first it was
giving up smoking that cost me my 2
boys.
i heard that too. My doc told me to
quit but when I told her how much trouble
that I was having then she told me to not
quit but to cut down. She said if I was
having that many problems then it could
actually be detrimental to the baby for me
to quit cold turkey. I still want to
quit because it makes me feel selfish and
spoiled and just like a bad mom to smoke
(me personally, i'm not going for anyone
else here). So i've managed to cut it
down to 3 cigarettes a day from a pack and
a half a day. (and before all the
blamers start I was told that I couldn't
.E.V.E.R have a child so I wasn't ttc and
the whole pregnant thing caught me off
guard. I hadn't anticipated a baby so
smoking wasn't an issue for me. Until
the baby I never even wanted to quit. I
think that i'm doing good to have cut down
so much. And I will quit well before my
baby gets here. And I think that some
people should have patience with other
people. Not everyone can be
perfect.
i agree with skar on this one. My
boyfriend is 9 years older than me and has
pretty much smoked since before I was
born. He's tried to quit several times
with no success. But, since I found out
we were expecting, he's already started to
cut down and plans to quit completely by
the time the baby comes. It's amazing
what people will do for their little ones!
But, at the same time, we're not super
heroes. No one should expect a
pack-and-a-half-a-day smoker for x amount
of years to quit cold turkey and not be
stressed. I think you're doing
wonderfully, tigres, and I commend you for
the tremendous effort you've already put
in.
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tigresacanela24
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Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 5261 Location: Treat your children well, eventually they'll choose your nursing home.
Posted: 01-31-06 12:22pm
Yeah I had actually quit for a little
while but it was too much. Was having
serious nic fits.
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Sunflower_pie81
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Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 5041 Location: to hell with this crap
Posted: 01-31-06 13:52pm
I agree with the original post on this one
because one can do everything by the book
and everything go wrong with pregnancy
even loosing your little skoot. I did
everything I was told to do and didn't
drink, smoke(dont' anyway) no caffeine,
got a workout everyday, calculated my
daily food intake and was soooo anal about
everything and still I was miserable. I
ended up loosing my baby anyway.
This time I am just kicked back and
letting my body do what it needs to take
care of my little skoot. I still don't
drink but a cup of coffee in the morning
to help get me going doesn't hurt. Doing
everything by the book when preggers isn't
going to guarantee having a healthy
pregnancy or skoot.
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