I hear you with the heartburn.....I swear
water gives it to me too! I get up every
night like clockwork at 3am to get my
tums. It seems like i'm becoming immune
to them!
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sscal13
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Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 8 Location: texas
My Opinion Posted: 03-02-06 17:03pm
Ok...You can have soda, just with no
caffeine..When I was pregnant I drank some
rootbeer...But I limited it as
well...Because even with no caffeine there
is a lot of sugar in soda...And that's
never good for a little baby. Just eat
healthy...It's not good to eat fish when
you are pregnant because of
magnesium..Also..You can drink lemonade!!
Also remember some people get gestational
diabetes because they intake too much
sugar...So try and limit your sugar!!
Besides that just eat what you normally
do...
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 03-02-06 18:12pm
hopefulmjz
wrote:
i hear you with the
heartburn.....I swear water gives it to me
too! I get up every night like
clockwork at 3am to get my tums. It
seems like i'm becoming immune to
them!
that's crazy..Lol. Heartburn from water,
that's pretty bad. I can eat or drink
something for like 2 weeks and be fine and
then all of a sudden it gives me
heartburn. It's quite annoying.
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Clambake
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Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 40
Posted: 03-03-06 03:15am
Soda isn't particularly healthy, pregnant
or not. I drink diet soda in moderation.
No it doesn't eat holes in your brain.
Aspartame cannot get into your brain. It
is immediately broken down into three
parts as soon as it hits your stomach.
Two of them are amino acids and the other
is methanol. However the amount of
methanol created by one diet soda is less
than that created by the same amount of
orange juice. So, you aren't going to die
from methanol poisioning anytime soon from
drinking aspartame.
all of the capital letters in those links
need to be made lower case for them to
work.
If you want to eat healthier in pregnancy,
but don't really like veggies, you could
try to switch from eating white breads,
pastas, and cereals to whole wheat ones.
They are a lot better for you and are a
step in the right direction. Nuts are
also very healthy, but eat in moderation
as they are calorie bombs. Try eating
only lean meats like chicken breasts,
turkey breasts, and once a week, a fish
with a low mercury content. Drink skim or
1% milk and eat reduced fat cheeses when
available. Avoid fried things if
possible.
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feltchick
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Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 38 Location: idaho
Posted: 03-03-06 13:51pm
Certain fish, such as tuna should be
limited. Look for info regarding high
mercury concentration in this type of
fish. I've limited my canned tuna
consumption to two times a month.
Soda will take daned nasty as you
progress. Hormones make sweets
unpalatable for me. Soda also is super
high carb wise. It's something like 39
grams per serving, huge sugar dose! I am
37 weeks and have managed to cut back on
soda driking to about one a week. If you
crave the carbonated drinks, check into
the organic drink "juice squeeze". It's a
great carbonated juice drink, cranberry
black cherry is really good. It doesn't
leave that rank bitters aftertaste you get
from regular soda. I've also found sierra
mist pretty good as well. Forget coke,
it's #1 on nasty aftertaste what with all
the raging hormones.
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*soon2bemom*
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Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Florida
Hmmm... Posted: 03-03-06 22:05pm
I've heard that its not good for you,
but..Its not good for anyone. But I still
drink soda all the time. If your really
worried about it, don't drink as much of
it.
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Bridget
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Posted: 03-03-06 22:18pm
There's not nearly as much caffeine in
soda as there is in coffee and they say
you can have 2-3 cups of coffee a day. So
I don't think a glass of soda a day is
bad. I'm staying away from it because i'm
paranoid about everything although I did
have a small glass today. I don't think 1
soda a week is going to do anything.
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 03-03-06 22:23pm
How far along should you stop drinking
soda? Today when I was going to the doc I
wasnt sure if I was allowed to drink soda
or not so I got a ice tea from the vendos
instead
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 03-03-06 22:26pm
oh_mommy
wrote:
how far along should you
stop drinking soda? Today when I was
going to the doc I wasnt sure if I was
allowed to drink soda or not so I got a
ice tea from the vendos
instead
like I said earlier, you can drink
caffeine as long as it's in moderation. I
still drink soda all the time. But, I
think it's good to stop at least a month
or so before you deliver. I think it's
possible for the baby to become addicted
to the caffeine and go through withdrawl
when they don't get it from you anymore.
It is technically a drug.
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yellow ribbon
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Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 5554 Location: FL
Posted: 03-03-06 22:44pm
Tea has caffiene in it too :)
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 03-03-06 22:51pm
With all the d@mn mountain dew I drink my
son is going to be bouncing off the walls.
Lol.
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sandyallen
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Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 03-03-06 23:09pm
I agree, key is the moderation here but if
the fetus is no moving around like it was
then I feel it is o.K. To have a soda or
a cup of coffee a day or every other day
but not a liter or two daily. I believe
spartame is only in your diet sodas and a
lotof your diet sweeteners and their are a
lot of vert interesting stories on the
internet of what it can do to you and your
baby-to-be. I know that I used to drink a
few sodas and always disliked water now I
drink a lot of water and very feww sodas
but everyone knows the difference between
right is right aand wrong. My step
sister-in-law drank a lot of classic coke
before and after giving birth to her
daughters and they are just fine but she
never drank the diet kind.
Good luck!
