FAQ
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 by Joscelynn TomawHands down the most frequently asked question about pregnancy I get is “Are there foods you’re not supposed to eat now?” I just answered this again for a colleague of mine and thought I’d share.
Here’s a list from the American Pregnancy Association.
This list irks me slightly less than the warnings I used to receive from WhattoExpect.com. Many of these were formatted as follows:
“Avoid x. X has not been proven to be safe.”
That’s your Null Hypothesis? All things are unsafe until proven safe? Why is nobody telling me to avoid riding in cars? Cars are most certainly unsafe. And why don’t they then give me a list of foods I should eat exclusively rather than a list of what to avoid?
Avoid lunch meat. What a bunch of balogna. *ba dum bum*
UPDATE: I found out this evening that dental work is among the activities not “proven to be safe” during pregnancy. My achy teeth have to wait until after delivery to be fixed. I just wish I had thought to ask before I left work early and traveled out of my way to the dentist’s office.
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