What things should I not eat while pregnant, my doctor was not helpful?

Question

I am 5.5 weeks pregnant.

I went to my general doctor and he told me as long as I was eating "food" then I am okay. I asked him if there were certain things I shouldn't eat and he told me not to worry about it and to just eat healthy!

I made an appointment with an OB/GYN, but they won't see me till I am 12 weeks along!

I thought I wasn't suppose to eat fish, unpasteruize cheeses, and other things... this is my 1st pregnancy, help!

Answer 1

Okay, this is a adobe acrobat article, but it is a great source that list guidelines based on the food pyramid and it also has ways to help with morning sickness, constipation, and hemorroids. Good luck and congrads.


http://www.mydietitian.com.au/articles/pregnancy.pdf

Answer 2

First and foremost, CONGRATULATIONS!

Now about this eating thing.
This is what I've learned with my 4 pregnancies .

Don;t take in a lot of caffeine or tuna.
Don't take any medication over or under the counter that your doctor doesn't approve of. (Even when it comes to headaches and upset stomach)
If you eat spicy or greasy foods more than likely you will have some sort of an unpleasant bodily reaction from it. (excess gas or heartburn)
If you try to eat 7 or 8 very small meals during the day (more like snacks) you will find you can digest the food better and wont run into those "I'm so hungry I could eat a Horse" moments that pregnant women are famous for.
You dont have to eat like a health fanatic, but if your diet consists of doritos and gummy bears your waistline will reflect it both during and after the pregnancy.

As it gets warmer outside stay FAR FAR Away from high sodium foods. in and effort to be able to wear your shoes the entire 9 months.

For a first pregnancy I would recommend the book " What to expect when expecting" It's accurate and informative. A good read!

Answer 3

No tuna
uncooked meats
Soft cheeses and some deli style meats. (possible listeria)
Hot dogs
Raw eggs, or other foods that may contain raw eggs like Mayo and Caesar dressing. These are more precaution then anything. I'm not sure you will ever run into Caesar salad made with bad eggs... but it could happen. It's the salmonella you have to avoid!
And limit your artificial sweeteners.
No energy drinks...too much caffeine.

That's all that I know of. There is a website called www.babyfit.com. Try going there and registering. They have a HUGE MSG board with registered Dietitians that will answer your questions and there are also moms and soon to be moms that can give you all the support needed.

Answer 4

Well, all of the serious answers are a great start. Stay away from alcohol, of course, and make certain that you get a good source of folic acid into you every day.

Your question falls more under the category of patient care than it does anything else, and patient care is a nursing responsibility. You could try that. You could also go to a midwife instead of or in addition to an OB/GYN, and that would include all kinds of qualified pregnancy nutrition advice.

You could also ask your gp to refer you to a registered dietician whose specialties include nutrition for pregnant and lactating women.

Check your local library system and/or bookstores close to you for books on pregnancy. They should include sections on nutrition.

Good luck, and I wish you an easy and healthy pregnancy and delivery, and a healthy child.

Answer 5

Stay away from over fatty foods, spicy food, unpasterized cheese. Stay away from anything unpasterized. There is a disease call Listeria and it is very serious. Bologna can carry listeria. and fish with high amounts of mercury. Like swordfish and tuna. Seawater fish is the main concern and shell fish. Spicy food will give you bad heartburn. No sushi either or medium rare/rare meats. All must be cooked through

Eat nuts if you can. They have oils in them that helps you gain weight healthy

Stay away from foods that are really heavy. They can make you feel more bloated than you are. Do not eat anything to salty because you will retain water and it will make you bloated. Stuff like pretzels, chips are no good for you

Veggies and fruits are good. Make sure they are wash. Nothing with too much acid and drink lots of water because it flushes away toxins etc..

Take a pre-natal vitamin. If you have sickness at least the vitamins from the pill with help you and your baby. Eat non salted crackers if feeling sick

Stay away from alot of types of herbal teas. Not too much caffeine. One glass or cup per day is enough. Too much can hurt the baby

Answer 6

No predatory fish, no other fishes more than once a week
No raw foods
Cut back as much as possible on
refined sugars,
unnecessary carbs
caffeine.

Remember your basic food pyramid (the old one, not that new crap the FDA has out)
11 servings of carbs (one slice of bread or cup of pasta/rice)
6 of veggies (about one cup)
3-5 fruits (about one cup)
9 oz of protein a day (maybe more if you are swelling or have high blood pressure)
As for water, take your weight, divide by half. You should drink that much each day. Plus an additional ounce per ounce for any soda or tea you drink.

HTH. and you might check out total cereals, they have 100% of daily vitamins and minerals. Prenatal vites are helpful, but if they make you sick stick with flintstones!

Answer 7

Congrats! Ask your wide-spread practitioner approximately all of those, yet that's what i became instructed: a million) No alcohol. 2) no longer something unpasteurized (milk, cheese, cider, etc.). 3) No lunch meat except it relatively is steaming warm from a pan, microwave, etc. shrink warm canines and different warm processed meats, by using fact of sodium and nitrates. 4) No uncooked meat or fish (sushi is wonderful if it contains in simple terms vegetables and/or cooked fish). 5) No undercooked eggs (that tremendously lots means scrambled, over-no longer ordinary or no longer ordinary-boiled in simple terms). The yolk must be company. 6) No Ahi Tuna, Tilefish, Shark, or different severe-mercury fish. Canned tuna is all suitable, carefully. even nonetheless, DO consume a good number of: a million) culmination and vegetables (washed) 2) Lean protein 3) Pasteurized dairy 4) entire grains 5) Water

Answer 8

I work in a setting that has specialists related to children with disabilities. When one of the specialists gets pregnant she usually does the following:

eats no fish (seriously, no fish at all)
stops coloring her hair
stops getting manicures (or only uses ORLY polish, the others have chemicals in them which have been linked to problems)
eats no unpastuerized products
drinks no caffine (or one 1/2 caf. cup per day)

I'm not sure how much of this is out of fear, rather than based on scientific studies.

Answer 9

certain fish have high mercury levels, so don't eat that. don't eat unpastuerized cheese because it'll have live bacteria that can harm your baby. really don't eat anything that has high bacteria. and stay away from fast food...you don't really know what's in it or if it's been cooked properly. really, if you're at all iffy about any particular food, don't eat it until you've talked to a reliable doctor. in the meantime...i'd get a new doctor.

Answer 10

one stay away from anything unpasterized... like feta cheese for example... there are a couple foods out there that you are not suppose to eat.. but number one is milk/cheese that is not pasturized... that is most important... fish that contain mercury.. you are only allowed like one fish a week.. like tuna fish.. stay away from the fish that contain alot of mercury.. definitely a no no... if you go to babycenter.com they have alot of info on that.. or just type in foods to stay away from while pregnant into a search engine they can tell you more items...