Following “THE RULES” while pregnant
Did you Follow the Rules when you were pregnant?
A new book by Emily Oster called EXPECTING BETTER: Why the conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong – and What you Really Need to Know. is discussing just these so called rules and whether they are actually founded in fact.
Have we all been following rules that really don't matter?
If you don't know what I am talking about you probably haven't been pregnant… or at least in North America.
What are the rules?
Well it depends on lots of things. How old you are, your doctor, your friends, and how much you type "what not to do while pregnant" into Google.
My oldest just turned 10. Ten years ago after seeing the 2 lines on my pregnancy test I started looking on the Internet. I KNEW there were things I wasn't supposed to do, and I wanted to make sure I didn't do any of them. I knew the no Alcohol and no smoking rules… but I was sure there was SO MUCH more I had to do…
My first Doctor's appointment I was ready to hear the list of rules. It is like your first job as a mom to follow these rules. My doctor was the laid back kind… I asked him what do I need to not do, what are the Rules… and he said no booze, no cigarettes and limit the amount of McDonald's you eat to a few times a week.
I asked "That's it?" He said yup.
I heard from friends and family, No Sushi, (but I love sushi!…but then this inst a rule in Japan) no coffee, no tuna…
My Husbands family from Zimbabwe have always have "a bit" of wine while pregnant… how much is a bit… no one knows, but it isn't really frowned upon. I have asked my family there, they do not have pregnancy rules besides "just a bit" of alcohol…
EVERYONE tells you SO MANY THINGS you are not allowed to have and to do!
A recent poll on our message board and on our facebook page gave us these rules and how they were broken!
Here is portion of that list of the forbidden things during pregnancy! What was on your list of rules?
- no deli meat
- no coffee
- no sushi
- no honey
- nothing cooked medium rare, must be fully cooked
- no tuna
- no heavy lifting (more than 25 pounds)
- no runny egg yolks
- no alchohol
- no peanut butter
Another reason why I love momstown… you have a place with moms to bounce these rules off of… who followed them who didn't… helps you get real life help that isn't as scary as GOOGLE!
