Okay guys, I'm hoping that this thread will be one of those funny ones that only we pregnant women will understand and when something like this happens to us that we secretly and inwardly laugh about it knowing that our MDC sisters are rooting us on.
Most of you all will relate to my issue at hand. Being that me and DH have totally planned this pg (charting, etc) I have been very well informed from the very beginning. I am an avid reader anyway so for me this is like heaven b/c there is so much information to learn out there. Of course, one of the things a newly pg woman is thinking of is her health and by that she is thinking of foods and what to avoid/limit during her pg. I've come up with a list of things that I should avoid/limit and have made a mental list of them. For ex.
1. Tuna (limit to 1-2 times weekly due to Hg)
2. Deli Meats (listeria risk)
3. Unpasteurized cheeses (listeria)
4. Diet anything (due to phenylalanine)
and the list goes on.
Now the other day, I was offered three out of four of those items (diet gum, tuna and deli meat) all in the same day (at church). When I refuse I usually say something like "No thank you, this gum has phenylalanine in it and it's not good for pg women." Or "Feta has a high risk of harboring listeria" and of course I am doing it sweetly so as to not offend the offerer. The reply I ALWAYS get back is "Well my two kids are healthy" or something to that effect. Like what I am abstaining from is criticizing them for what they ate in their pg's. It makes me a little irritated b/c I think to myself, that just b/c your kids are fine doesn't make it less of a risk. I mean, my mother smoked cigs w/ me (gasp!) and I went on to be a Ph.D chemist but does that make it a healthy thing to do? And whose to say that any health problems I have later on in life won't be a direct result of it.
People can be so content to remain ignorant sometimes that it kills me. Why wouldn't anyone be anxious to know something that could potentially help or harm their baby?
This turned into a vent but what I need from you guys is some more good comebacks to replies like these and if you have your own pet peeves about what people are saying to you feel free to list them.
Oh, I also hate the "Don't you DARE let that baby sleep with you!" Are you kidding?
Most of you all will relate to my issue at hand. Being that me and DH have totally planned this pg (charting, etc) I have been very well informed from the very beginning. I am an avid reader anyway so for me this is like heaven b/c there is so much information to learn out there. Of course, one of the things a newly pg woman is thinking of is her health and by that she is thinking of foods and what to avoid/limit during her pg. I've come up with a list of things that I should avoid/limit and have made a mental list of them. For ex.
1. Tuna (limit to 1-2 times weekly due to Hg)
2. Deli Meats (listeria risk)
3. Unpasteurized cheeses (listeria)
4. Diet anything (due to phenylalanine)
and the list goes on.
Now the other day, I was offered three out of four of those items (diet gum, tuna and deli meat) all in the same day (at church). When I refuse I usually say something like "No thank you, this gum has phenylalanine in it and it's not good for pg women." Or "Feta has a high risk of harboring listeria" and of course I am doing it sweetly so as to not offend the offerer. The reply I ALWAYS get back is "Well my two kids are healthy" or something to that effect. Like what I am abstaining from is criticizing them for what they ate in their pg's. It makes me a little irritated b/c I think to myself, that just b/c your kids are fine doesn't make it less of a risk. I mean, my mother smoked cigs w/ me (gasp!) and I went on to be a Ph.D chemist but does that make it a healthy thing to do? And whose to say that any health problems I have later on in life won't be a direct result of it.
People can be so content to remain ignorant sometimes that it kills me. Why wouldn't anyone be anxious to know something that could potentially help or harm their baby?
This turned into a vent but what I need from you guys is some more good comebacks to replies like these and if you have your own pet peeves about what people are saying to you feel free to list them.
Oh, I also hate the "Don't you DARE let that baby sleep with you!" Are you kidding?
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Sorry, I got off topic there. Feel free to ignore me (of course that goes without saying whenever I post, I'm just pointing it out in particular here 
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