Ten Things Every Pregnant Woman Should Avoid

Ten Things Every Pregnant Woman Should Avoid

1. Cigarette smoke: cigarette fumes have an immediate effect on fetal blood flow, Whether you smoke, or you are around second or third hand smoke, the nicotine and CO in the fumes are harmful to your baby and known to cause complications in pregnancy. If you smoke STOP please

2. Marijuana : Marijuana smoking during pregnancy may affect your baby nervous system during development in adverse ways

3. Alcohol : No level of alcohol has been proven to be safe for an unborn child

4. Caffeine: Caffeine jolts your baby, just as it does you. Keep Caffeine to less than 150 milligrams per day at most, and perhaps avoid it all together. Remember, even decaf has some residual caffeine 

5. Unnecessary medications: Most thing that pass through your bloodstream pass through your baby’s bloodstream. If a medications is not necessary or the benefits do not clearly outweigh the risk, don’t take it

6. Mercury and PCBs: Can harm you and baby

7. Raw or partially cooked eggs meat, poultry, or fish: Make sure to cook these thoroughly to avoid the risk of getting infections such as salmonella or E. coli

8. Soft cheeses: Listeria, a bacteria found in unpasteurized soft cheeses such as Brie, Camembert, feta, and blue cheese. Listeria can flourish at refrigerator temperatures, so leftovers and meats that require refrigeration should be heated to steaming hot before you eat them

9. Smelly fumes: This is the time to choose safe, nontoxic cleaning products in the home, and get someone else to pump your gas

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