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D_Nett86
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Lets travel back in time to 1st Tri days
D_Nett86
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I was just lurking over on 1st tri out of bordem and read a post about nail polish being toxic or something along those lines. Did anyone actually follow the "don't do while you're pregnant" things? Like don't eat hot dogs, warm your lunch meat up first before eating, toxic nail polish, don't put your pants on starting with your left leg. Ok, I made the last one up but you catch my drift. I admit at first I wouldn't eat any lunch meat that wasn't warmed up but I HATE warm lunch meat and stopped doing that pretty quick. I just couldn't see fearing lunch meat my entire 9 months. And hot dogs became one of my pregnancy cravings.
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Re: Lets travel back in time to 1st Tri days
I got nervous going into nail salons in 3rd tri. I opted to wear a mask...
haha It was stinky and I wasnt sure what it'd do. Other than that, I avoided alcohol and the meds they tell you to stay away from. But I totally had caffeine and ate sushi (it was a nice place and i knew it was fresh). Annabelle seems to of turned out ok! :]
I didn't drink alcohol and stopped using Retin-A on my face. That's about it!
I think I painted my nails every week b/c that was one thing that made me feel good about myself!
I didn't really follow any of the rules except drinking, but I don't drink anyway.
I ate hotdogs, cold lunchmeat, drank caffeine (in moderation) and had aspartame.
I'm sure there's more stuff, but I can't think of anything else right now! I also highlighted my hair and whitened my teeth, but I believe I waited until 2nd tri to do that.
My BFP Chart
My first pregnancy I was pretty by the book ~ no lunch meat, no diet soda, no alcohol, etc...
This time around I definitely loosened up, but kept everything in moderation ~ except alcohol. I didn't drink.
I gave up a lot, but it took us almost 4 years and lots of $$$ with 2 losses along the way to even get pregnant, so I was more then willing to be overly cautious.
I gave up alcohol, artificial sweeteners, caffeine (even decaf and hot chocolate) anything with mayo, lunchmeat, hotdogs, fish in general, any sort of smoothie or milkshake that I didn't make at hom and avoided my face products that contained acids to name the big ones.
I pretty much lived off of carbs. McDonalds french fries and Blue Bell ice cream made a very cute baby
Completely understood! I would have wanted to live in a bubble. My BFF is going through that now and she is so nervous everyday.
I gave up drinking completely until 2nd tri. After that it was a couple of small glasses of red wine during the holidays or special occasions; no hard liquor at all. The smell of beer made me sick.
I gave up any type of carbonated and/or diet drinks, just because I didn't like the taste of them any more. Even now, I might have a Sprite or Pepsi once a month.
As for food, the only thing I gave up completely was sashimi.
As far as my DH was concerned, I didn't have any lunch meat either. He was like a hawk watching what I was eating. But during third tri I started sneaking lunch meat. I couldn't take it anymore. I was dreaming about cold ham.
This and I stopped taking my PNVs- I tried multiple types and they all made me throw up- OB felt that me gaining weght was more important than the vitamins so I'd take flinstones here and there.