I’m recently pregnant (yay!!) and I’m craving gum. So many people have told me not to chew the sugar-free gums, because they’re loaded with artificial sweetners and other ingredients.
What gum IS safe for me to chew? I actually have “Simply Gum” (all natural gym) in cinnamon flavor, but have heard pregnant women should stay away from cinnamon. Is this true? And will that little bit of cinnamon oil matter?
They also have mint flavored and ginger flavored.
I want to be as safe as possible obviously…any advice here?
thanks!
Re: Safe gum to chew while pregnant
The only gums without it are the old fashioned bubble gums that come in candy flavours etc.
I've never heard the cinnamon thing though.
Op, think about it, if your OB nor the news have not told you about it, nor does it come with a warning label to pregnant women, you are fine. You will be exhausted by Googling if you worry about everything you consume or use.
I worried about EVERYTHING my first trimester and it drove me crazy, I had to work extremely hard to relax and not worry as much. If you worry about things like this it makes for a very, very long and difficult 9 months. Your OB should give you a list of things to avoid- I would just go off of that if I were you. Good luck and congrats
Pregnancy really isn't as fragile as it sounds. Don't sweat it. You're good.
@jhems776 No but is IS a common migraine trigger. Blech. That stuff should be marked with a warning label (purely for my own selfish purposes)
@daysable Gum is fine. In fact, under "acceptable over the counter pregnancy safe meds" aspartame is listed for the express purpose of making sure women who end up with GD know it's okay to use as an alternative.