Can You Drink Soda When Pregnant? (Page 1)

Soda is never good for us. But I drink it all the time---diet which is supposedly worse--

shrimp is bad cuz they are bottom feeders--full of toxins and stuff. A person should only eat clams, crab, lobster, shrimp in moderation while pregnant.

But.....We are not suppose to eat or drink a lot of things that we consume evry day. There are sites that explain what we are suppose to avoid.

As long as you limit your caffiene intake to 2 or 3 a day youll b ok I prefer sprite cuz it doesnt have caffiene. As long as your shrimp is cooked you should b fine they tell you not to eat hot dogs and sea food and meats that arent fully cooked for the bacteria reasons and if you get food poisoning but it wont hurt your baby as long as you stay hydrated.

I've read that it's okay to drink caffeine while you are pregnant as long as it's under 300 mg. That equals about 2 cups of coffee or 3 24 oz. Sodas. My husband looked it up. I didn't drink that much soda before I was pregnant, but now it's all I want to drink. I am a mountain dew- aholic. I am worried that my son will be addicted to the caffeine when he's born and cry because he doesn't have it. It can happen. So i'm definitley going to quit drinking soda soon. I've only got 10 weeks and 1 day left.

Samantham, I went through the same thing as you. I rarely drank soda before I got pregnant, and in the beginning of my pregnancy. About halfway through my pregnancy I really craved soda. First I limited myself to a can a day, or a can every other day. At work it was hard because we have fountain machines, and I really liked that soda. So then I tried drinking all caffeine free soda, which by the way they do have caffeine free mountain dew!!! Then lately i've just been drinking soda when I feel it (no more than 3 cans a day for sure) i'm 39 weeks tomorrow. So I should probably lay off the caffeine too now. I've heard the same, the baby gets addicted to it and crys because they want it. I hope it's not true, but who knows. Because I have really grown to like mountain dew as well! Good luck.

Try not to have more then 1-2 a day.... Also you should eat veggies there good for you and your baby. Dont stress to much thow just eat healthy and you will be fine!

Congrats!

Isabel*

I heard not too good drink soda during preg too hehe thats why im trying to get myself off soda completly now. Im not planning to drink any when I get preggy. Oh but I sometimes crave for it lol so hard to get off it. Anyone good ideas get off it thanks.

I got a big long list when I went to the doc about what to eat and what not to eat. Anyway I was told no lunch (deli) meats for the bacteria issue but every once in a while it's okay as long as you cook the meat until it's steaming. I was told no hot dogs because of the nitrates. Limit certain kinds of fish to 8 oz a week because of the potential for mercury poisoning. As far as shellfish, I had this intense craving for crabs and I called my doc to check on that and she said at this point in my pregnancy it's fine because the baby actually needs the extra cholesterol (i think she said for brain development or something) just not to overdue. I heard no soda while pregnant but I don't think that's possible for me it seems to be my favorite thing to drink. I just drink a lot of water with it. Another thing she told me was to cut down on processed foods like tv dinners bcos of the salt content and preservatives....

I also heard seafood is good for baby brain developement. Around 30 something weeks.

Cool, thanks. I couldn't remember... :lol:

I've just always hated the "diet" sugars. They're nasty. Seriously nasty. I'd rather have no sugar than diet. I know what you mean about the gum I was just crabbing about it the other day. It's like regular gum has that sugar in it now. The only kind that you can find that doesn't have it is like the little gums that they sell for like a nickel a piece at the counter in dinky neighborhood stores. They're even sneaking it into some regular juices now. I went to buy a v8 splash the other day and it didn't say diet anywhere on it, it didn't say light or low cal or anything and it had that nastiness in it. I was so ticked off that i'm boycotting v8.

You know what is really gross and I swear has it in it...Flavored water!! It tastes just like it! But I can't seem to find it on the labels...I swear it does though, i've tried basically every brand and they all have the nasty aspratame taste! Ick! I am with you, I think I am going to be starting to boycott lots of things.

Aspartame has been shown to eat holes in your brain I try telling my diabetic grandma this but she doesnt listen besides shes had to many I think theyve already gotten to her shes so spacey lol

I have a love affair with coke but it's starting to give me that nasty acidic taste at the back of my throat. Acid reflux or something. I'm really upset about that....