* If you're pregnant and you've been avoiding brie, you don't have to! As it turns out, and as I was luckily educated today at our local gourmet grocery store, nearly all imported brie must be pasteurized to be sold in the U.S. Never before have I thrown a triple cream into my cart as quickly or with as much gusto as I did after learning that important tidbit. Let the weight gaining games finally begin!
* If you're pregnant and feeling particularly adventurous, you may want to consider adding sushi back into your diet too - yes, even the raw stuff. Me? I'm pretty much the same paranoid freak I was the first time around as a pregnant gal so I'll stick to the cooked variety (yummmm...cajun rolls with crawfish!). Still, the guy makes a compelling argument.
* If you're pregnant and decide it's OK to start having frank discussions with your toddler about how babies drink milk from their mothers' breasts, don't be surprised if said toddler spontaneously affixes her lips to your chest several times a day to demonstrate what she's recently learned. Hey, at least she's paying attention.
I wish I had known those things when I was pregnant! Especially how to explain breastfeeding to a toddler. I realized recently that my daughter (not quite 2) didn't think we were feeding the baby. When we gave him a bottle one day, she started excitedly crying "juice, juice!". Did she really think we were starving him?
Enjoy the brie and sushi...and according to my dr. use caffiene AND tylenol to cure a headache.
Posted by: miss bliss | July 18, 2007 at 08:42 PM
you know, I kind of started ignoring all the paranoid food no-nos even in my lst pregnancy. No feta? No sushi? what do they think Greek and Japanese women (respectively) eat while pregnant?
and yeah, we've got the preschooler on boob action going here too. that, and she keeps asking to see my C-section scar.
Posted by: Nicole | July 18, 2007 at 08:43 PM
The French (and Italians and Greek and ... ) enjoy unpasturized cheese, pregnant or not. I suspect we have gotten rather paranoid here, in the US, about food, and rather nuts breaking it all down to isolated nutrients as opposed to meals, which truly represents what we actually eat! The old logic seems to be best: Whole grains, fresh and local fruit and veg, and so on. Who knew our mother's were right?!
Cheers!
Posted by: almost vegetarian | July 19, 2007 at 12:15 PM
I ate raw egg accidentally while pregnant and brie and sushi and i even accidentally had a glass of wine once.
So far, no problems. at least not yet.
Posted by: Anne | July 22, 2007 at 01:06 PM
Loved the breast feeding story. I really did chuckle out loud. Thank you for the smile.
Posted by: midlife mommy | July 23, 2007 at 11:51 AM