Pregnancy
Category: Reproductive JourneysPrenatal vitamins?
Has anyone taken prenatal vitamins and have advice on when to start? Are they something you start taking when you get off birth control and start trying for kids, or should I start before getting off birth control? I wonāt see my gynecologist until my appointment to remove my iud, so I donāt know if I should be thinking about prenatal vitamins before then. Of course Iāll consult my doctor, but wanted to hear othersā experiences. Thank you!
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Unusual advice for pregnant women
When I got pregnant for the first time in the late 1990s, my gynecologist gave me a list of prohibitions
Sex was allowed, but the list caught my attention.
Here are some recommendations I'd never heard of:
- No hair dye
- No painkillers unless necessary
- No dental treatment, unless it's an infection or truly necessary. Cleaning is fine
My dentist disagreed
- No unpasteurized milk or cheese
- No deli meat
- No raw meat
I think there was something about eating fish, but I'm not sure
Until then, I only knew of no drinking or smoking
I'm now wondering about the chemicals in nail polish. There are reports that manicures have health complications
After this I tell you that my mother says that she smoked during all her pregnancies
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