One of the things you don't expect when you first become pregnant is that everyone — friends, family, random strangers — will all have an opinion on what you should and should not eat and think that they have a right — even a duty — to impart this opinion to you.
The only person who could possibly care as much as I do about my baby and who therefore does have a right to question what I am eating is my partner, but even his input has taken some getting used to. The feeling that many people think you are public property and can no longer be relied upon to know what is safe to put into your own body is not pleasant — I have gone through a range of emotions including resentment at being patronised, tearfulness during particularly hormonal stages, admittedly, such as the time when my partner got very upset because all I'd eaten all day was endless rounds of sourdough toast with honey and peanut butter , absolute outrage, and of course, occasional amusement.
I have been amazed at the confidence with which people have publicly thrown out prescriptive advice. On one such occasion I was in a crowded Thai restaurant and about to dip a cracker into some satay sauce when across the table I heard, "Catherine! You can't eat that! A friend who had had a baby three years previously was trying to save me from inflicting a deadly peanut allergy on my unborn child. Fortunately, I had read quite extensively round the subject, and knew that firstly, medical advice said that it was only necessary to be cautious around peanuts if either I or my partner had a history of allergy neither of us did , and more to the point, the current opinion was that it was likely that a trend in avoiding peanuts during pregnancy was responsible for the rising allergy rate in children.
I explained all of this to my friend, who found it hard to believe that official advice had so changed so dramatically and remained sceptical, then brazenly carried on eating the satay sauce. I say brazenly because that's what is feels like when you have to justify your food choices and carry on eating in the face of approbation.
I wouldn't mind the advice so much if everyone was right, but they very rarely are, and I'm sure the national obsession with food safety is somewhat to blame for this. There is so much conflicting information out there, much of which verges on hysterical scaremongering, that it's not surprising that many of us are confused at best, terrified of food, at worst. Get yourself pregnant and these feelings are amplified because you're also responsible for the health of your baby.
The overriding mentality of "if in doubt, don't", so evident on all the websites associated with health and pregnancy can engender groundless fears in the most rational of people. For example, I was recounting to a friend a discussion I'd had with my partner about taramasalata and her immediate reaction was that she wouldn't eat it, "because it just doesn't seem like the type of food one should eat during pregnancy.
Another result of having all this information available is that very well meaning people often half remember things they've read, or completely get the wrong end of the stick. For example, another friend thought I couldn't eat raspberries, because she'd once read that raspberry leaf tea was used to induce labour so could cause the baby to be born prematurely.
My partner has also been confused at times - he thought I couldn't eat honey because he rightly knew that children under one year of age shouldn't eat it, but he fortunately trusts me to check these things out for myself. April Join this group to meet other parents of April babies and share the joys and challenges as your children grow. Join this group. Group owners. See less. See all in Community. See all in Getting Pregnant. See all in Pregnancy. See all in Preschooler.
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April Birth Club Taramasalata - is it safe to eat during pregnancy?? I was hoping somone here might know whether it's safe to eat Taramasalata during pregnancy? Apart from all the forum threads asking the same question, I found two genuine pregnancy advice sites: One said "avoid raw fish eggs such as taramasalata" and the other said taramasalata was a good source of vitamin D in pregnancy. What can you do eh?
When the midwife gave me a list of what to eat and what not to eat, Taramasalata was on the things to eat. Like what bethybug said it is full of vitc so it's a big yes. Funny enough I had a big craving for it before I got the list.
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