Aibu to ask you how much tuna you ate during pregnancy

[busyberightback]

Once again pregnant ( ahhh)

Once again craving tuna

Pregnancy no 1 was very similar but now I just want to eat it everyday!

Obviously aware of the limits on tuna during pregnancy but how much tuna did you really eat during your pregnancy?

I wanted tuna every day! I would have a tin every other day, or half a tin every day. Could have easily eaten more though!

Oh and congratulations!

I haven't had any. I used to love it before the pregnancy but I cannot even look at it now (20 weeks pregnant).

DS is due in March. I haven't had any tuna since I fell pregnant. I didn't eat an awful lot of it before, but I have really fancied a tuna, mayo and salad baguette for a while now.

I used to work in a lab that tested tinned tuna for Mercury and we always found it, every tin had some. I was shocked that the NHS says 4 tins a week is okay, it seems too much given what I saw at work.

At least a medium can daily

I really tired to limit it to twice a week but it was so hard 😭

The only reason I was able to stop myself was remembering a friend who told me about wheb he was about 20 and started noticing a yellowing of his skin. He went to the Dr and it turned out he had mercury poisoning. He ate a can of tuna a day. He was fine in the end and his skin went back to normal.

I thought if that happened to a grown ass man, I should try and limit it for a teeny baby.

Quite often. The choice of sandwiches at work was pretty limited, and tuna mayo was one of the nicer options. Maybe two or three a week, the rest of the time I had pate salad sandwich . I was pretty lax with everything tbh. Don't drink or smoke, and those are the two most important.

I try to limit to just one sandwich a week, but it is a veeery full sandwich!

Ah man, now I really want a tuna sandwich.

Have you tried putting salt and vinegar crisps in it?

Congratulations.

In my country they advise not to eat any tuna during pregnancy, not even the tinned ones.

My first lunch wish when home after birth is a tuna melt.

The odd bit here and there, There is a concearn that certain fish have high murcury levels but having a tuna sandich once a wk probably is going to be fine.

@sapnupuas I eat all my sandwiches with crisps inside 😎

Loads!

OMG, yes, with salt and vinegar crisps! Perfection!
And 3 healthy babies.

[quote busyberightback]@sapnupuas I eat all my sandwiches with crisps inside 😎[/quote]
Girl after my own heart!

Is there anything that's quench the urge? Something protein-y, and fishy...maybe an egg and a packet of prawn cocktail crisps?

Throughout my pregnancy I just ate Cheerios. Bowls and bowls and bowls of Cheerios.

*That'll... Obv.

1x (standard? size?) can a day with DD for at least 6 weeks. I couldn't keep a lot else down & tuna was a winner. With lots of mayo. Stopped giving a crap about guidelines.

DD just started Uni. Can't see any harm done.

DS2 - 5 none I think, had hyperemesis, ate about 5 foods on repeat.

DS1 - was working in London with a PRET under the office, had a tuna and cucumber baguette each week. I don't really like tuna pasta etc.

I didn't know this was a thing, with my first pregnancy I NEEDED TUNA! I cried once because the canteen had run out. Zero control over this.

Tinned tuna you can have lots more than tuna steaks.

I ate a tuna roll every day. I wanted more....

Strangely with my boy (23 months) I was tuna crazy but with my little girl (5 months) I wasn't interested?

Maybe another boy?... I smell something fishy!

Tuna is the bane of my existence. Hate the taste and smell.

But you bet I had a tuna melt sub at least once a month when I was pregnant, with sweetcorn, onion, cucumber, lettuce, lite mayo and sweet onion sauce.

For the last 6 weeks every day.....DS is 20!