What have you eaten today? Pregnancy edition

[LapsedVeganAcademic]

Adapted from the popular thread on Chat. Hoping particularly that we can support one another through pregnancy sickness, hyperemesis, varying apetites and food cravings or aversions. Let's try not to be judgy

Breakfast: brown toast and peanut butter, banana
Lunch: jacket potato with cheese and a bit of salad
Snack: several plums
Dinner: lots more salad, few bites of pizza

@SunStruck where are you living? Here the NHS says runny eggs are fine as long as lioncode eggs as no risk of salmonella with them. I haven’t had blue cheese -but again they say if that’s cooked it fine. One coffees day I think is fine too caffeine wise? I eat cooked ham but don’t like the packet st if f myself.

@SunStruck wouldn’t have undercooked meat tho as that’s not recommended on website.

@SunStruck steak medium is generally a ‘no’ because of risk of toxo (google for nhs guidance).

Coffee is fine - up to 200mg caffeine per day, roughly 2-3 espresso shots (average shop bought Americano has 2).

Ham - not heard this is a problem, it’s just cured meats you want to avoid as they’re not cooked. As long as you cook them you’re fine though, so I had chorizo pasta the other day and dried off the chorizo so was fine to eat.

Eggs - fine as long as lion stamped. Avoid runny eggs if eating eggs from farm shop or somewhere.

Blue Cheese - fine if cooked.

All the info is here: www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/foods-to-avoid-pregnant/

I think it very much depends on where you live. I'm in France and we don't have lion stamped eggs (vaccinated against salmonella) so any eggs I eat have to be cooked all the way through. 🙁

On the plus side, all pregnant women here are routinely tested for toxoplasmosis and I am immune so I can have rare meat. To be fair, just in case I've been going for medium steak rather than my usual blue but it's better than the tough overcooked steaks I was having in very early pregnancy!

@kersh33 oh interesting, I didn't know women get tested for that?! Haven't heard of that before. I have cats (indoor though), maybe I need to?

@SunStruck It's just part of the routine blood tests they give all pregnant women, including rubella, syphilis 😲, HIV and 2 of the hepatitises (can't remember which ones!) in France. You could ask your GP (if you're in UK) but I don't think they routinely test over there - my sister and best friend weren't tested I don't think.

It's odd how different health systems can be. If I wasn't immunised for toxoplasmosis, I'd have to have a monthly blood test throughout my pregnancy to check I haven't contracted it so they can treat as early as possible.

The different guidelines between countries always intrigues me. The one that always confuses me is the ban on veggie pate (not that I even like the stuff) - why is that a no?

As a total #firstworldproblem, I've got a work meeting from 10.30-2.30 today, and there won't be a lunch break. Wondering whether it would be disgusting to hide a sandwich in my handbag and then subtly excuse myself to the ladies.

@LapsedVeganAcademic I could not be doing with that! 😱 I'd end up puking all over someone's shoes if I didn't eat.

I would def take something and sneak off and eat it. Unless it was like my last lunch meeting where there were plates of biscuits available. I'm afraid I pretty much munched on them all the way through!

15 weeks pregnant
Breakfast: fruit and nut muesli
Mid morning snack: banana and pear
Lunch: cod cake, broccoli and asparagus
Snack: Greek yogurt and berries
Dinner later will be Mexican bean burritos with sweet potato mash
Dessert will probably be a spinach and berry smoothie with chia seeds like last night.

9 weeks.

Breakfast: 2 weetabix with milk and sugar
Snack: punnet of grapes, small bag of MAX crisps, 2 Lindor truffles, 1 strawberry tart from sainsbury (usually HATE them).
Lunch: cheapo chicken noodles
Dinner: meant to be having roast chicken with kale and potatoes but really don’t have the energy to think about cooking right now

I don’t usually eat that much before dinner but I can’t stop stuffing

Currently 33 weeks and today I have eaten:
B: cornflakes and some grapes.
Two small pears and and apple.
L:Corned beef sandwich with a whole red pepper.
Two mouthfuls of cake that I baked l, to see what it tasted like, (which I then binned).
Dinner will probably be spag Bol or sausage and mash with veg.

31 weeks and eating loads
Breakfast Weetabix and a apple
Snack ryvitas with low fat spread
Lunch soup and wholemeal bread
Dinner will be vegi pizza and wedges

I'm obsessed with carbs clearly

B- muesli
L- beans on toast
D- will be halloumi/quorn nugget fajitas

I've also had some ginger biscuits and some salt and vinegar crisps.

I feel so greedy at the moment but all I think about is what I'm eating next!

B: soya yogurt
S: two yogurt coated rice cakes
L : bagel with Philadelphia, cucumber and red pepper. Dried cherries and pecans.
S: packet of monster munch, three celebrations
D: will be smoked salmon risotto

Our end of working week here (don't live in the UK).

B - 2 full eggs and 1 white scrambled. One piece of toast with low sugar jam

S - cup of low kcal hot chocolate

L - home made vegan pumpkin chili and rice, one chocolate wafer for dessert

S - handful of mixed nuts, smarties

D - home made prawn and garlic/chili pasta with garlic bread, some tangfastics (feeling really nauseous and sour helps)

11w6d
B: Greek yoghurt and blue berries, bowl of watermelon
Mid b: plain toasted bagel with butter
L: Pret soup and plain baguette
Snack: apple and banana
D: Aromatic duck with lotsssss of cucumber
(Haven't thrown up today, waiting for it to hit me soon)

Breakfast: porridge
On way into work: muesli bar
On way home from work: baked potato and cheese
Don't think I can face dinner (feeling a bit over-carbed), but will attempt salad

Breakfast- porridge with chopped hazelnuts and raisins

Lunch- cheese and tomato on toast, yoghurt, half a Belgium bun

Snack- a few more halzenuts

Dinner- beef keemer (mince, rice chopped veg) melon

Actually doesnt look that bad written down

Great thread OP

B Yoghurt, berries, nuts and 1 rich tea biscuit
L naked lamb burger with salad and sweet potato fries
D bolognaise sauce with home made garlic wholemeal pitta
Snack 1 nature valley bar with some nuts

Breakfast - small bowl of porridge, espresso coffee, apple juice
Lunch - ham salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber and beetroot) with a handful of oven chips and grated cheese
Dinner - will be ravioli with homemade tomato sauce
Snack - dairy milk bar
Drinks: water, sugar free cordial and later tonight an alcohol free/low alcohol g&t (Tesco’s do these in tones and they taste like real g&t once you add ice and a slice - have kept me going through pregnancy and only 12 calories in a tin!)

It's weekend here today! (I live abroad).

Snack before gym: 1 slice of toast with 1 slice of Edam cheese on top

B: 2 fried eggs, 2 grilled Linda McCartney's veggie sausages (obsessed are the moment... I'm not veggie but trying to eat less meat and these are heaven!), mushrooms

L: went out to grab lunch at a Turkish restaurant, had grilled boneless chicken, side salad and some bulgur. Massive portions so doggybagged half home

Snack: couple of tangfastics, one Toblerone icecream, 2 plums and 1 kiwi

D: the rest of the lunch, and added steamed broccoli for more veggies 😳

Not felt that sick today! 🥳

B: soya yogurt and 2 yogurt coated rice cakes
L: bagel with Philadelphia, cucumber, red peppers. Some 'Graze' dried corn, peas and pretzels.
S: about 8 celebrations
D: jambalaya

Quite a good day today 29+4

B: Belvita
L: Nandos mushroom and halloumi wrap with Peri fries and broccoli
D: Will be black bean and pineapple salsa tacos

Interesting feed! Let me join in!
I was snowboarding all day, so needed some energy..! 5 weeks pregnant.
B. Egg, two bacon slices , croissant, small natural yoghurt, orange juice.
L. Salad Nicoise with some french fries.
D. Soup to start, roast salmon with veg as a main and a cake for dessert

Love this thread!

B - porridge with blueberries
Snack - crisps
Lunch - noodles with a fried egg on top
Snack - more crisps and an ice lolly
Dinner - will be roast chicken and veggies (slightly worried about this as rapidly going off chicken)

Have been working from home today and can’t stop eating! I’m 7+2.