Information Overload Sometimes???
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Topic: Information Overload Sometimes???
Posted By: Kelpa
Subject: Information Overload Sometimes???
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 3:32pm
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Maybe its me ..maybe not?
I find that there are so many do's and dont's and be carefuls that it must be really hard for a new Mum to actually settle with her pregnancy and not worry about everything under the sun. (which I can tell a lot of people do)I try and chill out and realise that most things are normal and the old body is going through major changes. I was talking to some older friends in Auck who had kids over 15 years ago and they were saying its ridiculous the amount of info that gets pumped into Pregnant Mums these days. They tend to think what it does is creates very cautious people who doubt themselves and dont listen to their instincts and bodies... Interesting! -------------  
 
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Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 4:33pm
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I totally agree with you.
Our mums wouldn't of had all these dos and don'ts and we all seem to be healthy and sane people. Well Most of the time anyway. lol  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 4:43pm
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Exactly hailstones!!! What has happened in the last 20 or more years to make everything so different. My mum never had half the worries with food that we do now!! Amazing ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 4:48pm
I know ...its weird...And you are right we are all pretty sane...healthy and normal and goodness knows what our Mums got up to whilst pregnant.
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 4:53pm
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In saying that Im probably one of those people that should be a bit more "cautious" and listen to a few things but ah heck ....I dont have the time to worry bout stuff like I used to!! (which in some ways is a blessing as I think I could have driven my MUM nuts with all the things I went on about with Paige) -------------
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Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 7:58pm
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Yeah I suppose we should listen to some of that stuff. Its a bigger badder world nowdays compared to what our parents grew up in.
But as you said to start with kelly, our bodies tell us things for a reason ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MrsCrispy
Date Posted: 03 July 2006 at 9:57am
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I wonder what the rate of infant mortality is like today compared with 30 or 40 years ago? I wonder how many babies today die from listeria compared to 30 years ago?
I think its all well and good to say ohmy mum did this and I'm fine but what if you weren't? Thirty years ago if you had morning sickness you would've been given themidolide (sorry sp!) that caused loads of babies ot be born without arms and legs. So to say it was alright for my mum is kinda misleading IMHO anyway. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 July 2006 at 11:40am
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There are an average of 2 cases of listeria in pregnant women per year. And listeria isn't always fatal to bubs. So the risk statistically is pretty small. Although fro myself I am such a nutter that any risk is too great so I don't eat anything even slightly risky!
I agree with teh info overload thing tho - especially working for OHbaby! I find out waaaay more than I need to know! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 03 July 2006 at 11:46am
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I do agree with you MrsCrispy!!! but also think sometimes people can be a bit OTT We have more information available to us nowdays as to what we should and shouldn't Do or eat and it is up to us to do the right thing.
Also now we have more access to ultra sounds and other bits and pieces like Amiosyntesis (sorry bout the Spelling), and better health care. I think in the end its all about being sensible, aqnd making good decisions whatever they may be  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 03 July 2006 at 11:51am
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i am finding out this pregnancy, due to visiting bbs and reading way more "real stories" than i should, that i am seeing such a wider view of things than is probably healthy. so of course i worry about things that much more, i need to trust my self and my body more, and stop obsessing!( i have done this before! i can do it again lol)
oh, xanthe has just come along and asked me to use this one...  and this one  . that has  nothing to do with my post, and all about pleasing my girl.------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 18 July 2006 at 10:30pm
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I think this is a really interesting topic. I get a bit peeved off reading all the no-nos - I mean is it really going to kill baby if I have smoked salmon once in a while? Or eat takeaway chicken? My GP (who's quite sensible) said even alchohol is a "funny issue" - it's a no-no here but it's a fact in Europe mums drink the occasional glass of wine every few days and still have their bubs OK. Personally I think that as long as one is sensible about things, everything should work out, right?  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 19 July 2006 at 9:43am
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i was at a bbq on the weekend and i was saying how i was hanging out for a glass of wine....my aunty piped up and said she used to have a glass a day when she was pregnant!
her kids turned out fine, actually really smart ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 19 July 2006 at 1:21pm
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With Paige I did not know I was pregnant until I was 9 weeks on. I had a full on job ..was out partying with all the reps..drinking and having a few joints here and there (yes not good but that was life then for a bit) and I was also training two hours a day for a triathalon. The reason I did a pregnancy test was because I fainted on a cycle I was doing.
My daughter is not only very tall and very active and smart. She is beautiful and has recently been labelled "gifted" at school. Now I was not drinking copious amounts and it definitely was not every night. I did not stop drinking when I found out either. I had the ocassional drink here and there. Have not smoked anything since then tho!!! I understand we need to do everything possible to have healthy babies but sometimes I think we need to go with our INSTINCTS and do a bit of research and learn from other people before living to the gospel and freaking out about stuff that probably will never happen!!! In saying all the above...I have had a total of 1 and a half glasses of wine this time and thats it. But more because I went off it and not interested anymore! -------------
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 19 July 2006 at 1:23pm
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Oh and I was eating lots of fancy cheeses and pates and all that due to the Corporate environment I was in!!
I actually remember eating a whole deep fried Camembert with garlic shrimps!!! Dear oh dear!!! -------------
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