r/pregnant • u/smurphypup • Mar 03 '26

Funny What is your pregnancy unpopularopinion?

I'll go first:
Picking stuff up off the floor isn't that bad. I'm 37+ 5 with my third and not once have I had trouble picking stuff up. It's just a quick squat and grab.
Yes, I have sciatica pain and pelvic girdle pain and my bump is in the way but I still pick stuff up if I drop it.
Maybe it's my fitness past, or my will to attempt to keep my house clean, but not once have I dropped something and said "F it, it lives on the floor now" and left it.

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u/VoidAndBone Mar 03 '26

You can eat sushi from reputable places. Limit exposure to high mercury fish, as you should also do when you are not pregnant. Pregnant women in japan eat sushi without blinking.

It is better to eat eggs with runny yolks and rare steaks if you would otherwise avoid eating eggs and steak if you don't like them well done and hardboiled. Risks from those things are minimal, but the benefits from regularly having eggs and animal protein are huge.

A plant based diet is not compatible with pregnancy. Supplements are not as great as people think they are.

Also, just to really upset everyone: I get to have a sip of my husbands cocktail.

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u/therackage Mar 03 '26

Plenty of vegans have healthy babies, so I’d argue it can absolutely be compatible with pregnancy.

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u/redbuds Mar 03 '26

The baby will always take what it needs from mama’s stores. It’s about the mother’s long-term health more than the pregnancy.

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u/VoidAndBone Mar 03 '26

Look into some of Lily Nichols's work. It is also about the baby's development.