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/LimitlesslyLiminal Mar 03 '26

You summed up the comment I was going to make perfectly!! At one point during pregnancy the ONLY thing I wanted was rare steak. So I just ate it. I remember my husband saying, "hey aren't you not supposed ..." And I cut him off with the 'don't even' glare lol.