Pregnancy 2011-February

So I have to admit that I ended up getting that quad screen blood test done. I told myself over and over again that the heart focus was nothing to worry about and that my baby was fine. I ended up having a slight break down. Poor hubby . Anyway. They called today with the results and said that all of my hormone levels were normal and that there is no increased risk of down syndrome or any neural tube defects. Emma is fine! I need to chill with the worrying, but seriously they can't expect me to react calmly when they say my baby may have down syndrome. I think any woman who is pregnant for the first time (or any time for that matter) would worry.

I’m sitting at my desk eating yummy sweet potato fries and talking to one of the pregnant women in my office. She said she loves sweet potato fries but can’t eat them until after she has the baby because they are too high in vitamin A and that can cause birth defects. What?????:noway: :noway: I couldn’t say anything because no one knows I’m pregnant yet, but at that point I had eaten pretty much all of them. I looked online and that is true but from everything I read it’s only a problem if I’m eating them every day, which I don't. The last time I had some was months ago. But now I’m freaking out a little bit.

I think you are probably okay. I wouldn't worry about it. hmm.. now I want them

So I have to admit that I ended up getting that quad screen blood test done. I told myself over and over again that the heart focus was nothing to worry about and that my baby was fine. I ended up having a slight break down. Poor hubby . Anyway. They called today with the results and said that all of my hormone levels were normal and that there is no increased risk of down syndrome or any neural tube defects. Emma is fine! I need to chill with the worrying, but seriously they can't expect me to react calmly when they say my baby may have down syndrome. I think any woman who is pregnant for the first time (or any time for that matter) would worry.

I’m sitting at my desk eating yummy sweet potato fries and talking to one of the pregnant women in my office. She said she loves sweet potato fries but can’t eat them until after she has the baby because they are too high in vitamin A and that can cause birth defects. What?????:noway: :noway: I couldn’t say anything because no one knows I’m pregnant yet, but at that point I had eaten pretty much all of them. I looked online and that is true but from everything I read it’s only a problem if I’m eating them every day, which I don't. The last time I had some was months ago. But now I’m freaking out a little bit.

Please go ahead and enjoy your sweet potato fries. :flowerforyou: Pregnant women are effing crazy.

I have read you should try to limit your **daily** intake of Vitamin A to 3000mcg. An entire sweet potato has about half that amount. For that matter, I see it written time and time again that it's the Vitamin A supplements you should avoid, not necessarily foods containing Vitamin A. So, as long as you're eating more than just soley sweet potatoes & carrots & spinach & pumpkin & squash (which also contain high amounts of Vit A) and you're not pumping Vitamin A supplements, you're going to be just fine!

I understand a lot of people want to take some "better safe than sorry" type of approach to pregnancy and deprive themselves of all kinds of things they enjoy but that's total BS in my opinion. I'm already avoiding excessive amounts of caffeine (), alcohol (), and taking medicine that's actually effective when I have head, neck, and back pain () among other things I enjoy. I'll be damned if I'm going to also stop eating peanut butter and sweet potatoes and spinach and carrots and tofu and stop washing my face and cleaning my house and (insert the rest of the neverending list that overly paranoid pregnant women have developed here). :grumble:

LOL I agree. I say - morons have been reproducing for years and the % of birth defects has not skyrocketed - I think if they can do it, that those of us of normal intelligence will be just fine. :laugh: I figure that pretty much anything outside of drugs, alcohol, or stabbing yourself in the stomach is find in moderation.

I am so excited. My husband just got called to interview with our top choice for grad schools! YAY! :happy: Now he has/had 3 interviews and 1 acceptance already. The first week of March we should find out if he gets accepted to the school we really want. I found out that about 300+ apply, 100 get an interview and 60 get accepted. Fingers crossed!

Has anyone had the flu during pregnancy. I meant to get a flu shot, but I always had a little bit of a cold, so never got one. Now, I am miserable. I have been sick since last Wednesday with what I thought was a bad a head cold. By Saturday I thought I was better. Then Sunday, coughing so hard that I was throwing up. Went to urgent care, he wouldn't prescribe tamaflu since it's category C drug and pretty much said liquids and rest and tylenol for fever. Tuesday morning my symptoms were still present and I had an appointment with my OBgyn. He gave me a z-pack concerned that I had respiratory infection. I am still miserable after 2 days on the antibiotics, and stressed cause I am missing so much work, and time with my 3 year old Uggh. I am hoping after a good nights rest I will be feeling a little better. Just a little rant, cause I am stuck in bed and have nothing better to do.

I hope you are all doing and feeling well. Love reading all the posts.