Do you think it legitimately matters WHAT you eat while pregnant?

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So I ask because I'm in a discussion with a friend, and it's about eating healthy vs junk food while pregnant. I said that all I crave is junk, I have adversions towards a lot of healthier foods, so I just eat what I can stand. I fill up really fast anyway so of course I don't want to put in the trouble to cook/prep veggies. I do still eat fruit, and veggies when I go out to eat (so someone else fixes them 😂). I said that I don't think it really matters as long as you're not going overboard, and as long as you're taking your prenatals, baby is still getting what he/she needs. The food doesn't directly go to them. She disagrees and thinks it's incredibly important to eat very healthy, not to eat junk that you crave. I felt the same way before I got pregnant, but now I see what it's like. She has a son so she has been pregnant as well.

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For dinner last night I ate 4 quesadillas and 25 pizza rolls... I'm 39 weeks pregnant. I eat whatever I want. Besides the crap you can't eat like brie cheese or fish etc

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I didn't eat super healthy my pregnancy... near the end I had a lot of Wendy's 😂 & I stopped taking my prenatals after my first trimester.
I gained a total of 30lbs, had an 8lb 4oz baby, healthy as can be 
And at 13 days PP I was already down 23lbs. At one month PP I'm down a total of 30lbs. 
Honestly, it's better you eat something than nothing at all! I had horrible food aversions my whole pregnancy and couldn't stand chicken other than Wendy's chicken. So when I wanted something other than ground beef (I couldn't do meat chunks either) I got myself a damn spicy chicken.

Just try and balance it out. She sure you're getting all the nutrients baby needs!

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Your baby is gonna get what it needs regardless of your diet. Good nutrition is more important for the mother than it is for the baby. Prenatal Vitamins only provide some of the nutrition necessary so whatever you don't consume in your diet will be taken from your bodies reserves. So you can end up with a deficiency if you're not careful.

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It's important to eat heathy not just for the baby but for you.  But my doctor also said when I had morning sickness that the most important thing is to eat what you feel like eating. She said "if all you feel like having is a Big Mac have a Big Mac".  It's important for you to eat comfortably if your getting sick or not hungry for a lot of things. The first trimester all I could eat was take out cause if I made myself something at home I would throw up,  I just didn't want it.

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I don't eat the healthiest but I don't eat horrible. I've gained the amount of weight I'm suppose to at this point in pregnancy, baby is healthy. So I think it matters to an extent. Like my friend ate horrible when she was pregnant, I mean she ate out more than once every week. And she'd always go to McDonald's when she was hungry. She gained so much weight she was well over 200 pounds, ended up with gestational diabetes, and preeclampsia and had to go into an emergency csection so he was born a month early.

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I agree with you for the most part, while its not the healthiest for either of you it's not really hurting the baby.  As long is there is a balance somewhere in there you aren't hurting anything.  Like you said the baby pulls the nutrients it needs from you not the food directly. Eat what you can!

Do you think it legitimately matters WHAT you eat while pregnant?

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