Miscarriage: 12 Foods Pregnant Women Shouldn’t Eat

Processed meat

The processed meat including sausage, pate, stuffed food… must be avoided during pregnancy. According to the latest research, eating too much processed meat can harm the fetus. In the worse situation, it can cause fetal poisoning or lead to miscarriage.


Pregnant women who crave this food should only eat a small amount of it and take notice of the temperature that the food is processed in for safety

Crabs

Crab has a high level of nutrients, provides a rich source of calcium that helps strengthen bones and teeth; it’s also a favorite food of many pregnant women when summer comes.

However, no matter how you love eating crabs, you need to limit eating them in the first 3 months of pregnancy. That’s because crabs can cause the uterus to shrink, which leads to genital bleeding or even miscarriage.

Besides, the content of cholesterol in crabs is very high. Pregnant women who have high blood pressure, Pre-eclampsia shouldn’t eat crabs.

Pineapple

Pregnant women in the first 3 months of pregnancy shouldn’t eat and drink too much pineapple juice because this fruit can cause contraction which leads to miscarriage; cause diarrhea or allergy to pregnant women. The reason is that pineapple has bromelain which is able to soften the uterus and produces aborticide. However, after this period of time, pregnant women can eat a moderate and sensible amount of pineapple.



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It can stimulate your uterus and promote uterine contractions, which in turn may cause miscarriage in early pregnancy.

Pearl barley

The pearl barley contains lots of amino acid that is necessary to the body. Eating lots of pearl barley can provide the energy consumed because of the high temperature on hot days and improve resistance power. For women, having a sensible amount of pearl barley can help them have a bright, smooth skin, reduce wrinkles, remove freckles and brown spots.

Caffeine drinks

In pregnancy, if women use caffeine drinks usually (coffee, tea, coke, tonic, soda, cocktail…), they’ll have a risk of increasing heart rate and blood pressure, which leads to insomnia and headache. Not only that, it also affects the fetus’s development, which produces the risk of miscarriage and premature birth.




Uncooked meat

The toxoplasmosis parasite is able to live in uncooked meat and cause some complication like miscarriage, stillbirth, and others when pregnant women are in their first 3 months of pregnancy. You should cook meat well and carefully process foods to get rid of the parasites in it.

Raw Eggs


Eggs are a perfect source of some important nutrients you need for a healthy pregnancy. However, you should avoid raw or undercooked eggs. Homemade mayonnaise, smoothies, mousses, soufflés, and other recipes that use raw eggs should be avoided because they may contain salmonella which is a kind of bacteria that can cause diarrhea, poisoning, fever, abdominal pain, and even miscarriage.

Unpasteurized milk

The unpasteurized or fresh milk is milk that hasn’t been through processing. It’s not popular in the market. In the unpasteurized milk, there’re listeria bacteria which can increase the risk of miscarriage.

Cheese

Cheese is not really a safe food for pregnant women to eat. Cheeses should be avoid during pregnancy, such as: cheese camembe, cheese rocopho, feta cheese, Gorgonzola cheese and other Mexican cheeses. The compound of those cheeses has some bacteria which can cause miscarriage. You should only eat cheeses that are made of pasteurized milk.

Seafood/Fish with Mercury

Pregnant women should say no to fish and seafood that contain high levels of mercury. These foods can cause developmental delays and brain damage in fetuses. Those include swordfish, shark, crab, king mackerel, and tilefish. Similarly, you should also avoid canned, chunk light tuna, which may contain lower levels of mercury but can still lead to pregnancy related complications.

Animal liver

The animal liver can harm pregnant women because it’ll contain lots of toxic products if the animal is infected with diseases. Besides, liver has plenty of cholesterol and vitamin A. If pregnant women eat too much liver while using drugs or other nutritious products, they can have excess vitamin which badly affect babies.