When is it okay to dye your hair when pregnant
Pregnancy Myth Buster
this is the labor and delivery unit at
UC San Diego Medical Center in about two
months I will actually be delivering my
second baby here
although baby number two I still have
some questions and concerns at the
beginning of this pregnancy which got me
thinking there are so many do's and
don'ts while you're pregnant
what's a mother-to-be to do today we are
going to hear some of your questions and
find out from dr. Miriam Parsa if some
of those do's and don'ts are valid or
just pregnancy myths
if you eat peanut butter when you're
pregnant will it increase your chances
of your child developing a peanut
allergy then newer they suggest that
actually if you consume peanuts that it
might actually decrease the chance of
peanut allergy for that particular
pregnancy and the same goes with milk if
you consume milk during pregnancy
there's possibility that you could
decrease the incidence of asthma
childhood asthma but it's a complex
question I think allergies are complex
to begin with and they're more studies
needed and you can't based on just one
paper or accumulation of a few studies
make that conclusion
can you drink caffeine when pregnant and
if so how much is recommended but
majority of the recommendations are
based on the fact that if you consume
caffeine in small to moderate amount if
you think of a six to eight ounce cup of
coffee containing about a hundred
milligrams of caffeine and you have a
cup a day or so that most likely it's
not going to affect your pregnancies so
the American College of obstetrics and
gynecology actually recommends consuming
less than 200 milligrams which is you
can consume up to two cups of coffee per
say six to eight ounces now one thing
about caffeine that it's a little bit
confusing is that not the same cup of
coffee same amount of coffee has the
exact same milligrams of caffeine so
there are different types of coffee for
example if you have a shot of espresso
it could have 200 to 250 milligrams so
really depending on what the grind is
what the brand is what the type is there
are variations but I think taking all
that into account most likely a small
cup of coffee or a couple of chocolates
here and there are gonna be okay
can you dye your hair while you're
pregnant the recommendations
historically have been yes most likely
as a matter of fact ODIs the
organization of teratology has
historically said that it probably is
okay to dye your hair when you're
pregnant and there are no associated
defects that have necessarily been
linked to dyeing your hair in pregnancy
I did it myself and I think
unless it's significant number data
that's available that says not to I
don't see how it could harm the
pregnancy so is it okay to eat hot dogs
cheese and deli meat when you're
pregnant and does it really help to heat
up the meat before you eat it eating
habits obviously affect the pregnancy
tremendously and one thing about eating
prepared food or ready-to-eat meals is
that you ought to know what's in it so
for example ready to eat meat chicken
fish hot dogs obviously can put the
pregnancy a danger
what generally we are concerned about is
something called Listeria and it's a
bacteria that can grow in prepared meat
and chicken and fish so number one once
you buy it making sure make sure that
it's been refrigerated properly and if
you once you bring it home make sure you
check your own refrigerator to prevent
potential overgrowth of certain bacteria
that could harm you during pregnancy
specifically at Listeria so your
refrigerator should be at 40 degree
Fahrenheit for refrigeration and zero
Degree for freezing so refrigeration and
freezing is very important every now and
then you gotta clean your refrigerator
using a soapy hand towel things like
that to get rid of the stuff that it's
in the refrigerator is also very very
important number two is when you're
ready to eat such products and make sure
you heat them and heating is usually if
you could see it steaming so generally
if you're eating deli meats hot dogs
make sure that you're heating them to
the steam point so that you're actually
cooking it to get rid of Listeria
because obviously the stereo can live
even in refrigerated meat the other
question was about cheese and the issue
with cheese and Listeria usually comes
with unpasteurized product so stay away
from soft cheeses and that are made from
unpasteurized milk which increases
potential in the risk oh at risk of
Listeria is it a myth that how you carry
your baby or the heart rate determines
the gender of the baby now that's a
complete myth because you carry your
baby according to your
nice structure according to your muscle
structure and how how much support you
have what a number of pregnancy that is
and what is your body structure so I
think that's a math I don't I don't
believe that caring is the baby a
certain way necessarily tell someone if
you're having a boy or a girl
so moms usually asking the first
trimester can you tell me if it's a boy
or a girl for example at six or seven
weeks as to heart rate 180 versus
hundred and sixty beats per minute can
you tell one thing is that actually at
the beginning of the pregnancy heart
rate is very high as the pregnancy
progresses the hard way becomes slower
and slower there is some data to suggest
that maybe maybe girls have a little bit
of a faster heartbeat in the second
trimester but to some degree again I I
think that's a myth too
so I'm relieved to hear that the cup of
coffee I've been having a few times a
week is okay because it has really been
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