Fetal development: Week 21

Hi Everybody!

I want to ask your advice....Would you have found it helpful too have been given a directory of foods which are safe to eat.  Ie if you have allergies or asthma in your family then you should avoid peanuts during preganancy, which foods contain unpasterised milk, ie some feta cheeses are allowed and some are not.  I know how important oily fish is for the healthy development of the babies brain but then the guidelines restrict the amount of fish because of the mercury content. So fresh tuna is restricted but tinned tune is fine.  All in all I found it all quite confusing.  I am actually a state registered dietitian by background and thought i knew quite a bit about food! However when it came to being pregnant i found myself questioning everything.  I often wondered if other pregnant women have the same concerns about foods. Which leads me back to my question  'Would it be useful to have available a directory of foods which are 'safe'. I would appreciate your honest thoughts. 

Hi

 I would say that my midwife did give me a little leaflet thing about what I should and  shouldn't be eating but it wasn't until I was 10 weeks pregnant and before that it was mostly guess work - what other people had told me and what I found on the net, so yes a bit of info early on would have been great - obviously the first 3 months are a vital stage in the development of the brain and so on - and I was totally oblivious!

 Hope that helps