other things to avoid during pregnancy

Before and during pregnancy, avoid:
Smoking
Alcohol (including beer and wine)
Raw and undercooked meat
Radiation (x-rays, video display terminals)
Caffeine (coffee, black tea, colas, chocolate, mate)
DES (diethylstilbesterol)
Aspirin
Antihistamines, including Ephedra (Ma Huang), Osha root
Most laxatives, including flax seed, senna, aloes, castor oil, rhubarb, buckthorn, cascara sagrada
Antacids
Diuretics, including Buchu, Horsetail, Juniper berries
pHisoHex (or anything else containing hexacholorphene)
Hair dyes
Hemorrhoid medications
Chemical stimulatnts and depressants (LSD, psychotropics, phenobarbital, barbituates, tranquilizers)
Motion sickness or anti-nausea drugs (bendectin)
Epinephrine drugs (adrenalin)
Sulfonamide Antibiotics
Vaccines, anesthetics, mercury vapours in the dentist's office
Steroids and herbs containing steroid-like factors, including Agave, Ginseng, Licorice, Hops, Sage (this herb also decreases lactation)
Hormones (birth control, non-organic meats)
Acutane acne medication
Excesses of vitamins A, C, D.
Heavy metals: lead, nickel, cadmium, manganese
Pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides. These are designs to disrupt the reproductive capacities of their target pest!
Fumes from paints, thinners, solvents, wood preservatives, varnishes, glues, spray, adhesives, benzene, dry-cleaning fluids, certain plastics, vinyl cholride, rubber tuolene
Lithium, arsenic
Contact with cat feces
PCB's (polychlorinated biphenyl)
Prolonged exposure to extremely high temperatures

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