I am craving for noodles and kung pao chicken from panda express?? is it safe to have chinese food while prego?

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ok now here is my question...





i have been craving for noodles and kung pao chicken from panda express for a while... this was our routine before we got pregnant.. we go to panda express every week atleast once before we got pregnant.. now it has been 2 months and i havent eaten any for baby's sake.. all of a sudden from yday night i have been thinking abt this noodles(my usual menu is fried rice) and kung pao chicken ...





can i eat it only once cos i cant stop thinking abt it...some one help me.. is it safe to have chinese food while pregnant.. i read in one forum that PF changs, panda express and pei wei doesnt use MSG for cooking is it true??|||Totally safe, but watch out for the salt content. Double up on your water intake or you may have swollen ankles and feet for 2 days! Yummy Lo-mein....yup, that is sooooo lunch now!|||of course it is fine. It does have a lot of salt content so I would not suggest eating it everyday.





I am 28 weeks and love to eat chinese. I will say the only thing you need to watch is later in your pregnancy the amount of salt you intake will increase your swelling.|||Chinese food is perfectly fine. I had it at least 3 or 4 times a week with my son. I was on first name basis with all the waiters and waitress at our local Chinese restaurant.





Go ahead and enjoy! Eat as much as you want!|||I couldn't see why not. Takeaway food is just ordinary food, but cooked with allot of oil to enhance flavour. If anything noodles with Kung Pao chicken will probably be quite nutritious for the baby if you didn't eat it everyday.|||I would say indulge but don't go to crazy cause it is loaded with sodium and I swelled like a mad cow with my first cause all I wanted was salty stuff...HAHA!! But I eat chinese at least once or twice a month (my hubby craves it) haha! And I am fine! :)|||Chinese food is safe while you're pregnant. I ate it all the time and my son turned out fine.


(Just think how many Chinese women have babies in China! Guess what they eat...)|||It's fine!


I eat it about once a month.


I crave sesame chicken though!





36 weeks with girl #2|||yes it is safe


i ate sweet and sour chicken atleast 5 times in one month my 3 month along


they dont use msg at all


watch for heartburn though :)|||its fine my sis in law ate it like 2 times a week when she was prego and her baby is fine|||what do you think they eat in China while prego???|||mmm I'm not pregnant and that sounds good right now too|||yea.......why wouldnt it be safe????? EAT UP|||Yes its perfectly ok to eat chinese food while pregnant i just had my little boy on the 1st of the month lol an april fools baby and while i was pregnant with him i used to crave chinese food all the time and i would go to the buffet here once a week and just pig out lol and nothing happen to my little one he was 9 lbs 2 oz when he was born so go ahead and have some noodles or what ever you want trust me you'll feel better after you have it to cravings are annoying and dont go away until you have the thing your craving... hope this helped :)








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