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Pregnancy: Jan 09 Babies Community
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"Some pregnant women may be advised or choose to restrict milk consumption and may not take appropriate supplements," write Cynthia A. Mannion, MD, from McGill University in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, and colleagues. "We hypothesized that maternal milk restriction during pregnancy, which can reduce intakes of protein, calcium, riboflavin and vitamin D, might represent a health risk by lowering infant birth weight."
Also ... "Milk and vitamin D intakes during pregnancy are each associated with infant birth weight, independently of other risk factors," the authors write. "Restricting fortified milk or vitamin D intake during pregnancy lowered infant birth weight in otherwise healthy, nonsmoking, well-educated mothers. This is an important finding because increasing numbers of women are restricting milk consumption during pregnancy, believing that it will lower fat intake, minimize weight gain, treat self-diagnosed lactose intolerance or prevent their children from developing allergies."
So, again, I think you drinking milk is perfectly fine!! I usually only have it with breakfast in the morning, and occasionally with dinner. Everything else is water, water, water ...but it gets boring fast. lol