is it okay to eat candy

[alliana1]

Am 4 weeks and 3days . I really want to eat candy but is it bad for my baby

[AnnieBrooke]

A little bit of sugar is not going to hurt anything.  If by "candy" you mean one piece a day, and you aren't also getting a lot of other sweets in your diet (such as drinking Coke all the time or eating a lot of dessert), you're doing fine.  If, on the other hand, your diet contains a lot of sugar already, and by "candy" you mean a candy bar a day, that is too much.  (Babies whose moms eat a lot of sugar when they are pregnant have been shown to be more prone to get diabetes when they are older.)  

Anyway, check out the calories on the candy.  I think a Snickers bar is 250 calories by itself (one-eighth of your calories allowed for a day).  Plan accordingly.

[traytonsmama2010]

I have been eating chocolate since I found out I was pregnant I crave it bad with my little girl and I'm 28 weeks along and everything is fine with both of us so i would say it's not gonna hurt anything