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[-] livingcoder@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

When you say "I don't need X because I'm not pregnant" it looks like a contradiction when you say "I should avoid X even though I'm not pregnant". There are specific reasons purely because of a person being pregnant that they should avoid or consume certain matter, so I see the blanket statement as overly simplistic (but not wildly outrageous).

When we had our recent child we avoided everything that had any chance of a negative impact (and it's easy to do when the pregnant person is a knowledgeable nurse who takes care of pregnant mothers every day). Why take a chance, but it's really "Why should a pregnant person take a chance?".

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What does your wife say about this? Is it better to not take those things even when not pregnant?

We're just two laymen arguing for the sake of arguing at this point.

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