I'm about 16 weeks into my 2nd pregnancy, and have been avoiding eating fish because I just don't know what is safe anymore. I think I've had fish twice so far (snuck some sushi in), which has been tough because normally I enjoy it. Now it seems that not eating enough fish during pregnancy can actually be detrimental to your future child. A team of researchers tracked the eating habits of 11,875 pregnant women in Bristol, Britain.

Hibbeln and his colleagues concluded that women who ate more than 340 grams per week of fish or seafood -- the equivalent of two or three servings a week -- had smarter children with better developmental skills. Children whose mothers ate no seafood were 48 percent more likely to have a low verbal IQ score, compared to children whose mothers ate high amounts of seafood.

These results were enough to catch my attention, but now I am even more confused than ever. Which fish are safest? There are so many conflicting studies that my reaction has been to cut fish out of my diet entirely. At this point in my 2nd pregnancy it sounds like I should be adding fish back onto the menu, and I'm even thinking that it doesn't matter a whole lot what kind of fish it is. This study suggests that by limiting fish intake, we're doing the very harm to our children that we are trying to prevent.

Eating even more than three portions of fish or seafood a week could be beneficial, Hibbeln suggests. "Advice that limits seafood consumption might reduce the intake of nutrients necessary for optimum neurological development," he and his colleagues wrote.

I'll do my best to figure out which kinds of fish are safest (I know about Wild Salmon, but it seems unusual to ever see any of the other "safe" fish on a menu in a restaurant). What about the rest of you? Any recommendations? How did you incorporate enough fish into your diet while pregnant? The linked article is fairly brief, so check it out. I'm interested to hear what you think about this topic. In the meantime, it's Fish n' Chips for dinner for me tonight!

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