I have no idea what’s going on with my body when I eat green grapes. I LOVE green grapes, but am starting to think that they don’t really, um, agree with my since being pregnant.
I noticed this early on, but I thought it was because of morning sickness or because I ate the grapes in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep. Apparently that was not the case.
Before today, the last time I ate green grapes was about 3 weeks ago.
Just a warning, here’s where the TMI might start…
So I ate said grapes and spent the day in the bathroom with some lovely diarrhea. Not so fun.
Tarzan told me that maybe those grapes were bad and that I should definitely stop eating them since they weren’t agreeing with my body. Sure enough, he was right. As soon as I stopped eating the grapes my stomach felt better and I stopped having to run into the bathroom every 10 minutes.
Without even thinking about that experience, I bought some green and purple grapes yesterday. I didn’t eat any green ones yesterday and my stomach was fine. No spending time in the bathroom.
Today was a bit of a different story.
Thankfully I haven’t spent so much time in the bathroom, but I have that same damn funny feeling in my stomach and I just know that it’s from eating green grapes.
Has this happened to anyone else? And what’s going on? Why can’t my stomach handle this deliciousness?
I do remember reading an old wives tale early on in my pregnancy that pregnant women should not eat pineapple or grapes because it could cause a miscarriage. I just remember thinking that was BS and I continued to eat pineapple and grapes. As far as that bit of information, I’ve not heard anything else.
Isn’t this so weird?!
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One of the five times I vomited during my pregnancy was the only time I ate green grapes. Wonder what it is about them…
I’ve never heard of this! Does it happen with the purple grapes too? Strange!
I know this happens to some people, even kids, pregnant or not. It’s something about grapes specifically, I think. A woman’s body can become an alter ego when pregnant. I have a chronic illness (not awful, just annoying most of the time) and it completely disappeared while I was pregnant. I know a lot of women feel the same – something affects them that previous didn’t or the other way around.
Tatiana – That’s so strange that the grapes made you throw up. Wow.
Punkinmama – I like green grapes better than purple ones, so I’m not sure. Each time it’s happened, I’ve eaten green ones. I will “test” it out tomorrow and eat the purple ones to see if it’s both colors of grapes. I’ll let you know
Thanks for the info, Whitney! Who knew?!
I certainly hope they don’t cause miscarriage because I’ve eaten about a pound of grapes a day all this week- all colors. They’re just so damned delicious… So far so good.
Well at least you’ll have a good remedy to use when/if you get pregnancy constipation!
Wow…I have been eating grapes all through this pregnancy and luckily have never had this happen! I think the green grapes are one of my fave snacks! Poor thing! Sounds like you need to steer clear!
I find that it’s with any large amount of fruit. Exactly what you described use to happen to me all the time (when not pregnant) when I consumed too much fruit in one sitting. It usually was grapes or cherries. Likely because they are so good, and I would end up eating WAY too many of them.
I wouldn’t worry about it.
I’ve never heard that about grapes, but I have heard about the pineapple thing. However, I think the thing in pineapple that “causes” miscarriages is in the core of the pineapple, so as long as you stick to the fruit, you should be fine. I mean, really, if you think about it – I’m sure lots of pregos have craved and eaten pineapple and both baby and mom have been fine. Everything in moderation!
I didn’t mean to scare anyone by throwing around the miscarriage word. Even though I’d heard that about pineapples and grapes, I still ate plenty in the beginning without any worry.
I did a little test and ate purple grapes yesterday and totally felt fine. I don’t know what it is about green grapes, but glad to hear that I’m not the only one. I will use them for help when the iron supplements are hindering anything from coming out… if you know what I mean.
I’ve actually heard about green grapes causing this reaction from other pregnant women. I can’t tell you why, though. Guess you’re just lucky… But I’m liking the the idea of using them later when the iron kicks in. Good idea!