At the weekend, I happened to buy a rather tasty "strong salt liqourice" mix. It had some "triple" and "double" salt, and the regular salty stuff. I had a few pieces on Saturday, some last night, and 4 or 5 bits tonight. I was really enjoying it when a slightly odd feeling crept over me. I'm not allowed to do/eat anything that I really enjoy...So I had a search. It seems liqourice might not be that safe in pregnancy. A couple of studies suggest that women who eat stupidly large amounts of the stuff run the risk of their children growing up with ADHD, lowered IQ, and other mental development issues. This doesn't particularly bother me - I wasn't going to eat silly amounts, I'm sure that there are many other things that cause those problems etc etc. It does seem to be true however that liqourice is linked to pre-term labour/birth though. So there's another thing to avoid.
In other news, I had my first batch of blood tests today. Right arm refused to bleed, despite the needle being jiggled around to try and hit the vein. Left the hospital with a plaster on each arm. Shame there were no small children around I could impress.
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