Benefits honey during pregnancy

Can pregnant women eat honey?

Yes, it's safe to eat honey during pregnancy.

While it's not safe to give honey to babies under a year old, eating honey when you're pregnant won't harm you or your unborn child.

Can honey cause miscarriage

That's because your grown-up stomach can handle the bacteria in honey that sometimes makes babies sick with a rare illness called botulism.

Even if the bacteria managed to make it past your stomach, research shows it's very unlikely that it could pass through the placenta to your baby in the womb.

In rare cases where pregnant women have become ill with botulism, the illness wasn't detected in their babies.

That said, if you have gastrointestinal problems or abnormalities, such as Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, or previous gastric surgery, it may be best to avoid honey for the sake of your own health.

Adults and older children with these conditions may be more susceptible to infection from the bacteria in honey that causes botulism.

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