Pregnant women can drink a small amount of hot chocolate milk, but it is not advisable to drink too much or often, because some hot chocolate milk contains theobromine, which will penetrate into breast milk and accumulate in the baby's body, which will damage the nervous system and heart, relax muscles and increase urine output, leading to indigestion, crying and unstable sleep.

In addition, if pregnant women drink hot chocolate milk all day, it will affect their appetite and make them fat, but they lack the necessary nutrition, which will certainly affect their health. Therefore, pregnant women had better not drink too much hot chocolate milk.

Can pregnant women eat chocolate before labor?

Pregnant women can eat chocolate before labor, and eating chocolate properly before labor is good for both mother and baby. In the United States, many doctors and nutritionists praise chocolate as the best "delivery food" for pregnant women. Every pregnant woman needs to spend a lot of physical strength and energy during childbirth. Generally speaking, normal delivery takes about 12- 16 hours. Therefore, women should ensure that they have enough physical strength to give birth smoothly.

Chocolate is rich in nutrition. Every 100g of chocolate contains about 50g of carbohydrates, 30g of fat, more than 5g of protein, and more zinc, vitamins and carbohydrates, which can be absorbed and utilized by human body in a short time. Its digestion and absorption speed is five times that of eggs, and it can quickly generate a lot of heat energy for human consumption. If a pregnant woman eats two or three pieces of chocolate before labor, she can generate a lot of calories in the body during labor to supplement the consumed calories to maintain her physical strength.