You may eat shrimps while pregnant, ensuring they are cooked properly to prevent food poisoning. The nutrients can promote baby's bone development, and may help prevent pregnancy-incuded high blood pressure.

Go ahead and eat shrimps during the postpartum period. Its nutrients are beneficial to your body's recovery. Watch out for shellfish allergies.

Breastfeeding mums can add shrimp to their diet as part of balanced nutritional intake while nursing. Watch out for signs of allergy in your baby, though, and stop eating shrimps if you notice anything.

Shrimp is not suitable for babies under the age of 11 months.