When I was pregnant I ate crablegs and all that good stuff....But at the end of my pregnany my aunt told me that eatting fish with hard shells isnt good during pregnancy because they have idodine(spelling?) in them...But that pretty much all I know about the whole eatting fish thing..But like I said I ate them throughout my pregnancy..Because I craved them all the time ..And my son was perfectly normal...But not saying everyone's the same..

You're not supposed to eat high amount of seafood while preg because they often build up mercury in them, which obviously isn't good for the baby. They also build up other toxins such a iodine, due to biomagnification and bioaccumulation in the food chain

i agree with this statement, fish that has high mercury content are tuna (if you really fancy this, the allowed intake would be once a week), swordfish etc. However pregos are advised to take fish with high omega 3 level content such as salmon and sardines (not that I could eat them). With shrimps, crabs etc...You just have to eat them in moderation and well cooked (so avoid sushi and japanese). With cheese you're not supposed to eat the blue stripey thingys such as stilton etc. Coz they have a high risk to listeria (its one of the bacterias that causes food poisoning)

Hello,

i just asked my doctor a couple of weeks ago what to avoid. She said deep sea fish (so the like swordfish.. And I don't know what else is considered deep sea) because of the mercury.

Before woman where told not to eat soft cheeses. But she said that now, in canada, all soft cheeses are pasteurized (unless you buy it right from a farm). So even soft cheeses are okay.

And I read about the deli meat too (but I forgot to ask my doctor) but I heard they are bad for pregnant woman because of the chemical they put it the meat to keep the colour longer in the deli. Just to be safe, I just eat the pre-packaged stuff.

Hope that helps

Thanks to all of yall.
Well I dont really eat sushi and I knew it could be bad so now I dont eat it at all. And its not like go every day to eat shrimp or fish but I was wondering if every now and then its ok.

About the cheese I did hear that soft cheeses are bad but I love cheese. I dont eat it everyday but I still would like to enjoy every once in a while.
I would like to eat subway or quiznos but I also want to be safe. Thanks again

ohhh girl!! I live in .New .Orleans and loooove me some crawfish!! They are totally save .B.U.T you need to watch how many you eat beacuase of the sodium. Down here we put an entire tub of .Zatarans crab boil in the pot when we cook em!! So I really have to limit myself when there's a crawfish boil. I try to eat the corn and potatoes but they're heavy in sodium as well.

I actually heard that the only fish we need to stay away from is shark. Now I don't know who eats shark...But it doesn't bother me. You can have sushi, but ask what kind of fish they are serving. The larger the fish, the more mercury they may contain.


This is my 1st child and I know exactly what you're feeling about not wanting to hurt her. I've asked my .Dr about all of these things and this is the response. I totally trust that my .Dr wouldn't tell me things are ok that may potentially harm my baby.

Everything is best in moderation!!

Suck a head for me!!<~~~~ sooo reffering to crawfish

sarah

Thanks sarah,
im not from lousiana but I love crawfish too and I was really craving them so its good to know I can eat them.
I dont eat shark and I also dont know who does but neways I only eat catfish and some shrimp like I mentioned before and of course crawfish.
Do u know if ham (deli) is bad. I dont see my doc till the 25th for my first prenatal visit so I just want to make sure of what I can eat. Thanks.

I don't eat it, not because you can't, I just prefer not too. I don't like any kind of cold cut though.

There is a bacteria called .Listeriosis(sp?) that harvests on deli meats and sometimes raw veggies. Uncooked meats can be exposed to this bacteria as well. From the research i've done i've read that you should heat your deli meats until cooked properly.

Let's say that your fridge goes out and the meats in there have a chance to get hot for a couple of hours. You would want to dispose of those meats due to the harvesting of .Listeriosis.

All of these findings are brand new though. I'm sure our parents and grandparents didn't hesitate to eat a ham sandwich!!! Lol

hope this helps a little!

Sarah

You need to aviod foods that would have a high risk of carrying bacteria which could cause listeria. Contracting listeria (like food poisoning) could actually cause serious harm, or even cause miscarriage. (sorry I don't want to freak anyone out, but I knew a girl who actually got it, and she was lucky to keep her baby)

"risky" foods re pretty much the same as foods you'd be care full about usually- things that go bad quickly, or are extra suseptable to bacteria.
Shellfish.(how many times have you been sick after eating out and said to yourself- must've been th prawns/shrimp etc?)
uncooked or undercooked meat, fish, chicken.
Deli meats becuse you can never be sure how santary the conditions are in there- also, how carefull they have been about using different blades to cut raw and cooked meats. Also can't be sure how long things have been out for.
Pre-prepared salads etc- for the same reason as the deli stuff.
Unpasturised milk.
Soft cheeses especially where mould is part of it (bree, blue-vein etc). (ok if cooked but must be brought to boiling point- so only eat if you've done this yourself)
raw eggs.
Soft-serve ice-cream.
Goats-milk & cheese.
Fruit or vegetables with mouldy or very over-ripe bits (it is not enough to cut the bad part out, just cut your losses!)
also be very careful with dried fruit and also nuts.
Packaged deli meats-ham etc. Can also be risky in case they are contaminated between cooking and packaging. (sorry)

any left-overs or cooked food must be re-heated really well to a temperature that will kill bacteria, discard any refridgerated left-overs or cooked food after 24 hours.
Listeria is killed by cooking..
Limit tuna to 2 times per week.
Always be very careful about safe food handling practices- common knowledge things like washing your hands properly, using diferent knives and cutting boards for cooked meat, raw meat and vegetables.

Why is soft-serve ice cream on your list? I've never heard that one. I don't think I can go 7 more months without my dairy queen blizzards...

Because you can't be sure how clean the machine is and whether "new" ice-cream gets in contact with traces of old, evil ice-cream.

That's what they tell us in australia anyway- we've got a lot of guys going around in vans who might not be too carefull and are pretty hard for the health department to monitor !!!

Probably in a big resteraunty place you'd be hoping to be pretty safe.
I remember on some tv show years and years ago they tested like, 30 samples of soft-serve from a bunch of different places, and the only one without harmful bacteria in it was from mcdonalds.

Oh crap, i'm eat a ham sandwich as I type. Oh well, it's all I have here right now. I'm from the very south part of louisiana, further down than new orleans and crawfish is very plentiful down here. I read everywhere that it's safe. I'm cutting back because I just want to be extra careful, but if someone has crabs, crawfish, or shrimp i'll eat it. I ate crabs sunday and crawfish yesterday and today. I try to eat it no more than once a week, but my grandma brought me some crabs and my mom wanted crawfish last night. I work with special needs children and I see what high mercury levels can potentially do, so I try to be cautious and I feel bad when I eat it, but I think everyone has some guilty pleasure while pregnant.
I'm going to the doctor tomorrow and i'll ask him.

where in .Louisiana are you from??

We might live near by.....

Sarah
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