I ate a turkey sandwich - made with deli-style turkey cold cuts - for lunch today. I honestly didn't know you can't eat that kind of thing when you're pregnant! I knew about soft cheeses, raw fish and meats, all that sort of stuff. But I didn't know there was a risk of contracting listeria from deli meat.
OH CRAP!
While listeria is rare (the highest reported number of cases was 14 in a year, in British Columbia which has a total population of about 4 million), I still can't help but be a *little* freaked out. In the United States there are roughly 2500 reported cases per year.
I really hope I didn't just put my little one at risk. I would just die if something happened and it was because of a stupid turkey sandwich.
I am so careful, SO CAREFUL, about what I eat. I guess I was just under-informed.
I am learning something new about pregnancy every single day. I really hope everything's OK.
THE EXCITING ADVENTURES OF A GIRL AND HER POLYCYSTIC OVARIES, FINALLY PREGNANT AFTER PLAYING THE GAME FOR SUCH A LONG TIME...
UPCOMING APPOINTMENTS
- Sunday August 17th - BABY'S DUE DATE!!!
WHAT A TRIP
- 14 Years Old - Diagnosed with PCOS
- 2000 - Met my true love
- 2002 - Married my true love
- 2003 - Moved to Canada from Seattle
- 2005 - Onset of Baby Fever
- April 06 - Baby Fever spreads to husband
- May 06 - Threw away the BCPs, started actively trying...I thought it'd be so easy...
- November 06 - Ultrasound showed over 40 cysts on each ovary - started on Metformin 2000mg
- April 07 - First round of Clomid, 50mg - No ovulation
- May 07 - Second round of Clomid, 100mg - Pregnant!
- June 07 - Miscarriage
- Sept 07 - Third round of Clomid, 100mg - No ovulation
- Nov/Dec 08 - IVF - Pregnant! Stick Baby STICK!
- March 08 - Mid-pregnancy anatomy scan - It's a GIRL!
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PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
6 comments:
i am careful, i eay cold cuts - not all the time- but i have ate them - there is too much on that list if you really study it. It can make you super neurotic. It's so hard to not over read and get anxious about everything - I am somewhat better at just enjoying the feeling of being pregnant- be easy with yourself and your mind
You're going to be fine.
And yay for Scrappy!
Please don't worry! If your OB never told you that, then it's nothing to worry about.
You'll be fine. There are so many things that "can" be dangerous but 99% of the time are not. You really will drive yourself nuts with it if you allow it.
Hugs
I've had cold cuts. Granted, I microwave the shit out of them, but that is no guarantee either. Don't beat yourself up. The odds are in your favor that all is well. :)
Don't sweat it. One of my best friends ate deli style turkey several times in both of her pregnancies and nothing happened, her children are unbelievably perfect and healthy.
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