Do Japanese Women Eat Sushi, Do French Women Eat Soft Cheese/Pate

[M22]

MR- i am so jealous you lived there

[MantaRay]

It was awesome LSK. I absolutely love it there.

[Tanya]

It would be interesting to know the stats for stillbirth/miscarriage caused by consuming such foods in those countries.

In fact what is the risk % if you didn't change your diet to avoid such foods?

[fionas]

I don't think it's the volume/number of times you eat those foods, it's just that there's a chance of listeria every time you do. Just as there's a chance of listeria even if you're not pregnant. Problem is that listeria is very harmful to the foetus and can cause miscarriage.

The chance of listeria/salmonella is the same whether or not you're pregnant.

I'm sure someone will come in and explain that much better than I just have.

[angelicdragon]

When Annabelle died at 31 weeks the first thign they asked was what had I eaten the last few days. I had had KFC and had had coleslaw coz I love their coleslaw. The immediate response was that she could have died of listeria. I was induced a few hours later and after 12 hrs of labour I had an emergency c sec where it was discovered she had the cord aroudn her neck and arm so it was that and not listeria. However I still had to have blood taken and tested and they also did pathology for Listeria on Annabelle.
There was also a Today Tonight segment a year or two ago about a sports star in Aus who lsot her baby sto stillbirth and tests shwoed a high mercury content. She had fish up to 3 times a week coz it was good for you but it was deep sea fish which has the highest levels.
I think you will find if you research that only certain species of fish tend to have the higher mercury so just avoid deep sea fish.

[Tanya]

I think you will find if you research that only certain species of fish tend to have the higher mercury so just avoid deep sea fish.

I think it is the larger fish... the ones that consume lots of smaller fish and have an accumlative affect? So sharks (flake) and the like

So smaller fish like sardines (and lots others... sorry too tired to think) are fine

[ss_storm]

I think when pg you are also more susceptible to food-poisoning causing bacteria, like listeria & salmonella, as your immune system is somewhat compromised. For me, well I would prefer to not take the risk of eating high risk foods, I'm sure I can live without deli meats & runny eggs for the next 6 months, however I know that if something happened to my unborn bub and I had done something that could have caused it, such as eating high risk foods, it would be a very difficult thing to overcome... they aren't rules so much as guidelines, no one says "no you definitely cannot eat this food" it's generally just recommended you don't, and its up to the individual as to whether they are prepared for that level of risk or not.