Accidentally ate undercooked burger :(. Terrified.

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Anonymous wrote:Same thing happened to me in my first trimester, and I stressed out too, so ignore all the condescension on here. It's totally understandable that you would worry. But chances are way in your favor! You'll know within 12 hours, I think, and I bet you'll be fine. Best wishes.

I don't think people are saying it's not ok to ever worry in pregnancy. You're right, it's totally natural... to a degree. The degree to which OP is concerned over pink meat is way over the top and not healthy for her or her baby. That's why people were telling her to relax. I thought her post was going to say something like 'just ate undercooked tainted beef that has been recalled due to recent e. coli outbreak and am now 'terrified.' Instead she ate a pink hamburger. Not a big deal and if anything we're just trying to help her so she can keep things in a healthy perspective.

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Man the posters to this question are SO RUDE!

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You'll be fine.

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This is from July of last year. Baby is probably on the outside now

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I'm pregnant and intentionally ordered a medium burger tonight for dinner. I'd been craving one forever and it was delicious!

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Wow, I had some undercooked meatballs and thought I'd take a look to make sure it wasn't going to do any harm...what kind of horrible people frequent this forum? The "of course, I'm not American" took the snide to a new level. What a bunch of...I wonder how I'm going to do with other moms if this is typical of the pettiness they project. Yikes. Mean Girls have graduated to Mean Moms I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, I had some undercooked meatballs and thought I'd take a look to make sure it wasn't going to do any harm...what kind of horrible people frequent this forum? The "of course, I'm not American" took the snide to a new level. What a bunch of...I wonder how I'm going to do with other moms if this is typical of the pettiness they project. Yikes. Mean Girls have graduated to Mean Moms I guess.

I don't think posters were saying that being worried about undercooked meat was abnormal. But the degree of worry and the tone of OP's post was pretty over the top anxious. Obsessively washing and rewashing everything and scrutinizing food at a friend's house, calling a doctor over lettuce and becoming a vegetarian and counting grams of protein? Hope all turned out ok and she is doing well with her kid.

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Anonymous wrote:I am almost 19 weeks pg after 4+ years of trying and 3 early mc. I have been super cautious - avoiding everything on the no-no list, getting lots of rest, exercising lightly. Everything I can think of to help this baby. I am a cleanliness fanatic. We don't go out to eat. I wash every fruit and veggie.

DH and I had just gotten back from the big u/s on Thursday night (it's a girl!), and I finally felt a bit relaxed. We grilled cheeseburgers for dinner. We always cook our meat well done. I have been a temperature fiend, checking and rechecking all of the meat we eat because I want to make sure that the bacteria is dead. This is literally the one time I didn't check the meat with a thermometer (probably from feeling relaxed after the u/s). I naively assumed the burger was fine. I cut it in half and happily munched away while chatting about baby girl names. I saved the last bite for my dog, and when I looked at it closely, I noticed it was PINK. I was horrified. I can't believe I didn't notice it when I cut the burger and was eating it. We didn't have the light on in the kitchen, and I guess it was just dark enough to conceal the color of the meat. I haven't thought of anything else besides listeria for days. I can't believe that after our long struggle to get pg and a one-time fail to check meat temperature, baby could potentially get a life-threatening bug .

I'm not sure what to do. Call the doctor? I already called about it once about lettuce I had a friends house (See, I'm paranoid! No longer eat lettuce), and they told me that they will see me if I have symptoms of food poisoning. I guess the average incubation for listeria in pregnancy related cases is anywhere from 17-67 days. The average is 28 days. So this means I can't relax until October. Not sure what to do, but the wait will be agonizing. Anyway, we are vegetarians now (counting grams of protein to make sure I get enough). Never need to experience that again.

Please tell me that someone has eaten something undercooked and birthed a healthy baby.

You will be OK. Our species have been having healthy babies for 200,000 years under much more trying conditions than a medium-well burger. I am not trying to be snarky, but I think you need to try to get some help for your anxiety.

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OP's baby is a toddler now. I'm sure the mean posters have also moved on to complaining about their neighbors' children.

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I'm so sorry you've been feeling so anxious, but on the upside, a plant-based diet is so good for you and for your little one!

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I Google this because my son ate a pink burger. I'm am now not worried about him, but terrified for humanity. Good gracious, women attacking a pregnant woman for being anxious. Wow. How did we end up like this? I'd rather have the worst case of paranoid anxiety on the planet than be a cold hearted judgmental witch.

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Anonymous wrote:I am almost 19 weeks pg after 4+ years of trying and 3 early mc. I have been super cautious - avoiding everything on the no-no list, getting lots of rest, exercising lightly. Everything I can think of to help this baby. I am a cleanliness fanatic. We don't go out to eat. I wash every fruit and veggie.

DH and I had just gotten back from the big u/s on Thursday night (it's a girl!), and I finally felt a bit relaxed. We grilled cheeseburgers for dinner. We always cook our meat well done. I have been a temperature fiend, checking and rechecking all of the meat we eat because I want to make sure that the bacteria is dead. This is literally the one time I didn't check the meat with a thermometer (probably from feeling relaxed after the u/s). I naively assumed the burger was fine. I cut it in half and happily munched away while chatting about baby girl names. I saved the last bite for my dog, and when I looked at it closely, I noticed it was PINK. I was horrified. I can't believe I didn't notice it when I cut the burger and was eating it. We didn't have the light on in the kitchen, and I guess it was just dark enough to conceal the color of the meat. I haven't thought of anything else besides listeria for days. I can't believe that after our long struggle to get pg and a one-time fail to check meat temperature, baby could potentially get a life-threatening bug .

I'm not sure what to do. Call the doctor? I already called about it once about lettuce I had a friends house (See, I'm paranoid! No longer eat lettuce), and they told me that they will see me if I have symptoms of food poisoning. I guess the average incubation for listeria in pregnancy related cases is anywhere from 17-67 days. The average is 28 days. So this means I can't relax until October. Not sure what to do, but the wait will be agonizing. Anyway, we are vegetarians now (counting grams of protein to make sure I get enough). Never need to experience that again.

Please tell me that someone has eaten something undercooked and birthed a healthy baby.

You'll be okay. The women in Japan eat raw sushi and they are okay. (MIL is Japanese)

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I agree that the stress you're putting the baby through and also your obsessive cleanliness are far worse for the baby than the risk of eating undercooked meat once. Try to find ways to not think about germs, they are really not nearly as prevalent or dangerous as people think. Having a baby in a germ-free environment is far more detrimental to their health.

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^^ How annoying, old thread.

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OP- I just want to tell you that everything will be ok. I experienced the same exact type of anxiety during my pregnancy. It was debilitating at times. I remember worrying about listeria too. My DH was supportive and helped alleviate my fears - many of them completely irrational. I saw a therapist too- it helped a little to discuss each anxious thought I had. I was worried about so much. i hope you can relax and get some rest- intrusive anxiety ridden thoughts can be exhausting.