Eggs Benedict ok during pregnancy?

[Anonymous]

I am really craving eggs benedict, is it safe to eat? Since, the yolk is really not cooked.

[Anonymous]

Do you know where your eggs come from? Would you make the hollandaise yourself? Can you find nitrate/nitrite free Canadian bacon?

If you can say yes to all of those things, I'd say go for it!

If not, I'd wait.

[Anonymous]

Probably. I had eggs delmarva (eggs benedict with crab) quite a few times during my pregnancy and had no issues. But yeah, maybe make them yourself if you are worried.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't give our a second thought! Assuming it's nut a shady place that you would otherwise be concerned about...

[Anonymous]

I had them many times while pregnant!! But I'd get the eggs poached medium or hard-- I hate them too runny!

[Anonymous]

Pfft. I ate raw eggs all the time during my pregnancy (I like a dish with raw eggs). Just select eggs without any cracks in the shell.

I didn't mess around with things that could cause listeria, but eggs won't hurt the fetus -- only you if you get sick -- so I just went for it.

DD is 1 yr old and healthy as a horse

[Anonymous]

I think you're supposed to avoid eggs Benedict because of the runny egg yolks, as well as the raw eggs in the hollandaise sauce.

[Anonymous]

Why would you eat something that at least some medical professionals say don't eat. Just leave eggs alone.

[Anonymous]

You can have cooked eggs. Eggs B is runny/undercooked.
I know someone who ate this at a restaurant, got Salmonella a day later ( 5 or 6 months along), was hospitalized for a week, delivered prematurely and kid has lots of issues.
Not worth it. Even if the chance is remote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you eat something that at least some medical professionals say don't eat. Just leave eggs alone.

Because a) I have a brain and b) my doctor never told me not to eat runny eggs.

Salmonella from eggs doesn't cross the placenta - could make you sick, but baby would not catch it. LIsteria does cross the placenta, so it's more important to avoid.

If you wanted to avoid the main sources of food borne pathogens you'd have to stop eating vegetables too. It is not possible to eliminate all risk.

[Anonymous]

While it's true that salmonella doesn't cross the placenta...my goodness, has anybody else gotten really bad food poisoning during pregnancy? TOTALLY miserable. Odds of salmonella from raw eggs is actually fairly rare-- when people were getting sick from eating refrigerated cookie dough, they found it was actually the flour that was contaminated, if I remember correctly. That said, you can buy pasteurized eggs in the shell...but after getting sick once, I, who was quite cavalier about such things (having spent most my life eating runny eggs and cookie dough and never getting sick) realized that my immune system, a bit compromised during pregnancy, made me more likely to get bad food poisoning. No problems with baby, but I'd say the food that preceded it was not worth the night of vomiting/diarrhea.

[Anonymous]

This is one of those things that never occurred to me to worry about during pregnancy. I ate fried or poached eggs A LOT during my pregnancy, although almost exclusively at home. Eggs were not mentioned in the class I took early in pregnancy and I don't remember seeing them as a no in the Mayo Clinic Guide to Pregnancy that I used as my pregnancy guide. Now that I've seen this thread, I don't know what I'll decide for my next pregnancy. I do remember feeling like for almost any food or drink I looked up during pregnancy, someone out there would say not to eat it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While it's true that salmonella doesn't cross the placenta...my goodness, has anybody else gotten really bad food poisoning during pregnancy? TOTALLY miserable. Odds of salmonella from raw eggs is actually fairly rare-- when people were getting sick from eating refrigerated cookie dough, they found it was actually the flour that was contaminated, if I remember correctly. That said, you can buy pasteurized eggs in the shell...but after getting sick once, I, who was quite cavalier about such things (having spent most my life eating runny eggs and cookie dough and never getting sick) realized that my immune system, a bit compromised during pregnancy, made me more likely to get bad food poisoning. No problems with baby, but I'd say the food that preceded it was not worth the night of vomiting/diarrhea.

I think this is a sensible view - I passed up ceviche at a questionable restaurant last night for thd same reason. But what bugs me is the irrational focus on some risks, while ignoring others. Nobody questions driving while pg, yet it is many times more likely you'd get into a car accident than get bad salmonella from eating eggs ...