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Anonymous wrote:I have two healthy kids. I ate sushi, RARE steaks, steak tartare, wine and lots of other yummy forbidden things.

+1

I have 2 healthy teens. I did all of this--but then, I'm not American.

Yes, not American either and had all the cheese you are not supposed to, sushi, runny eggs (and sauces made with runny eggs), rare steak, cold cut sandwiches and a ton of coffee. DD is now a healthy, happy toddler with zero issues. Oh, and I had a horrifying stomach bug at 28 weeks which had me go to the ER, get meds, etc - the baby was just fine.

If the crazy restrictions doctors in this country try to place on pregnant women were truly necessary, everyone in France (runny cheese, rare steak, not fully cooked eggs) and Japan (sushi) would have long died out.

PP here.

Japanese women do NOT eat sushi while pregnant. (In fact, it's so annoying people in America seem to think Japanese people are eating sushi every day. They're not, it's more of a special-occasion type food, not even close to something people eat every day.)

In fact, Asian countries have lots of weird restrictions for pregnant and nursing mothers' diets, many of which are cultural rather than scientific.

Sorry, PP, but you are totally wrong. I live in Japan and pregnant women absolutely do eat sushi while pregnant.

PP here. I lived in Japan for 10 years and none of my pregnant friends did. So clearly we're both working with only the best anecdotal data, here!

You should be fine. Then again I eat sushi and beef carpaccio throughout pregnancy and everything is fine. If you are going to eat undercooked meat, beef is one of the safest!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two healthy kids. I ate sushi, RARE steaks, steak tartare, wine and lots of other yummy forbidden things.

+1

I have 2 healthy teens. I did all of this--but then, I'm not American.

Yes, not American either and had all the cheese you are not supposed to, sushi, runny eggs (and sauces made with runny eggs), rare steak, cold cut sandwiches and a ton of coffee. DD is now a healthy, happy toddler with zero issues. Oh, and I had a horrifying stomach bug at 28 weeks which had me go to the ER, get meds, etc - the baby was just fine.

If the crazy restrictions doctors in this country try to place on pregnant women were truly necessary, everyone in France (runny cheese, rare steak, not fully cooked eggs) and Japan (sushi) would have long died out.

PP here.

Japanese women do NOT eat sushi while pregnant. (In fact, it's so annoying people in America seem to think Japanese people are eating sushi every day. They're not, it's more of a special-occasion type food, not even close to something people eat every day.)

In fact, Asian countries have lots of weird restrictions for pregnant and nursing mothers' diets, many of which are cultural rather than scientific.

Sorry, PP, but you are totally wrong. I live in Japan and pregnant women absolutely do eat sushi while pregnant.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two healthy kids. I ate sushi, RARE steaks, steak tartare, wine and lots of other yummy forbidden things.

+1

I have 2 healthy teens. I did all of this--but then, I'm not American.

Yes, not American either and had all the cheese you are not supposed to, sushi, runny eggs (and sauces made with runny eggs), rare steak, cold cut sandwiches and a ton of coffee. DD is now a healthy, happy toddler with zero issues. Oh, and I had a horrifying stomach bug at 28 weeks which had me go to the ER, get meds, etc - the baby was just fine.

If the crazy restrictions doctors in this country try to place on pregnant women were truly necessary, everyone in France (runny cheese, rare steak, not fully cooked eggs) and Japan (sushi) would have long died out.

PP here.

Japanese women do NOT eat sushi while pregnant. (In fact, it's so annoying people in America seem to think Japanese people are eating sushi every day. They're not, it's more of a special-occasion type food, not even close to something people eat every day.)

In fact, Asian countries have lots of weird restrictions for pregnant and nursing mothers' diets, many of which are cultural rather than scientific.

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Anonymous wrote:I've been on this site for almost two years and have seen a lot of abuse, but its amazing how mean people are being to OP. I'd love to see some science behind "this level of stress is more likely to cause a miscarriage than listeria" because that sounds like more bullshit fear mongering than catching listeria from a medium hamburger. Is anxiety healthy? no, but neither is being yelled at for it by internet strangers.

Op doesn't have listeria, she doesn't even have any symptoms of illness. So something she doesn't have poses zero risk of miscarriage. However her anxiety and stress is real and present and poses a risk.

Still waiting to see some data on how anxiety causes miscarriage.

I ate raw cookie dough at least once a week during my pregnancies - I and my kids were fine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two healthy kids. I ate sushi, RARE steaks, steak tartare, wine and lots of other yummy forbidden things.

+1

I have 2 healthy teens. I did all of this--but then, I'm not American.

Yes, not American either and had all the cheese you are not supposed to, sushi, runny eggs (and sauces made with runny eggs), rare steak, cold cut sandwiches and a ton of coffee. DD is now a healthy, happy toddler with zero issues. Oh, and I had a horrifying stomach bug at 28 weeks which had me go to the ER, get meds, etc - the baby was just fine.

If the crazy restrictions doctors in this country try to place on pregnant women were truly necessary, everyone in France (runny cheese, rare steak, not fully cooked eggs) and Japan (sushi) would have long died out.

This exactly. I'm American but take a much more European approach toward pregnancy (eat deli meat, soft cheese, coffee, sushi, occasional wine, etc). Anxiety in pregnancy is much worse than any of the things listed above. People have got to stay off the internet more, keep things in perspective to how things were done 30+ years ago and are still done in other countries now.

What I find so interesting, on another note, is that we have many more cases of learning issues/autism/developmental delays now than ever before and particularly in this country. And yet, we are the most paranoid about pregnancy and avoid things more than most other countries and certainly more than decades ago. Just a side note thought.

relax. you are fine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two healthy kids. I ate sushi, RARE steaks, steak tartare, wine and lots of other yummy forbidden things.

+1

I have 2 healthy teens. I did all of this--but then, I'm not American.

Yes, not American either and had all the cheese you are not supposed to, sushi, runny eggs (and sauces made with runny eggs), rare steak, cold cut sandwiches and a ton of coffee. DD is now a healthy, happy toddler with zero issues. Oh, and I had a horrifying stomach bug at 28 weeks which had me go to the ER, get meds, etc - the baby was just fine.

If the crazy restrictions doctors in this country try to place on pregnant women were truly necessary, everyone in France (runny cheese, rare steak, not fully cooked eggs) and Japan (sushi) would have long died out.

PP here. Forgot to mention that stomach bug was not related to what I ate - it was some contageous stomach virus going around that my whole extended family got. Point is - babies are pretty resilient in utero.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two healthy kids. I ate sushi, RARE steaks, steak tartare, wine and lots of other yummy forbidden things.

+1

I have 2 healthy teens. I did all of this--but then, I'm not American.

Yes, not American either and had all the cheese you are not supposed to, sushi, runny eggs (and sauces made with runny eggs), rare steak, cold cut sandwiches and a ton of coffee. DD is now a healthy, happy toddler with zero issues. Oh, and I had a horrifying stomach bug at 28 weeks which had me go to the ER, get meds, etc - the baby was just fine.

If the crazy restrictions doctors in this country try to place on pregnant women were truly necessary, everyone in France (runny cheese, rare steak, not fully cooked eggs) and Japan (sushi) would have long died out.

Anonymous wrote:It's fine.

OP, as an anxious person, I can tell you you will not survive parenthood with this mentality. It isn't healthy for you or your child. You CAN be on medication - I was and have two healthy boys - and it is WAY better for your kids than being surrounded (in or out of utero) by this kind of anxiety. I'm serious.

I posted this reply, which I hope isn't one of the ones that people are calling mean (the 'you shouldn't have kids poster' - so, so cruel, not to mention untrue). My point is really that living this way is NOT necessary, OP. Really. Parenthood is much more anxiety-producing than pregnancy and your kids will suffer if you're this anxious as a parent. I already see my older son - just turned 3 - responding to my neuroses in an unhealthy way so I work hard to exercise, take medication, etc to protect myself and my kids. Please get help for yourself - it's out there and will make you a better parent!

Anonymous wrote:I've been on this site for almost two years and have seen a lot of abuse, but its amazing how mean people are being to OP. I'd love to see some science behind "this level of stress is more likely to cause a miscarriage than listeria" because that sounds like more bullshit fear mongering than catching listeria from a medium hamburger. Is anxiety healthy? no, but neither is being yelled at for it by internet strangers.

Op doesn't have listeria, she doesn't even have any symptoms of illness. So something she doesn't have poses zero risk of miscarriage. However her anxiety and stress is real and present and poses a risk.

you will be fine. I ate sushi, steak tartar, runny poached eggs, and always had my burger medium rare. Gave birth to two healthy kids.

I really hope none of the incredibly mean and insensitive replies come from people who have children with anxiety.