no lunch meat?

Question

ok so im 2 months preg. and i had a nurse tell me that i cannot eat seafood or hotdogs or lunchmeat. i understand the seafood part but why the heck cant i eat lunchmeat or hotdogs?

Answer 1

You can eat seafood like shrimp, crab , certain fish (as long as it is cooked)

You can't eat hotdogs and lunch meat unless you cook it till its steaming. Because of lysteria (sp?)

Answer 2

seafood is fine as long as it isn't high in mercury. Avoid things like tile fish and shark. Lunch meat carrieds lysterial. I have never heard of cooked hot dogs being a problem. Intreguing!

Answer 3

Listeria. It's a bacteria that can grow in deli meats and cheeses, if they are not cooked. Listeria normally doesn't affect a healthy person too much, but pregnant women, the elderly, children, or people with bad immune systems can become very sick from it.

Alot of times people say not to eat hot dogs because of nitrites in them, which can be harmful. But Listeria is VERY bad, it can cause stillbirths if you catch it. I am a health inspector, I've seen a woman who had listeria and lost her baby at about 30 wks. I'm not sure we ever found out where she got it from, but it does really happen, it's not just something to scare you.

Answer 4

You can eat seafood as long as it does not contain mercury. They advise you not to eat lunch meat because it can contain Listeria (sp?). However,you can eat lunch meats and hot dogs as long as they are steaming hot. I have ate lunch meat and seafood and my baby is progressing fine im 15 weeks. Best wishes!

Answer 5

Lunch meat can have lysteria (not sure if that's spelled right)...but it's considered ok to eat if you put it in the microwave first and heat it till it steams!

Good luck!


PS. I eat lunch meat...and I'm fine.

Answer 6

you can eat seafood. you just can't eat shark, swordfish, or tile-fish. they tell you not to eat lunch meat or hot dogs because they contains high amounts of nitrates. however, unless you eat them all day every day, you'll be fine. i eat them and there is nothing wrong with my kids. and fish is good for fetal brain development.

Answer 7

well who knows what the hell is in a hotdog i dont even want to think about it, and lunch meat because they put all these chemicals in it

Answer 8

A bacteria called listeria which can cause birth defects. My OB said to avoid them if I could, but that if I had to have it I should limit my intake to once a week.

Answer 9

well you can eat it but not raw you have to warm it up even lunch meat it is because there is bacteria in it that can harm your child

Answer 10

I have eaten it and im fine. .......33 weeks preggo. Pretty soon they will tell you your not allowed to eat fruit...
My thing is ppl have been eating it for the last 20 years who are pregnant and they adn their babies are perfectly fine.