Sushi craving

bb2019730

Is a shrimp tempura roll okay to eat? I'm craving sushi like something fierce! I need it in my life. Like NOW.

likeabel

Tempura and shrimp are cooked. So I'd say if you're at a clean restaurant, eat away! 

There could be cross contamination with some raw fish at the restaurant. So make sure it's clean. 

fishwife799

Sushi is fine while pregnant as long as you are avoiding the ones that have high mercury levels. Here are a few links with this info.

https://www.babymed.com/food-and-nutrition/how-safe-it-eat-sushi-or-raw-fish-during-pregnancy

https://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-health/mercury-levels-in-sushi/

https://www.parents.com/blogs/everything-pregnancy/2013/07/15/cravings/is-sushi-safe-during-pregnancy/

AOliveira11

fishwife799 said:

Sushi is fine while pregnant as long as you are avoiding the ones that have high mercury levels. Here are a few links with this info.

https://www.babymed.com/food-and-nutrition/how-safe-it-eat-sushi-or-raw-fish-during-pregnancy

https://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-health/mercury-levels-in-sushi/

https://www.parents.com/blogs/everything-pregnancy/2013/07/15/cravings/is-sushi-safe-during-pregnancy/

This!! And within moderation. I was craving a spicy tuna roll the other day, thanks to all you ladies and what you're going to enjoy most when you're no longer pregnant. So i split a roll with my husband and had 3 pieces and the reat was california rolls and edamame. I honestly believe if you want it, have it. But dont go crazy and depleat the ecosystem. 

hollywoodave531

I agree with the above in moderation. My suggestion is to stick with a restaurant you have eaten at before or trust has good fish. 

MellBabyPeeps

I've had sushi a few times:). Again, moderation!  Oh, and sandwiches!! *Gasp*

amidavey06

MellBabyPeeps said:

I've had sushi a few times:). Again, moderation!  Oh, and sandwiches!! *Gasp*

Me too! We have an awesome sushi place just down the road from us. I usually get a roll that has coconut shrimp or smoke salmon in it. Fantastic! 

BlueJuice

My favorite roll has eel in it, which is cooked, so I don't feel remotely guilty. Besides which I've eaten it like twice this entire pregnancy.

jennjebaby

I have eaten sushi in this pregnancy. I just go to a sushi place that is clean and always asked for the cooked ones that I can eat. I love sushi im craving it right now!! 

alitria

I eat sushi and stick to the cooked kinds.  That's mostly because many things have tasted off to me this pregnancy and I'm not buying good sushi just to have it taste bad.  I have a place I go where they're very nice and they seem very clean and conscientious so I go for it.  Let's be real, they're probably more careful than I am in my kitchen at home and I haven't killed me yet.  Also, the idea that McDonald's cheeseburgers (which was a serious craving I had once this pregnancy) are on the "approved" list but clean, well prepared sushi, particularly the cooked rolls, are too dangerous to pregnant women makes me give the whole system of determining what pregnant can eat serious side eye. 

bb2019730

Woohoo! Had some last night and it was sooooo good. I want more for breakfast.

purplefan1

I was surprised when the dietician I saw for GD said no sushi at all. I feel like the recent research has shown that sushi prepared in clean kitchens are perfectly fine. And women in countries where sushi is regularly eaten eat it throughout their pregnancies with no problem. Somewhere I had also read that the fish we typically eat in sushi rolls here in the US are flash frozen before being sold which helps protect them from growing listeria. I'm not going to eat gas station sushi or sushi that has been sitting out, and I prefer cooked rolls right now for taste, but I still plan on eating sushi. Hoping I can try a roll this weekend and that it won't rock my blood sugar levels too much!

jmohio

My doctor told me as long as you stick to cooked rolls and a clean place it would be fine. I actually love the veggie roll (cucumber, carrots, rice and seaweed) and the eel roll. It cures my cravings. Not going to lie when this baby comes out and I have a milk stash my ass is going for sushi and a med rare steak with a nice glass of wine!!!!  

lm45678

Had one last night

Sydvicious08

I have had sushi many times....usually smoked salmon yummmmm

MynaBird

With GD, wouldn't it be the rice that's a concern? No experience with GD here, so maybe I'm way off base, but I could see that they would want you to avoid sushi rice since it's starchy and cooked with added sugar.

MrsAlliKat

June2016BabyW said:

I was surprised when the dietician I saw for GD said no sushi at all. I feel like the recent research has shown that sushi prepared in clean kitchens are perfectly fine. And women in countries where sushi is regularly eaten eat it throughout their pregnancies with no problem. Somewhere I had also read that the fish we typically eat in sushi rolls here in the US are flash frozen before being sold which helps protect them from growing listeria. I'm not going to eat gas station sushi or sushi that has been sitting out, and I prefer cooked rolls right now for taste, but I still plan on eating sushi. Hoping I can try a roll this weekend and that it won't rock my blood sugar levels too much!

With GD, the problem with sushi is that the rice is made with mirin to make it sticky. So you have the rice carbs and the sugar carbs from the mirin. That makes it really high in sugars. One small roll affected my numbers more than a couple of Christmas cookies with Christmas dinner did.

Lyette1206

I love the summary that pregnant chicken posted about sushi (https://www.pregnantchicken.com/pregnant-chicken-blog/2010/3/18/can-i-eat-sushi-while-pregnant.html). 
I have eaten sushi this pregnancy (the raw stuff and cooked). I try not to eat too much tuna because of the mercury, but other than that I go for it. Only from places I know are clean, and not the grocery store stuff. Now I want sushi. 

purplefan1

Yes, the sushi might really screw my GD numbers. And that would really suck. The GD diet bums me out because even when eating in moderation and healthy foods, I can never be sure what is going to screw my numbers up. I was hoping lots of water and a nice long walk after might balance out the carbs and sugars from the sushi. We shall see.

sorarose

I've eaten a few California rolls this pregnancy, but I want plates and plates of salmon sashimi from a sushi buffet. 

Sydvicious08

@Lyette1206 pregnant chicken is the best! I love her 

meggyme

I already told H that after kiddo is born I want to go to this great sushi restaurant I went to recently. It's super authentic and I felt like such a noob ordering fried rolls while sitting at the bar by myself watching everyone else eat sashimi delicacies.

sorarose

meggyme said:

I already told H that after kiddo is born I want to go to this great sushi restaurant I went to recently. It's super authentic and I felt like such a noob ordering fried rolls while sitting at the bar by myself watching everyone else eat sashimi delicacies.

I love that you just said noob. And if it's close to where you're giving birth, just have your husband pick up take out!