Oh crap....I've had a tuna sub from subway for lunch for 2 days in a row. They are my favorite. Just read my pregnancy book today and it says tuna is a no-no. Has everyone heard the same thing?
I'm so sick of the "you can't eat this, you can't eat that!" That has been the only frustrating thing about this pregnancy.
Some may think this is just another stupid question, but I'm freaking out now. Great!
Re: Eating Tuna
I haven't heard that canned tuna is forbidden; I think as long as you aren't eating 3 cans a day everyday for your first tri you will be fine.
Don't worry, just lay off the fish for a week and you will be fine!
Now I'm craving a tuna melt. MMMM Tuna Melt.
Fish is good for you in pregnancy... great for brain development. But you just have to make sure you are eating lower Mercury fish. Canned tuna is considered a lower mercury fish... meaning you are fine, but just don't have any more this week, and maybe skip next week too. From now on, eat tuna no more then once a week.
For reference:
https://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/fishmercury.htm
Highest Mercury
AVOID Eating
Grouper
Marlin
Orange roughy
Tilefish
Swordfish
Shark
Mackerel (king)
High Mercury
Eat no more than three 6-oz servings per month
Bass saltwater
Croaker
Halibut
Tuna (canned, white albacore) See tuna chart below
Tuna (fresh bluefin, ahi)
Sea trout
Bluefish
Lobster (American/Maine)
LOWER MERCURY
Eat no more than six 6-oz servings per month
Carp
Mahi Mahi
Crab (dungeness)
Snapper
Crab (blue)
Herring
Crab (snow)
Monkfish
Perch (freshwater)
Skate
Cod*
Tuna (canned, chunk light)
Tuna (fresh Pacific albacore)
LOWEST MERCURY
Enjoy two 6-oz servings per week
Anchovies
Butterfish
Calamari (squid)
Caviar (farmed)
Crab (king)
Pollock
Catfish
Whitefish
Perch (ocean)
Scallops
Flounder
Haddock
Hake
Herring
Lobster (spiny/rock)
Shad
Sole
Crawfish/crayfish
Salmon
Shrimp
Clams
Tilapia
Oysters
Sardines
Sturgeon (farmed)
Trout (freshwater)
Chart obtained from the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC); data obtained by the FDA and the EPA.
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Tuna, particularly albacore, can have a high-ish mercury content (like a lot of fish).
Like everyone is saying, everything in moderation... Two tuna subs are not going to give your kid mercury poisoning.
Consumer Reports Mercury in Tuna article.
(I beleive in everything in moderation)