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• jy725 member

  July 2015

  Nothing to worry about!
  

              

  

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• HollyGirl1212 member

  July 2015

  Please don't call your doctor. There's no reason to freak out.

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• katy0990 member

  July 2015

  Thanks ladies! I am just so worried about something happening to the baby. I keep hoping & praying nothing happens outside my control and this was 100% in my control.

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• Hernsy member

  July 2015

  The reason there is concern about deli meat and processed meat is the possibility of listeria contamination.  The typical recommendation is if you are going to eat it, that you heat it up to steaming so that it kills the listeria bacteria.  Sounds like you did that, so you should be fine. 

  
  

  There are mixed views on taboo foods, but the best rule of thumb is just to be smart.  Heat your food up, eat pasteurized foods, and eat fish in moderation.  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• mommygrams0730 member

  July 2015

  You'll be fine. I've eaten deli meats , without heating it up (yuck!) throughout pregnancy and have 3 healthy kids.
  
  Besides your hot dog was heated up.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

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• Hernsy member

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  @mommygrams - I agree - heated up deli meat sounds gross for a cold sandwich.  I don't subscribe to most of the food restrictions myself, but so many OBs still have a list.  Glad mine doesn't!  Including my cup of coffee every day!

  
  

  
  

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• mommygrams0730 member

  July 2015

  @Hernsy I pretty much just stay away from alcohol when pregnant. Other than that I eat what I want. I think I was a little bit more cautious my first pregnancy, but even then I didn't really follow the "rules".

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

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• adorebel member

  July 2015

  Don't worry! We all forget "the rules" from time to time, and you heated it up anyway, which kills listeria.

  
  

  I don't mean this in a scary way (loss mentioned), but I did everything "right" for the 15 weeks I was pregnant last fall, and we lost my son anyway for things so far out of my control they never would have even occurred to me. In a strange way, it's made me more relaxed this time, because I realized that people who eat nothing but deli meat and soft cheese can have perfectly healthy babies, and people who do it all "right" are still out of control of so many things. 

  
  

  All you can do is do the best you know how and wait for the health of your baby to be confirmed at the end of the first trimester. You and I are both 6w1d, so we're halfway there! But try not to sweat the little things! You're doing fine. 

  Rainbow Baby? {2.1.21}
  MC at 8 weeks {EDD 9.2.20}
  Rainbow Girl! {2.28.16}
  Baby boy, lost at 16 weeks {EDD 6.10.15}

  
  

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• kmb7964 member

  July 2015

  it's a hotdog...not anthrax...your baby will be fine. If you knew how many hotdogs I ate during my first pregnancy you'd be appalled. 

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• AlphabetFish member

  July 2015

  Don't worry! Don't worry!
  
  Quite a few of the foods you've heard you should avoid (lunch meat, soft cheeses, soft serve, rare steak, sushi) are bad during pregnancy because they have a higher chance of causing food-borne illness than fully cooked or pasteurized foods. Getting really sick while pregnant is bad, so that's why you shouldn't eat them. It does NOT necessarily mean they'll cause birth defects or other serious harm to your baby.
  

  
  

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• katy0990 member

  July 2015

  Thanks for talking me down! I just am so scared about something happening and I guess that caused me to have my first ftm freak out.

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• meg_2006 member

  July 2015

  Bahaha this just made me realize how any hot dogs I've eaten since I found out I was pregnant. Completely forgot about the "no hot dogs rule." Oops! Oh well.

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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• KJKNAJ member

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  I never liked hot dogs until my first pregnancy. And then I ate them pretty often.

  
  

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