Rare steak in pregnancy
Hello 👋 Is eating rare/med rare steak really that bad in pregnancy? From what I can read it’s because of toxoplasmosis and food poisoning - only 350 people (pregnant or not) in England have caught toxoplasmosis last year and mostly due to cat faeces/contaminated water. I just personally don’t see the issue, the bacteria lives on the outside and I saw in an NHS pregnancy booklet that as long as the outside is well seared/cooked it doesn’t matter if the inside is pink. I just feel like the benefits of a medium rare steak are great for pregnancy (I like to eat good fats and meats) plus I have extremely low iron and fatigue. Has anybody eaten pink steak through pregnancy? Xx
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I accidentally ate 3/4 of a burger that is pink inside and live to tell the story. Not tried the steak yet but am following for advice!
I visit San Sebastián in early pregnancy (I didn’t know I was pregnant at the time) and ate my own wait in rare steak and cured meats and red wine 😳. We all survived
I may get jumped on for this but I have been eating my steaks medium rare!
I’ve been eating everything they tell you not to eat during pregnancy. Rare steaks, smoked salmon, pâté.
In my head (not everyone will agree) but they tell pregnant people to get a shit tonne of vaccines that they can’t legally or ethically test on pregnant women, so I choose what I put in my body based on the risks x
I eat whatever I want like Aj.
I don't think 50 years ago they would have all these rules against food you can't eat. All 5 of my grans children survived and were born healthy.
Giving up smoking was difficult enough, if I give up everything I enjoy ill be stressed and miserable.
I personally ate steak throughout pregnancy and had them all medium rare. Me and my little one are perfectly fine x
Thanks everyone I just went for it 😂 I’m already being restricted on so much, I’m having my craving! No food poisoning and I trust my own cooking, so I shall do it again. Thanks all for the solidarity and no judgement! Xx
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