Food poisoning worry!

[WalkOnBy]

I have just got home from work and am starving. I spotted last night's pizza on the side in the box and without thinking ate a slice minus the meat on it.....I am now worried I will get listeria or something horrible.......

Our kitchen is rather cold so I am hoping this will make it ok!

Have I been really silly? I am 13 weeks by the way........

I have done this before when I am not pregnant with no ill effects (gross I know!) but having had my 12 week scan on Monday which was all fine am looking for new things to worry about

Has anyone else done something like this?

It's very unlikely that you will get anything. Pizza is loaded with salt and so shouldn't be a big carrier of bacteria. Also, even if you did get food poisoning it wouldn't automatically be a problem - the main thing would be to keep yourself hydrated and to go into hospital if you were very sick.

It's natural to worry about things like this but unless you have a very weak immune system the danger now is no greater than the other times you've done it.

Cold pizza rocks!

"Has anyone else done something like this?"

yes
loads

when you are pg, there is an increased risk of contracting listeriosis, but the listeria would need to be present in the food, which is still fairly unlikely.

in the unlikely event that you do get any symptoms of food poisoning then get medical attention asap, but otherwise
please try not to worry.

Thanks! I am lurching from one worry to the next...1st pregnancy you see :)

It was good though

I do this kind of thing all the time. That doesn't mean I'm clever, but I'm still alive at least.

Hi WalkOnBy

Don't make yourself sick...with worry! I was about 8 weeks pg with dc2 and had a terrible dose of food poisoning/bug ? still don't know what it was, we had eaten out the night before, so had my suspicions..anyway, thought I was going to miscarry, terrible vomiting. Very scared, but DH helped keep me hydrated bringing me flat coke cola. All was fine, DC2 was born healthy and 10 years on seems mostly normal (grows a monkey tail sometimes! :o

Agree with Writer...cold pizza rocks!

The meat on pizza is mostly artificial junk anyway.....
So think you'll be fine! Hope this makes you feel better

Oh, and thinking about food poisoning, wanted to add this.....

DH fed toddler dc1 from a jar of baby food (chicken and veg) that was two weeks since opening. Cleaning out fridge is not my forte and this unfinished jar had found itself at the back of the fridge forgotten. Makes me wonder about what preservatives were in baby food, she was absolutely fine, my worry about her turned into embarrassment that I had kept the jar of food lurking about in the fridge . Thank goodness for preservatives (sometimes) :o