Food Poisoning @ 4.5 wks

[bjn2000]

I am currently 4.5 wks pg.

Last night my DD and my DH both became ill. DD complained of feeling sick after school and then was sick from about 7pm until 10pm. This morning she felt a bit rubbish but felt loads better by the end of the day. She could have picked something up from school or it could have been mucus from her cold (she is quite often sick when she gets a bad cold and cough).

DH was fine when he came home from work and we had Fish and Chips from a takeaway for tea as we were going out. At about 8.30 pm he had diarrhoea and felt sick (although he never actually was) and has had pains in his stomach today but feels better now. He said that someone at work had diarrhoea all day and never went home. He sits very near to her too.

I felt a bit off but ok yesterday, had some tea and then at about 9pm, I was sick. I was very sick every 20 mins or so until about 3am and had several bouts of diarrhoea.

It could be that we have all had a bug but I am worried that DD's was something different and me and DH got food poisoning from the fish and chips. I was a bit wary before we had it, but DH said I was being too careful and I would be fine.

If it is food poisoning, isn't that bad and can have repercussions for baby.

i would say it sounds more likely to be a bug, you 2 prob got it from your dd.

however, it would probably be worth you visiting the GP just in case. if you can take a stool sample too that might help?
some forms of food poisoning are notifiable, so if it is that then the GP should know, and it would mean they could maybe book you in for an early scan to make sure baby is ok (tho not sure you would see much that early?)

hope all is ok tho (and congratulations!)

If you're okay, baby's probably fine. It's only really nasty bugs like listeria that are a real risk to baby as they can cross the placenta. The usual issues are just to do with you getting dehydrated.