Fish, what is allowed and what type of fish isn't? I keep forgetting...

[syl1985]

Hello ladies,

I just love fish, but some are good for you during pregnancy and others aren't.

I was looking at a lobster the other day. I so much would love to eat that. But was that an ok fish or a bad fish?

Do you eat fish while being pregnant? What type of fish is allowed to eat?

Thanks,
Sylvia

Shark and marlin are no nos (too much mercury)

I think Tuna and a couple of others you should only have mac twice a week.

Shell fish is all ok as long as cooked properly! Enjoy your lobster!

Salmon is good. Lots of omega 3 for babba. However not smoked salmon. Risk of listeria could affect foetus. No sure about lobster. Congrats and all the best for your pregnancy.

No fresh shark, marlin or swordfish.

fresh tuna -v restricted amounts, but it's easier to avoid I reckon!

Nothing likely to give you food poisoning, eg raw shellfish.

Fish high in omega 3s is good and should be eaten twice a week, but no more eg salmon, trout, mackerel, herring, sardines, pilchard etc. the 2 portions is important because of the good fats.

NHS says no more than 2 portions of:

dogfish (rock salmon)
sea bass
sea bream
turbot
halibut
crab

It's not entirely clear whether the two portions are a total limit for the lot, or the two separate lists.

These are fine:

cod
haddock
plaice
coley
skate
hake
flounder
gurnard

Smoked salmon is considered ok by nhs as listeria risk is so low.

nhs advice is that smoked salmon is fine, within above restrictions.

My bad

Certain it wasn't recommended when I was pregnant. But all good if NHS gives green light for it to be safe enough to eat.

I'm a huge fish fan too eat far more sea food than meat. Haven't changed eating habits at all (would never eat shark anyway)guide lines change so much from country to country. Who said the nhs know best? ? I'm now just more careful about making sure everything is very fresh and well cooked. Lobster sound yummy. Enjoy.

Thanks ladies for the information.
I think they should put labels on products like fish with what is allowed to eat when you're pregnant and what isn't good to eat.

Forgot to ask:

I think it's safer to buy fish at a store like tesco, asda etc. instead of a market.

In a shop I think it's more controlled. The fish is packet or in ice.
On a market you never know for sure how old the fish is. But my partner says that on a market is best.

But the best thing of all is, I guess, making sure the fish is as fresh as possible. That would be alive and then do the rest yourself at home.

No they should not put labels on food skating to pregnancy. You're allowed everything. The guidelines are just that - information about risks (usually very low) which you can use to make your own decision on what you feel comfortable with. Information on labels will just lead to more interfering and judgemental comments about pregnant women.

For what it's worth, I ate all fish and seafood while pregnant, so long as I was happy with its provenance.

Skating = relating

Thanks Brugmansia,

My husband and some other friends have also told me that the risks are usually very low and I shouldn't be to worried.

I guess I'm one of those chickens. Someone who's to scared to eat something that might hurt the baby.

At the beginning of this pregnancy it was really bad with me. I was so worried about everything that I was barely eating anything.

Thankfully I've a nice relaxed husband who said to me while I was looking around in the fridge what I'm allowed to eat and what not.

On a nice way with a sweet smile on his face:
"You know that if you don't eat at all that's even worse for the baby'.

Cheese the same thing:
I LOVE it. I check in the shop what it's made of and if it's safe for me to eat. I know even if you eat something you shouldn't eat the risks are so low. I know it and yet I'm so scared for harming the baby.

To be honest I think I do have a problem with being so scared for the baby. Sometimes I'm even scared of going out of the door out of fear of getting an accident. Or that something happen to my kids.

I know it's so silly. God bless those pregnancy hormones ;)
I wish I could be a but more relaxed and less scared for 'what if something happens'. Just no idea on how to do that.

After the "pregnant women need more iodine or else they'll have stupid children" media outburst a few weeks ago, oneof then it's of advice was to eat more white fish. This is the"safe" fish like cod and haddock.

Yum!