Accidentally ate half-raw chicken burger... help!

[LilacWine7]

I cooked a chicken burger from frozen, following instructions exactly, but halfway through eating it I noticed the middle was cold and mushy! So basically middle part was raw! Packet said it contained raw meat.
I was so disgusted I threw up immediately and I think most of it came up, but I'm really worried I could get food poisoning and baby could be at risk. Im 15 weeks pregnant.
What should I do? Has this happened to anyone else? Can you get listeria from undercooked meat?

I'm sure you'll be fine if you'd thrown up but might be worth speaking to a dr or NHS direct for advice to be sure?

The risk from undercooked meat is of toxoplasmosis rather than listeria and toxoplasmosis is incredibly rare and can be avoided by freezing the meat first, so that fact this was from the freezer means you will likely be absolutely ok.

Of course, if you are still worried, then call your midwife. But I wouldn't be worried given these circumstances and the fact you didn't finish/digest it!

Hello! Poor you. Don't worry about listeria. It won't be living in raw/half-cooked/cooked chicken burgers. It lives in unpasturised dairy products and very occasionally deli meats.

It is also very, very, vanishingly rare to get toxo from raw chicken.

You are at risk of campylobacter and salmonella from raw chicken, but as PP have said, as you have already vomited it up hopefully you won't get either. If you do get them, they can't directly hurt your baby but they will make you feel terrible (dehydrated etc) which could have an indirect effect. So I would say, if you start to feel ill, contact GP and ask about stool sample and antibiotics.

Fingers crossed! x