Overcooked pasta pregnant

[Anommum]

Hi all,
I had some pasta for dinner but I think I overcooked it quite a bit but still ate it. I'm 8 weeks pregnant, and Im quite anxious that it will affect the baby. I've had misscarrige before in the past.

I know I've posted a lot of things that I'm anxious about and I've talked to midwife. But sometimes this is extra reasurrance etc.

Over cooked pasta is fine

You will be fine. Only damage is to the pasta
Which I guess was soggy?

This has to be a joke? It's going to be a long 9 months if you're worrying about overcooked pasta!

I know it's easy to say but the only thing doing harm to your baby is your stress levels. Unless it's rotten fish or raw chicken your baby will be fine.

You know overcooked pasta has just sucked up more water than cooked pasta...right?? How do you think this will harm your baby??

I had a terribly anxious pregnancy, it really is awful being anxious but I do think you need to have a bit of common sense. Don't read anything online except NHS advice and speak to your midwife sooner rather than later. You can be referred for perinatal mental health assessment, I did that and honestly, I miss my support woman now I've had my baby!!

The only thing that overcooking pasta does is create soggy gross pasta.

What sort of harm were you envisaging OP?

I think you need to speak to the midwife again and get some help if this is your level of anxiety x

I'm not sure anything is dangerous if it's overcooked - obviously won't as taste nice.

I agree with pp. You need to speak to your midwife again, your posts are not normal concerns and you need more reassurance than we can give x

@Morechocmorechoc

I know it's easy to say but the only thing doing harm to your baby is your stress levels. Unless it's rotten fish or raw chicken your baby will be fine.

To be fair even if it is raw chicken or rotten fish, it's likely not going to affect the baby any way, you're just more likely to need treatment for dehydration or feel worse while pregnant with food poisoning.

The only thing it will effect is your pot. Overcooked pasta sometimes can be sticky and difficult to wash. Try a Brillo pad

Thanks for all the reassurance. Like I've said previously I have been reffered to get extra support for my anxiety. I am expecting a call in the next couple of weeks.
Thank you again

One thing that really helped me with pregnancy anxiety was to Google:

Whatever thing I was worried about + miscarriage + sun newspaper

If there was even the slightest chance that caviar, cat hair, swimming pool water etc could cause miscarriage then the tabloids would have written a scare story about it.

It's also very useful for newborns. Eg.

Cats + sleeping + newborn + sun newspaper

This has got to be a MN wind up, hasn't it?

Please tell me you jest. And I'm serious. If you genuinely think 'overcooked pasta' is a risk to your foetus, you need pre-birth counselling.

I’d actually stay off Google if you’re this anxious. Ask your midwife for a list of what’s advised against in the U.K. and print it out so you don’t keep going online. You need to try and train yourself to worry about what’s on the list and what’s on the list only.

The main risk is around food poisoning. You aren’t more likely to get food poisoning if you’re pregnant but the impact of some specific types of food poisoning can be nasty for the baby.

Op, I mean this kindly. But looking at your posting history, I would call the MW again and tell her you need some fairly urgent support.

Can they point you in the direction of some resources that can help you while you wait for the call?

Does your partner know how anxious you are?

Are we supposed to be concerned about overlooking pasta? Where did you hear this?

Overcooking*

In my Miriam Stoppard book it just advised against eating shellfish 'from poisoned water' and leaning against train carriage doors when the train was moving. Then she said that it would be wise to avoid those things even if you aren't pregnant.

@AlDanvers

Op, I mean this kindly. But looking at your posting history, I would call the MW again and tell her you need some fairly urgent support.

Can they point you in the direction of some resources that can help you while you wait for the call?

Does your partner know how anxious you are?

This, do seek help from your MW

@Anommum if you are new to mumsnet you might not realise but a lot of posters are going to assume you are a troll (someone posting fake stories to wind people up or get a strange kick). A large proportion of MN threads are not real.

Silly threads like this and connected silly threads (are you the person saying they are worried about hotdogs?) look like someone getting a posting history and amusing themselves. I'd expect the account to be used for other fake stories afterwards.

See also, ridiculous suggestions for baby names such as Balonz.

I suggest you review NHS guidance and then exercise judgement as its not that bad to contravene. You'd probably be fine with a lot of it. Many people prefer to be safe rather than sorry. Stress is also bad for baby.

Alternatively I look forward to your post about the negative effects of a cheese string or other similar nonsense.

Majority of miscarriages happen due to genetic issues.
What you eat won’t affect the baby anyway until your placenta is functional, which it isn’t for the majority of miscarriages.

If you’re worried about food- the nhs has a list of foods to avoid, overcooked pasta isn’t one of them.

Really?
Pasta?

I’m not convinced anyone would truly be concerned about ingesting over-cooked pasta while pregnant unless they were quite mentally unwell.

It does seem a bit troll like. There’s inconsistencies with week off pregnancy in the posts/dates.

In what way is overcooked pasta danger? 😵