Food poisoning fear

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Currently 7 weeks pregnant and extremely worried about Ecoli or salmonella. Husband made breakfast this morning and halfway through my first bite I thought the rashers tasted weird. I swallowed the first bite but refused to eat any more and abandoned the breakfast.

The lightbulb in my husband's head obviously went off and he realised that the rashers he cooked were nearly 2 weeks out of date!!!
They were vaccumed packed and he insisted that they looked and smelled fine when he put them in the oven.

I was appalled at this and ran upstairs and got sick. I think I puked up most of what I ate. I am now so worried and scared about miscarriage from possible food poisoning.

Is there anything I can do in the meantime?
He's notorious for not checking dates 🙄

Go through the fridge and chuck anything out of date for starters. Let your husband know what you can and cannot eat and what are absolute no-gos.

From what I’ve read (after a food scare earlier in my pregnancy) even if Mum gets food poisoning, the baby is pretty well protected and should be ok.

You only had one bite and you threw it up - just drink plenty of water to keep anything else moving through your system and keep an eye out for any food poisoning symptoms. Call 111 if you do get any symptoms - they were really reassuring with me (my scare was caused by husband putting butter on my baked potato from the pot he previously used for basting raw meat 🤦‍♀️). I was a bit unnerved for a couple of days but I was absolutely fine.

@fleur89 Completely agree, and I'm shocked it was even in there. I was away this week and he did the weekly shop so clearly didn't go through it beforehand. Thanks for your reply

@Lillers Thank you for your reply! I appreciate it! Yes I did some googling and it looks like the baby should be okay if I do get sick. Provided I keep hydrated etc...
Glad they were reassuring with you, sometimes I don't know what goes through their heads 🤦
Happy to hear that everything was okay in the end.

food poisoning can’t cause miscarriage, it’s actually very unhelpful to suggest that. I’ve never checked a date and I’ve never had food poisoning. And I’ve had a miscarriage

@Rosesanddaisies1 Sorry didn't mean to offend you. I have also had a past miscarriage so I understand the tremendous pain of a loss.
Very sorry to hear about yours.

Just things I read online today were mentioning how severe contraction of something like Listeria/ salmonella could lead to a potential loss if the mother became particularly unwell with fever etc..

Again just here for reassurance

I've had 3 miscarriages and tbh I'm very anxious and worried about food. I google almost everything before I eat it. I won't eat anything remotely linked to issues as want to minimise risk on all levels. I completely understand how you feel. I'm almost 12 weeks now and won't eat houmous, bean sprouts, saffron, all sorts! Being super careful helps me manage this uncertain period that is out of my control so I know I've done all I possibly can to reduce risk

Bacon has preservatives it it, you are over reacting.