Eating food that should have been avoided
Hi, I’m about 5 weeks pregnant and have had salmon and medium rare beef few during the first few weeks before I knew i was pregnant. Is this an issue? :(

What’s done is done, so no point harping on it. What you can do now is to avoid taking anymore of such food, going ahead. I think any of us mummies would have eaten raw food, drank alcohol or lifted heavy things, etc before we found out we got pregnant. The only thing is to see a gynae and trust his or her to advice you on whether baby is healthy now and what to do going forward to help your baby continue growing healthily up to birth. Even some pregnant mummies eat instant noodles or fast food, drink tea or coffee during pregnancy, which is frowned upon. Others dye their hair, use cosmetics or facial products which they don’t know contain ok or not chemicals during their pregnancy. Hence, having a happy pregnancy is more important than worrying about these little things as what’s done is done and cannot be undone anyways.
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