Prawns!

[Bee7]

Apologies for the weird title lol. Does anyone know if prawns are dangerous during pregnancy? I was told to avoid them but have just accidently eaten about 3 in some pasta salad! xxx

 

[KarenC]

nothing to worry about with prawns as long as they are fully cooked, I think (and the salad was fresh too, I hope!)

 

[TashaWink]

Don't worry about prawns! I'm sure its just raw fish.

 

[Bee7]

It was from a salad bar in a supermarket so i'm guessing it was all fresh. The prawns were in a some cold pasta so i'm not sure if they would have been cooked or not. I only had 2 or 3, but now im panicking. I've never been ill from prawns before but it would be just my luck to eat a bad one the day before my scan xxx

 

[nikki8092]

you should be fine, prawns in salads are normally well cooked hun xx

 

[jmw1664]

Ive been told from the start to avoid all shellfish, that includes prawns...but tbh the one off I'm sure wont be a problem at all! Dont panic!! Just avoid them from now on
Aswell to be served in a salad bar I would expect them to be clean, fresh and of course cooked so this once should be fine
ps Im craving prawn cocktail so bad!! lol

 

[tillzy69]

Don't worry you should be fine

 

[nikki8092]

NHS website states that its only uncooked shellfish that you should avoid and as long as its cooked properly is fine. I have eaten prawns through all 3 pregnancies and have been fine, its only to avoid food poisoning, i actually got food poisoning this time round but it was from pork of all things xx

 

[l_maclean]

As far as im aware they just advise you to avoid prawns, because there can be a risk of food poisoing if they're not cooked properly. im sure you'll be fine.
xxx

 

[Bee7]

Thanks ladies, panic over. I will definitely be more careful in future. A few tasty prawns are no way worth the stress haha x

 

[Lulabell]

I've eaten shed loads of prawns. So long as fully cooked which I'm sure the ones you ate were.xx

 

[BevG]

ive eaten cooked prawns, they should never be eaten raw so any that you buy in salads or rice meals etc should be cooked before purchase.if u want a prawn cocktail then just make one and make sure the prawns are well cooked

 

[hellywelly]

I've eaten quite a lot and been fine.

 

[Applecider]

Are the ones from Iceland frozen ok? Xx

 

[xMrsxCx]

My midwife said they are ok to eat as long as they are cooked. Who eats uncooked prawns anyway lol..

I've ate loads on sandwiches n stuff, went through a stage of eating them everyday..x