I had a few pieces of Spicy Salmon Roll last night and it was sooooo yummy! My OB said that as long as I'm eating it from a reputable restaurant, I should be ok. He mentioned that thousands of women all over the world eat raw fish and they are fine. Actually, my mom said the one thing she ate the most while she was pregnant with me was sushi!
Did you eat sushi while pregnant?
coconut / 8299 posts
@chopsuey119: haha. I'm naughty too! I avoided it with my first pregnant but I'm a lot more lax this time around. hehe
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
I haven't yet, but when I go home in August to New Orleans, there's a sushi place I LOVE that has a roll that I LOVE and I was thinking I am probably going to indulge. It's a very reputable place, and I have eaten there 1 gillion and 6 times and never experienced anything but the freshest sushi.
DH was watching an episode of Game of Thrones on HBO, and one of the characters was pregnant and had to rip a goat or a cow's heart out and eat it immediately after as part of a tribe ritual. DH said, "She doesn't look worried about listeria." He had a good point! Women have been eating raw animals for thousands of years! I kind of feel like I am probably okay to eat a sushi roll at a place I've eaten at for years! I won't do it a lot, but I am probably going to have it just that once.
I'm asking "permission" from my OB on Monday...
eggplant / 11287 posts
I did only a few times, but didn't tell my husband!
I was kind of annoyed because when I was 35 weeks pregnant I went to a party and there were servers serving appetizers. One of the choices was California roll, and I gladly obliged. I can't even tell you how many women told me I couldn't be eating it, and one woman snatched the food out of my hand!!! Uhhhh, hello people. It is made out of fake crab, not raw fish! I was so irritated and just gave up trying to eat it.
coconut / 8299 posts
@jholler25: If it's from a reputable place, I say go for it! Hopefully your OB will give you the green light, like mine did. 
bananas / 9118 posts
Yes! We joke that our son is 90% sushi, I had a week of sushi on the cruise ship very soon after getting pregnant- those cells needed food to divide. It was also one of the few things I could stand when I had morning sickness, oddly enough.
persimmon / 1453 posts
Yes, lots of it! Sushi is so healthy. Bring on the omega-3s and DHA!
coconut / 8299 posts
@Mrsdaredevil: OMG I eat california rolls all the time! It craves my sushi cravings, even though it's fake crab meat. I would be more than irritated if somebody snatched away my cali rolls!
grapefruit / 4823 posts
when we found out i was pregnant DH and i went and celebrated with sushi...oops!!! i ate only at reputable sushi restaurants around here and i definitely didn't eat sushi as often as i had when i'm not pregnant
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I only ate before the first 5 weeks...before I knew I was pregnant!
pomelo / 5321 posts
I had unagi twice. It made me nervous though and baby didn't like it so much. It still doesn't sit well with me at almost 10 months postpartum.
grapefruit / 4056 posts
I had sushi a couple times, I generally went for cooked varieties, but every once in a while had a piece or 2 of raw stuff. I didn't feel guilty about it, as long as I did it in moderation.
@Mrsdaredevil: If someone ever ripped food out of my hand I would probably punch them, that is so freaking rude!
apricot / 427 posts
Yes, I'm a deliquent preggo and have had all sorts of sushi from our favorite place. My doctor isn't very worried about sushi though (he told me once he thinks that regulation stems more from cultural discrimination and ignorance than actual issues), he's a freak about coldcuts, etc.
pomegranate / 3388 posts
I only ate sushi made from cooked fish. I was kind of paranoid, but I really do think it's fine to eat sushi from a reputable restaurant that you trust.
grape / 89 posts
In my first trimester I worried about everything...no lunch meat, sushi, caffeine, etc... My OB told me to chill out and everything in moderation was ok.
persimmon / 1202 posts
Well... I did... Until I had some during morning sickness, and it all came back up. It hasn't appealed since then. As far as safety goes, I just choose low mercury fish and go with a restaurant I trust.
pineapple / 12526 posts
I totally did. I was in the "women have been doing it for hundreds of years" camp. It's common in Japan for pregnant women to eat sushi, from what I understand.
bananas / 9227 posts
No, but I've had gravlax on two occasions and two whole wedges of brie to myself in the 2nd trimester. I can't wait to have sushi though! It's my treat right after I give birth!
Although the sushi places around here should be completely fine, it's just not exactly the same quality I'm used to back in the States.
bananas / 9227 posts
@Mrsdaredevil: That's crazy! California rolls don't even count! There's nothing raw! That would have driven me crazy.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I don't understand why you can't eat the cooked stuff? I had some of the cooked stuff but not a lot ....it's just not as good anyway!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I would guess there might be issues with cross contamination. All the stuff is prepared in the same area and the chefs probably don't wash hands in between making cooked and uncooked in the same order.
coconut / 8475 posts
I REALLY WANT TO...LIKE SO BAD. We have a super reputable place here in town and my husband always gets it and eats it in front of me! He won't let me have any:( Between him & my OB, I'm not allowed to do anything:(
But next appointment, i'll beg her and see what she says.
persimmon / 1205 posts
I would loooooooove some sushi but have stayed away from it. I had the cooked variety in the beginning but cannot wait for a spicy salmon roll!
honeydew / 7667 posts
We are going to hawaii and I will be 15 weeks. I'm totally going to eat sushi. I figure you can't get much fresher.
bananas / 9357 posts
Do california rolls count? I've only had those a few times and shrimp tempera rolls since everything in them is cooked.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
i had sushi last night for dinner and for lunch today. i was really tempted to try a philly roll, then guilt kicked in so i played it safe and stayed to cooked rolls - california and shrimp...
eggplant / 11824 posts
Yup - ate (raw) spicy salmon and spicy tuna rolls once every few weeks and plenty of cooked rolls too.
persimmon / 1202 posts
I will note that I can now eat shrimp and crab, so even without tuna, I can still have twice as many things that are on the menu!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I didn't.... Sadly I know of a woman who got listeria from eating raw sushi and lost her baby late term so I didn't want to risk it.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
Heck yeah, I did/do! I wanted to get some salmon sashimi on Friday, but the place was too packed and the hostess couldn't hear my order over the phone.
@winniebee: Wow, that is super sad 
grapefruit / 4120 posts
No raw fish but I have had smoked salmon and all the other non-raw rolls. I am pretty sure it's all prepared in the same area so I have a feeling it's just as if I had been eating raw stuff anyway!!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
@winniebee: hooo my gosh, ok now I'm going to start being more careful. That is so sad.
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