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oooh. Good question. I don't know anyone. And I have a lot of mommy friends....most of whom gave birth before listeriosis was a big deal (so they ate deli meat and soft serve), so you'd think they'd have a higher risk, too.

Nope, nobody that I know of.

I have "known" cancer patients who were immuno-suppressed and got sick.

*"known" meaning more of my imaginary online cancer fighting friends.

yes I do know people that got very sick during their pregnancy from things they ate. It doesnt happen to everyone but I rather be safe than sorry

nope. that's why my theory is, 'everything in moderation'

Not personally, no. I have avoided deli meats (unless heated), but you can pry froyo out of my cold, dead hands.

@FarmWifeGina: ooooh a fellow raw milk drinker I started drinking raw milk from a reputable farm during pregnancy.

I haven't known anyone.

Nope. My doctor has never had a patient who has gotten sick from eating anything either. Therefore, I have happily consumed cold deli meat, soft serve, and raw fish throughout my entire pregnancy!

@Mrs. Pen: Yep! I trust DH's milking practices, lol. And our cow makes the sweetest milk. I swear, it's the best I've ever tasted. I'm planning to make a batch if mozzarella this evening and raw yogurt too.

I ate a medium rare steak at almost 37 weeks and got really sick. I puked my guts out the next day and I went to L&D for IV fluids . But...it was Outback and I was recovering from the flu.

I have a very good friend that is an OBGYN. She has stories.

When I was pregnant she gave me the low down on a lot of things, she said alcohol and caffeine in moderation was find (I didn't do any alcohol but I did have a bit of caffeine... just a little!). Taking warm baths was fine.

One of her very few warnings was about unpasterurized foods. She did say the chances of getting listeriosis was low but it basically puts you into early labor.

She says she has delivered a few babies because of it and they come out just fine usually just greyish, the anmtoic fliud turns this bright green, she said like alien green and the babies skin has a greyish color but all in all the baby is fine as long as it's at a state that it could be delievered.

She said I could take the chance but she would recommend holding off till I was at least 26 weeks along so that if that did happen to me the baby would have a chance to survive outside the womb. Anyways that scared the heck out of me so I avoided those foods like the plauge.

She this to me while I was pregnant and I don't have the best memory from that time so I could be getting some of her story wrong, Ms. Jacks might have better insight.

@Foodnerd81: Yeah only unpasteurized foods.

I actually don't remember what she said about not cooked or refrigerated meats. Sorry! ^_^ I always heated up all my cold/uncooked meats and avoid sushi.

Remember getting this is kind of low... but yeah it still scared me. : )

I've never known or heard of anyone getting listeriosis while pregnant, except my mom had food poisoning with me, haha. She said back then doctor didn't care at all. My brother's gf did get sick from unpasteurized cheese (like REALLY sick) so I force myself to stay away from brie, etc.

@Mrs. Pen: Yep. Lol, we're so predictable. We're hoping to get a pig yet this summer too. For bacon seed.

Can anyone explain why the last major outbreak of listeria in the U.S. was cantaloupe, but that's never on the "avoid" lists?

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/03/health/listeria-outbreak-investigation
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/safety/story/2011-11-03/Cantaloupe-listeria-outbreak-most-deadly-since-1924/51064012/1

Also, it seems like the most common source of listeria is indeed deli and processed meats eaten without being heated, but the odds are still very low.

http://churnyourown.com/2011/09/28/listeria/
http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/statistics.html

The CDC reports only 1 case of fetal death from listeria in the entire U.S. in 2012 (from an imported unpasteurized cheese). There are no cases listed that I can find that involve soft serve any time time in the last 10 years. Anyone else find any info on the soft-serve thing?

I'm just really interested in all of this now. I get pregnant women not wanting to take chances....but driving a car is far more dangerous to pregnant women, and most of us do it every day. But we're supposed to give up soft serve ice cream for 9 months because it's listed on websites like Babycenter without any recent research to back it up?

Anyway....I ate soft serve 3 times this week. =) You can see where I stand on that.

@Anagram: preach sister. "better safe than sorry" is sort about perspective, or what people ignore, I think.

Nope. I'm in the moderation camp too.

I actually was pregnant the first time when the cantaloupe thing happened, and had some in my house. I threw it right away, but I didn't get sick from eating it beforehand. I think it's important just to listen to your own intuition and eat anything deemed risky either not at all, or in moderation. I definitely had soft serve last time, a couple of sandwiches with deli meats, and probably a few other things, and I most likely will this pregnancy, too, I just won't go crazy with any of those things.

@Raindrop: my friend ate soft serve ice cream every day (she didn't know you weren't supposed to), and she had her baby at 33 weeks. he went on to be super smart though (he's 5 now).

i got food poisoning once from a deli sandwich before i was pregnant and i was violently ill, so no way was i risking getting sick while pregnant. i avoided all deli meats and soft serve ice cream!