Last Friday, my husband and I ate romaine salad with dinner at home. On Tuesday, he got sick. It came on suddenly and was feverish with awful painful cramps. He never threw up or had diarrhea. It lasted about 12 hours. Fast forward to today. I felt nauseated at 6 am while prepping bottles. I vomited at noon. It came out of nowhere with only about a second of notice. I’ve had a 100* fever tonight. Tonight we saw that romaine from Salinas, CA, has been recalled for E. coli. Ours is from Salinas. Could that be what we have? Is it safe for me to keep pumping? (I’m EPing.)
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Sounds like it could be. You should be ok to keep breastfeeding
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Sounds like it. We threw out all of our lettuce. I’d just call pediatrician or doc to see if it’s best .... I would be worried
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Kelly mom says breastfeeding during food poisoning should be ok - but I’d definitely wash/sanitize your hands carefully before pumping and handling bottles. Good luck!
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oh no... LO's been puking all morning, and we did have an avocado salad with lettuce earlier in the week... this is super good to know about. I know the odds are low probably that it is e coli and not a standard stomach bug but I will definitely be calling my doctor now if I get it since I'm pregnant and the internet is scaring me about e coli during pregnancy
. Thanks for the heads up, and I really hope you feel better soon. I would definitely ask the ped nurse's line about bf, just to be safe...
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@periwinklebee: @gotkimchi: @cake2017: @bhbee: Thanks for the comments, all. I did end up chatting with the dr on call and she said I can keep pumping. I have been VERY careful with the bottles and to keep everything clean, as though I can't pass it to him via the milk, I could if the germ was on my skin and he somehow got in contact with it. I even wore plastic gloves the night I was really sick and feverish.
. Thanks for the heads up, and I really hope you feel better soon. I would definitely ask the ped nurse's line about bf, just to be safe...
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