Thank you so much TanyaR and Hello.Again.Kitty. I think I'm just reading too too much information, i've even written a list of the things I need to eat and the things I shouldn't touch. As he/she is my first I'm trying to eat as much nutrients possible and try to avoid the bad stuff. Thanks again ladies.
Couldn't agree more... I often wonder how many cases there have been of things we are told to avoid, I too have never heard of any cases with OJ, yet there was a massive outbreak of listeria causing a few dozen deaths in the US with rockmelon at the end of 2011 .. but we aren't told to avoid that!
Too much information is a bad thing sometimes!
it's about the risk of food poisoning, so take a common sense approach and ask yourself whether you've heard of anyone getting food poisoning from orange juice and make the call.
I take a very relaxed approach to what should or shouldn't be eaten during pregnancy, but wouldn't presume to suggest that others should take risks they aren't comfortable with.
It's all about weighing up the risk - listeria is the big one which can affect your unborn baby. I've never heard of listeria being found in OJ - it's more dairy products and products that may have been washed in contaminated water and not cooked (salads... but then again, there's more stuff that can contaminate salads than listeria! You probably wouldn't want to know!)
Unfortunately, yes, you should only drink juices that are pasteurized (some fresh juices are "flash" pasteurized, I am pretty sure Starbucks are actually) to kill the posibility of salmonella, listeria, toxoplasmosis and E coli. Either this, or you can juice your own orange juice, and make sure you are cleaning the outside thoroughly (if you are juicing with the rind still attached).
There are so many do's and dont's during pregnancy. I tend to do a bit of research and then make an informed decision as to what I feel the risk is, having said this, I do tend to be very cautious, considering it is only for such a short period of time, and I couldn't stand the guilt if I did knowingly do something to risk the health of my baby, and was unlucky enough to have take something that did cause a problem. You are talking such a small percentage that do have issues, but still a risk you would rather be aware of....
HTH
I've been reading on the internet not to drink unpastreurized drinks yet it says fresh orange juice is good for the pregnancy but isn't fresh oranges unpastreurized. Sometimes I walk past a fresh juice stand at the mall and would love to buy juice from there but usually worried it wouldn't be good. Can anyone give me some advice on this, as this is my first pregnancy and don't really know who I can ask. Thank you