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is it safe to eat cookie dough while i'm pregnant


i love eating cookie dough and was wondering is it safe to eat it while im pregnant...

Posted: 07/06/2010 by kiki113092

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The risk of infection from something made with raw but pasturized eggs is extrfemely low, but if the slim chance of contracting salmenella hit you, then you risk dehydration from excess vomiting which is already bad enough during the first trimenster. The infection itself does not cross the placenta (though there are other infections that do) but it is probably better to bake that cooking dough or make some yourself without the egg if a raw cookie dough craving is too much to resist.
posted 07/06/2010 by Conniesmommy
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I ate raw cookie dough with both my pregnancys.. I'm not talking like a whole bowl full or anything, but I did eat a few cookies worth! Oh- and I like the cake batter bowl, too.
posted 07/06/2010 by Emkaed
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hmmm - raw anything (such as eggs, in the cookie dough) are probably not a good idea in the first trimester - your bby is at a much higher risk of food poisoning than you are, since s/he doesn't have an immune system yet.
posted 07/06/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
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