food poisoning?

[Israel]

Last night I ate a small cup of clam chowder and had meatloaf from one of my favorite restaurants. About four hours later I was puking my guts out...it was awful! :shock: I immediately felt better and went to bed and I feel fine this morning. I haven't gotten sick like that in years and it's very unusual for me to vomit. I didn't have flu symptoms, nor did I have body aches...only had to vomit... a lot!

Has anyone ever had food poisoning during pregnancy? Or do you think that the foods I ate last night just don't agree with me right now? Can baby be dangerously affected by this? I would imagine that if it is food poisoning then some of that stuff will still be fed to the baby although I vomited most of it out??

I will definitely be using the doppler every day for the next few days...this really has be concerned. :(

[kanaclark]

at 18 weeks, the baby should be ok. But if you've had pregnancy related issues all along, I would do the doppler just to comfort you.

if it were four hours later, I wouldn't look to the chowder and meatloaf. I'd look a little further back. Although, there is a possibility it could be that meal.
It typically takes 12 hours for food poisoning

Hope you feel better soon and all if well with you and baby

~Kana

[Winnie]

I will be praying for you.

Winnie

[Eva]

Take it from me, that sounds totally normal. When I was pg with Abby I never got morning sickness. However, I did get sick about 5 times in the 2nd and 3rd trimester due to things I ate. I still can't pinpoint why, I always put it down to me eating healthy and then I would eat something greasy and it would make me vomit. Even this pg, I had McD's last week and about 5hrs later it was all up. So, I've made it a point not to eat McD's anymore. I've been sick twice so far in these later stages with this pg, I just have to watch what I eat. If I cook at home, no problem I'm fine. But if I eat out, sometimes it will make me sick depending on the grease factor. I would say that it probably wasn't food poisoning, it probably was just that the food didn't agree with your body. But I'm not a doc, that's just my opinion and experience. I would say to stay away from greasy stuff cuz that could be what's setting it off. Anyway, I hope that put your mind at rest :D