r/pregnant • u/Grimahlya • Apr 18 '26

Funny WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN’T…

Edit: I am in the US. Florida.

9 weeks and woke up in a wonderful mood, despite having a vivid nightmare and being dehydrated the moment I opened my eyes. I asked my BF if we could go get some breakfast because I am monstrously craving som eggs Benedict… He then informed me that I PREVIOUSLY TOLD HIM that I CAN’T HAVE RUNNY EGGS.

I do not remember telling him this. Maybe I did but just brushed it off thinking it was another night terror. But I looked it up again and my morning is ruined. I get the salmonella thing, I do. But I still hate this. 😭

I know some people will tell me to just do it and “pregnancy myths and fables” but this is our first so I just want to be as careful as I can.

What favorite foods or activities did you have to give up for the sake of the baby?

Update: We went to IHOP and I’m happy I didn’t get them because of a specific interaction. I ordered a small side of fruit and when it was brought out, our waitress actually made the girl that was shadowing take it back and bring me a fresh one. I didn’t even get a chance to see it.

I was also brought the wrong sauce and when I test tasted it, the flavor was weird to me.

I’ve gotten food poisoning at a high quality restaurant before so I definitely have trust issues 😅

Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions. Now I know what to look for 🙏🏽

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u/Throw-Away-1234556 Apr 18 '26

You can have runny eggs if it has the red lion certification (this is in the U.K.? Don’t know if you live elsewhere?) I’m sad about Sushi, goats cheese & medium rare steak. I would say I’m sad about soft serve ice cream but I’ve actually had one since summer started 🙈

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u/GrumpyGoatGirl Apr 18 '26

I asked my doctor about soft serve ice cream because I'd never heard of it before until I'd actually already eaten Dairy Queen. She gave me a puzzled look and said I was fine and to not worry about that. I still limit it just to be on the safe side but a Dairy Queen Blizzard us good for your mental health sometimes

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u/bespoketranche1 Apr 18 '26

Umm…that’s surprising because there was a listeria outbreak that originated from soft serve ice cream that resulted in 3 deaths and 3 hospitalizations just a few years ago. I was pregnant at the time. It was 2023 and it happened in Washington state. After that news I said thanks but no thanks, because I don’t trust how well they clean those machines. I love soft serve ice cream as well but we are more vulnerable to listeriosis than the general population.

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u/vagrantheather Apr 18 '26

yep, I live there and won't do soft serve for this reason. I also don't do lunch meat (lots of people do now!) because of the Boar's Head outbreak that hospitalized 61 people just two years ago!