Ask the Expert Unpasteurized foods
Q:I’ve been craving cookie dough during my pregnancy. Is it safe to eat? A:Only if it’s dough you’ve purchased pre-packaged from the refrigerated section of your grocery store. These are made using pasteurized eggs that pose no threat. However, homemade dough or that which is prepared in specialty shops and bakeries should be avoided at it could cause illness. This is also true for any pre-prepared food. If you cannot confirm that it has been pasteurized, it is safer to avoid it. As always, specific questions should be directed to your doctor. —Joe Chang, MD, The Women’s Clinic of Vancouver Submit your question > Read more Q&AsPreconception Questions > Visit the Ask the Expert archive > |
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After taking the prenatal class, Adriana and Roberto created their birthing plan; making important decisions about how they wanted to deliver their baby. When the due date neared, they were going to stay at home as long as possible before going to the hospital … listening to music, talking to baby and enjoying the experience. Read the full story > Download a birth planning form >Read about false labor and the signs of true labor > Share your story. Submit your story with a local angle, and you will receive $50 if it is selected for publication. |
Adriana García and Roberto Jimenez were overjoyed when they discovered they were going to become first-time parents. They wanted to do everything right, which included signing up for Kaiser Permanente’s Preparation for Birth Class and checking out the Family Birth Center at Southwest Washington Medical Center. They even created an online blog so friends and family in Mexico could track the pregnancy and share their good wishes with the couple.
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