Lobster and Pregnancy (health alert, pregnant, treat, kids)

[psychofan]

Going to take a nice weeklong fall trip to Maine in early October. My question is how many Maine lobsters and/or lobster rolls would be considered too many (or unsafe) to eat in one week for someone who is pregnant (early first term)? I've seem and read quite a few different websites where one would say lobsters are low in mercury while another would say medium in mercury, etc. Can't seem to get anything definite. It would be a shame if we make this great Fall foliage trip to Maine and the SO can't eat but watch me eat lobsters and lobster rolls every day of the trip .

There're got to be Maine natives who ate lobsters during their pregnancy and baby came out fine and normal.

Thoughts?

[nomore07]

Mercury Levels in Fish : American Pregnancy Association

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/sc...ND_BRF.html?em

[Just-Sayin]

Lobster are bottom feeders. If it isn't mercury it may be something else.

[psychofan]

Lobsters are still somewhat more safer to eat than other fishes,

see Health Alerts - Seafood Selector - Environmental Defense Fund

[nomore07]

Originally Posted by Just-Sayin

Lobster are bottom feeders. If it isn't mercury it may be something else.

Good one. They're the ocean's vacuum cleaners

There must be a reason their bodies are designed to handle so much of the stuff without being affected.

[psychofan]

Originally Posted by Just-Sayin

Lobster are bottom feeders. If it isn't mercury it may be something else.

Mercury Found in Every Fish in Streams Across the Country - ABC News

Bottom-eating fish, such as sardines, are safer because they eat algae.

[Just-Sayin]

Small fish that are caught and sold as Sardines eat algae and not fish feces as lobster and crab do.


I really don't think that one week of lobster in the first trimester will harm anything though. Just have her drink lots of water.

[bluedevilz]

Originally Posted by Just-Sayin

Small fish that are caught and sold as Sardines eat algae and not fish feces as lobster and crab do.


I really don't think that one week of lobster in the first trimester will harm anything though. Just have her drink lots of water.

Lobsters are hunters and prefer fresh kills of their own, while they are technically bottom feeders they are not detritivores.

[bluedevilz]

Originally Posted by psychofan

Going to take a nice weeklong fall trip to Maine in early October. My question is how many Maine lobsters and/or lobster rolls would be considered too many (or unsafe) to eat in one week for someone who is pregnant (early first term)? I've seem and read quite a few different websites where one would say lobsters are low in mercury while another would say medium in mercury, etc. Can't seem to get anything definite. It would be a shame if we make this great Fall foliage trip to Maine and the SO can't eat but watch me eat lobsters and lobster rolls every day of the trip .

There're got to be Maine natives who ate lobsters during their pregnancy and baby came out fine and normal.

Thoughts?

I lived a good deal of my life in Maine, spent summers as a teen working in a lobster pound.

Two of my 3 kids were born in Maine and my wife ate lobster while pregnant.

Here is a pretty good resource on seafood consumption during pregnancy, as always you should consult your OB/GYN, but by and large, lobster is a pretty low mercury critter.

http://action.psr.org/site/DocServer....pdf?docID=713

[miasmommy]

Originally Posted by bluedevilz

Lobsters are hunters and prefer fresh kills of their own, while they are technically bottom feeders they are not detritivores.

Yes yes yes.

You should treat them like any other low mercury sea creature/food source.

I ate as much fish/lobster/shrimp as allowed byt the AAP, EPA and my obgyn. . . .

It's also only a week. How much could you eat in a week