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Can I eat canned tuna while pregnant?

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Can I eat canned tuna while pregnant?

This is my first pregnancy and i'm getting mixed answers from family and doctors about whether I can eat canned tuna or not???
asked by Jhiguera 3 years 6 weeks ago
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by jessicar3002 submitted 3 years 6 weeks

ive read on the net that if you want to eat any kind of fish or anything i guess "prego's" are not supposed to eat can eat it but make once a week. So if you ate some today you gotta wait til next tues. Hope this helps!

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by ssmarie7 submitted 3 years 6 weeks

All my books, all my nurses both at the doctors and with WIC and research points to YES! Eat tuna because fish is good for you and growing baby brains. But stay away from the fancy Albacore tuna. Remember the bigger the fish the more little fish and life they have consumed which equals lots of mercury! But feel free to eat good ol' plain tuna in a can, rinse and enjoy but in moderation. Nothing more than can a week is a good safe bet. But I've eaten plenty of fish (from Seattle) and so far my baby seems to be bumping along just fine (i'm in my final trimester). So enjoy!

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by kdugan1985 submitted 3 years 5 weeks

they told me with my last pregnancy u can only eat 3 cans a month because of the mercury content in the fish..its not dangerous if you only eat that much.hope this helps

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by joybells submitted 3 years 5 weeks

I was told by my doctor that i can eat it no more then once a week.  I've eaten tuna a couple of times and baby is fine.

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by BMock submitted 2 years 51 weeks

I was told by the nutritionist at my doctors that can tuna is a do not eat fish. You can find information on the internet, or at your doctors that will tell you what are the good fishes to eat, and how much you can eat.

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