Did you eat undercooked burgers or ground beef during pregnancy?

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I ate a burger last night and after a few bites noticed how pink it was in the middle. it wasn’t bloody but definitely pink. I let my bf convince me it wouldn’t hurt and I would be fine so I ended up eating the whole thing. Now I regret this decision. I know ground beef should be completely cooked through but what was everyone else’s experience during their pregnancies?

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I am an USDA inspector, and I inspect meat products every day. Some of the advice on here is good, some of it is ill informed. 
I watch slaughter processes. I watch meat processing including raw ground beef being made. I have seen some nasty stuff. Ground beef and steaks are in different categories. If there is feces on the carcass during slaughter (which trust me, it’s constantly happening), it might not get trimmed perfectly. In that case, bacteria will be on the outside of the meat. Now, on a steak, you cook the outside killing that bacteria. The inside of a steak is (mostly) considered safe, because contamination is unlikely. That’s why it’s ok to eat a medium rare steak. 
Now think about ground beef. They take trimmings off random cuts of meat thats been handled by several people (maybe even in several plants so far) and then grind and mix it all together. So, that bacteria is ALL MIXED IN. It’s on the outside and the inside of the meat. Now, we test ground beef constantly for salmonella and E. coli, but we don’t catch everything. Personally, I eat a burger medium well, because then it’s cooked enough to kill pathogens. 
Is every burger not cooked enough going to get to you sick? Nope! People like me work very hard to keep you safe, but it’s not fool proof. Most likely you’ll be fine, but knowing what I know, I wouldn’t eat undercooked ground meat of any variety pregnant or not.

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I had a few medium rare burgers. Me and baby are fine

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I ate (and still eat) everything medium well. Well done is too chewy and anything under medium well might as well still be mooing to me 😂

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I’ve only eaten rare steaks and burgers my entire life. I’m not stopping lol

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I had a medium well steak a few weeks ago and some lunch meat in my sandwich yesterday. It’s not that it’s harmful for your baby, it’s simply that deli and raw meats may contain bacteria and since we are pregnant it’s more dangerous than when we are not.

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I can’t eat anything cooked over medium rare. My doctors had zero issue with it.

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I don’t eat ground beef at all but I ate uncooked sushi, cheese, soda, coffee my whole pregnancy

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I only eat well done meat. But, the only reason you do that is to cook out any possible bacteria. If you aren’t sick right now, you’re fine. Most of the meat is perfecy fine and there’s no bacteria. People eat rare burgers without getting sick all the time. It’s just when your pregnant, that same exact sickness is worse for the baby. If you don’t get sick you’re fine.

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I’m sure you’ll be fine babes! I ate a hella rare steak the other day before I even thought about and I felt the same way but it’s honestly fine.