Can you eat crab while pregnant????

[Neffi211]

Just wondered if its okay to eat crab while pregnant......there are so many websites that say yes and no! Any advise????

[lauradc]

I have never heard of a problem with crab...I thought the only seafood they say to stay away from when pregnant are fish with high mercury in them...but I've never read anything about crab but ya know, they find something new every day to make us worry about
Laura

[Dakota]

I believe shell fish was ok, its the shark, swordfish things like that, that cant be farmed raised that has no shell (shell fish does not absorb the mercury in the water as much as reg fish).

Hope this helps

[schel67]

I did the research and came to the conclusion the it is safe to eat crab. Of course it needs to be cooked throughly. I eat crab all the time and I am now 30 weeks 4 days pregnant. King crab is my favorite!

[Aliann09]

I sure hope so or my DD is going to have some real problems . I turned into a shell fish junkie the last 3 months of my pregnancy. My DD came right on her due date and has had no problems at all, so I would say you are fine.