Question: can pregnant women eat steak?
Answer: So while you may have cooked (or ordered) that steak medium-rare before your baby came on board, you'll now need to refrain from blood-red meat. Undercooked meat (and poultry) can harbor such bacteria as E. coli, trichinella, and salmonella (all of which can cause a bad case of food poisoning) or cause toxoplasmosis.