31w3d BabyCenter

Expert answer: Larry Pickering, infectious disease specialist Even when you're not pregnant, you should drink only pasteurized juice products unless the fruit is freshly washed and squeezed immediately before you drink it (as fresh orange juice often is). Drinking unpasteurized juice has been associated with food-borne disease caused by E. coli 0157H7 or Salmonella species that can make people seriously ill. Especially vulnerable are the young, the elderly, and people whose immune systems are compromised by a disease or immunosuppressive medication. Expert answer: Penelope Morrison Bosarge, nurse practitioner If you make your own juice from fruit and make sure to wash the fruit with soap and water and squeeze it yourself, there should be no problem. If you haven't washed it well, there could be chemicals and insecticides on the fruit. I'd stay away from the unpasteurized juice you find in health food stores. You don't know what processes it went through when it was made. Chemicals or bacteria could have gotten into the juice and could make you and your baby sick. http://www.babycenter.com/my-pregnancy-today-app