Is it okay to eat medium steak?

[sjh722]

I haven't been to the doctor yet, so sorry if this is a silly question.

The pregnancy book says absolutely no undercooked meat and that beef should be cooked to well-done, but it is also kind of alarmist about a lot of things.

I see conflicting answers online (and some of them are from websites where the users can't spell, so...)

We're going out for dinner for our anniversary. I really don't like steak cooked more than medium, but if I'm not supposed to eat it that way, I'll just find something else to order.

[galaxy8227]

I ate my steaks medium throughout my pregnancy--if I was somewhere and it looked too pink than I was comfortable with I just sent it back.

[liveintheville]

I ate steak and always got it medium rare. Both kids turned out fine. I'd consider it a waste to get a steak cooked medium or more well done.

[sjh722]

Thank you! That makes much more sense.

We'll see if I still feel like eating steak once we get to the restaurant, LOL, but at least I know it's an option.

[pamela]

The only beef I'd worry about at all is ground. Because the contamination is going to get on the outside of the steak, which no matter what temp you cook it to, is seared and kills the bad stuff. With ground though, the contamination could have been mixed in during grinding, patty making, etc so it needs to be cooked more thoroughly.