question: Hello doctor, I am 26 weeks pregnant, and recently I ate sunflower seeds that have since been recalled for listeria. I became ill the next day with vomiting, weakness, fatigue, muscle aches, chills. It was not until 10 days, later that I heard about the recall and made a connection. My gynecologist is concerned, but has no experience with listeria so she is not confident about how to proceed. She had a sonogram to verify the baby is fine at this point. She also ordered a blood culture. However, I have read that blood culture is not necessarily accurate. While my symptoms are gone, I fear that it can stay in my system for 70 days and could affect the baby at any point during that time without me knowing. My doctor is under the impression that any preventive treatment would require an inpatient stay with IVS and may have risk for the baby. Therefore, she does not want to proceed unless the blood culture is positive. Is there anything further I can do as a precaution?