The chicken roll that endangered an unborn baby's life

Pregnant mum rushed in for emergency caesarean after food poisoning from local bakery.

Ashley Buchanan was forced to undergo an emergency caesarean after eating from a Southern Sydney bakery linked to a salmonella breakout.

She ate a hot chicken roll at the Box Village Bakery in Sylvania on Sunday after a birthing class with her husband.

The couple were both admitted to hospital with severe food poisoning by Sunday night, 9news reports.

“The infection was so severe and I was so sick,” she told 2UE Breakfast hosts, John Stanley and Garry Linnel.

By Tuesday, her condition was so bad that doctors had to perform an emergency C-section, despite Ashley only being 35 weeks pregnant.

“For your first child – or any child – you don’t expect for it to pan out like that. We were just so lucky that the doctors got this in time,” she said.

“It was all quite frightening because my blood pressure went right down and they had to rush me to ICU straight after delivery.”

She was unable to see Ava for the first 24 hours after her birth because she was in ICU.

While her husband has left hospital, Ashley and her daughter remain in recovery. She told the radio hosts that she hopes pregnant women take her story as a warning to be careful when it comes to food.

“I’m devastated I ate it. I’ve been so careful with everything I’ve eaten my whole pregnancy and I opted for the hot chicken roll. I saw that the chicken was in a hot pan and it was steaming I thought, you know, ‘it should be right.’”

The couple’s daughter, Ava, is healthy and well.

What a scary situation to go through. We are so glad everyone is now healthy.

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20 Comments

- - mom156049 said
  - 30 Mar 2016
    8:25 am
I hope the bakery are being held accountable. The situation could have ended much worse. I’m glad to read all are well and baby safely delivered

- - KrysGrace said
  - 08 Feb 2016
    3:39 pm
Thank gosh that they are all ok now.

Unfortunately they were in this horrible situation at no fault of their own. We trust food vendors to do the right thing when it comes to food safety. Shame that we have situations where that trust is broken.

- - madlac2 said
  - 05 Feb 2016
    9:57 pm
shocking, glad all are ok

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Feb 2016
    8:11 pm
yeah that would have been absolutely scary! glad that they are all fine. poor lady! she would have been afraid for her baby!

- - Mummytoabeautifulprincess said
  - 31 Jan 2016
    11:55 am
How very scary!! Glad to hear they are all ok. You have to be so careful with anything you eat when you’re pregnant.

- - mom74640 said
  - 30 Jan 2016
    9:58 pm
Lke nj

- - cherz said
  - 30 Jan 2016
    8:57 pm
Very easy to comment in hindsight. This poor mom thought the food was ok, my prayers and wishes for a speedy recovery and much happiness and good health to them all from now on.

- - mom160421 said
  - 30 Jan 2016
    4:14 pm
What a horrible thing to go through for this young mum. I’m glad the family is okay.

- - mom103920 said
  - 30 Jan 2016
    10:53 am
This would have been a dreadful situation to be in. I’m so pleased mum and bub are ok now, and I hope more pregnant women listen to her story and heed her warning.

- - mom93821 said
  - 30 Jan 2016
    8:12 am
Glad mum and bub are well – a very scary experience. Food can be dangerous when due care is not taken with preparing it and keeping it in safe conditions.

- - aprilb1 said
  - 30 Jan 2016
    12:33 am
Any food just sitting for a long period of time even in a warmer is not good. It gives the bacteria a chance to grow and multiply.

- - mom165081 said
  - 30 Jan 2016
    12:19 am
No matter how careful we are, thus kind of thing can happy – so very stressful for them. So glad to read little Ava is healthy.

- - BellaB said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    11:20 pm
Absolutely awful – I remember refusing to eat chicken from takeaway type stores hen I was pregnant, because of the risks.

- - mum4107 said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    10:44 pm
How terrible. I’m so glad they are ok

- - rachelvk said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    9:34 pm
That would have been a very scary situation. Hope all are recovering well.

- - linaianna said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    8:12 pm
How terrible lucky that everyone is ok now

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    7:09 pm
jeepers the poor mummy xx glad bub is ok.

- - shaneanddan said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    5:43 pm
Horrible experience. I’ve always steered well away from that sort of food while pregnant for this exact reason or listeria.

- - Lori-Anne said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    3:46 pm
Wow… so scary… I am glad that they are all well on the road to recovery…

- - mom90758 said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    3:28 pm
Luckily they are all right now. But very scary indeed. What a horrible experience!!