https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 11:41:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant/page/2#post-2827430 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 19:26:32 +0000 ALV91711 2827430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat it multiple times a week. i didn't really eat any with my first though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant/page/2#post-2827428 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 18:23:52 +0000 ElbieKay 2827428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No because I don't really miss it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant/page/2#post-2827381 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:04:43 +0000 littleblessings 2827381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put some. I only eat them if they are hot while pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant/page/2#post-2826693 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:15:40 +0000 dolphin 2826693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first I didn't but with my second and third, yes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant/page/2#post-2826637 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 22:33:35 +0000 autumnlove 2826637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did! Congrats! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant/page/2#post-2826629 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 22:21:00 +0000 crazydoglady 2826629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pretty much only have it heated up, but I really don't think it makes a difference. I want a cold salami sandwich. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant/page/2#post-2826619 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 21:40:57 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2826619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat deli meat pretty regularly from reputable places. Sometimes heated (like a panini) but not always. Did the same while pregnant with LO #1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant/page/2#post-2826598 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:20:18 +0000 autumnleaves 2826598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only ate deli meat heated up. I was so ready for a cold turkey sandwich when I got home from the hospital - I think I ate them daily for at least a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant/page/2#post-2826588 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:31:44 +0000 Mama Bird 2826588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. The only time I think I had food poisoning, it was not lunchmeat or even anything on the eat-with-caution list. It was an incredibly nasty vegetable scone thing that my mom bought at a street fair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826581 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:11:25 +0000 buttermilk 2826581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg yes, I’m pregnant with #2 and I I literally eat a turkey sandwich for lunch every single day. I also eat sushi once a week and have 2 cups of coffee per day and a drink once every couple weeks. </p> <p>My first baby was a completely healthy one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826574 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 17:30:14 +0000 LCTBQE 2826574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. Hell, hell no. I read this nyt article and agree that however small the risk is for listeria, I’m not going there. Also not sure if no one saw it but there was a HUGE listeria outbreak in South Africa a couple months back traced to bologna. </p> <p><a href="https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/take-back-your-pregnancy-with-caution/" rel="nofollow">https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/take-back-your-pregnancy-with-caution/</a></p> <p>I do have an occasional 3/4 glass of wine with dinner and feel absolutely fine about it, and I believe salmonella and other food poisoning isn’t nearly as risky. Still avoiding sushi for the time being though. @youboots: @silva: but expecting better specifically said to avoid turkey! Other thing I recall from that book that never gets talked about is avoiding queso fresco, the crumbled white cheese all over everything in Mexican restaurants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826561 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:23:29 +0000 youboots 2826561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I ate it. I loved the book Expecting Better for guidance on pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826551 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:49:38 +0000 lindseykaye 2826551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: Oh man yes I've caught myself thinking this too. I know that my fave chain sub is not quite as healthy as a homemade turkey sandwich, but it's definitely better than other fast food options available. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826544 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:35:07 +0000 Mommy Finger 2826544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first one, I was more careful. With the second, I was at Jersey Mike's once a week. #7 for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826533 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:01:13 +0000 QBbride 2826533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I ate it and was never worried about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826470 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:28:09 +0000 psw27 2826470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ate it. I was not worried. As others have said, the risk is food poisoning, which has not been coming from turkey sandwiches. Overall health wise, the stuff they said to avoid was healthier than the stuff they didn't have a problem with (i.e. I don't buy the logic that I should go eat a big mac and a soda but not a turkey sandwich on wheat bread ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826467 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:25:54 +0000 erinbaderin 2826467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like a lot of things, I didn’t with the first baby but I did with the second occasionally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826462 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:17:39 +0000 MamaBear87 2826462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: my ob was actually awesome and told me she had to give me the official list but said in her estimation I should just use my judgement and not eat somewhere that looked gross. That made me feel so much better.<br /> I hate the food recs and the fact that they induce/c-section mommas because baby measures "big" on ultrasound. Totally my soap box 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826458 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:11:27 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2826458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I’m pretty sure the two deli sandwiches I had while pregnant were from Jersey Mike!! Yummy </p> <p>There was a locatio near a hotel I was staying at for a business trip. After I got back someone on here scared me to never eat a deli meat again while pregnant. The bee was a lawyer and handled cases where children were disabled and the root cause was deli meat. </p> <p>@CatchAFallingStar: I don’t consider Panera deli meat since I can see the grain of the meat, but in that case I lucked up. I ate PB there all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826452 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:03:44 +0000 PinkElephant 2826452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First pregnancy, no. Second and third pregnancies, yes. Sometimes toasted, but sometimes not. I always ate my sandwich right away, and didn't buy it from anywhere sketchy , but otherwise felt totally okay about it. Particularly once I was at a point where I could feel the babies movement, because somehow that just made me feel better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826451 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:03:22 +0000 jhd 2826451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I nicknamed LO2 jimmy John 😉 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826450 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:02:54 +0000 Silva 2826450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBear87: I totally agree. The book Expecting Better kind of made me more scared of food born illnesses and less scared of alcohol! I think we are told to avoid stuff without an explanation or information and that feels very patronizing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826449 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:01:52 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2826449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ate Panera a couple times. I really think it’s ok! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826446 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:54:58 +0000 MamaBear87 2826446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: i meant food poisoning, but thanks for clarifying ☺. I know listeria is riskier but you're more likely to get that from all the stuff they tell you to eat lots of, fruits and veggies so I just try not to think about that one while pregnant. </p> <p>I hate how they use major scare tactics on pregnant women who are already anxious and experiencing something new </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826433 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:20:36 +0000 Silva 2826433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally eat lunchmeat, and agree that the rules are crazy. </p> <p>@MamaBear87: Listeria carries a risk of still-birth and premature labor/miscarriage for the fetus- even if the mother's symptoms are mild. Salmonella would act like regular food poisoning, causing stomach upset for mom but there is minimal risk to the fetus. I generally am pretty casual about rules during pregnancy, but listeria is a scary one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826431 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:15:01 +0000 yogifish 2826431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lindseykaye: yup this exactly. I think reputable places that are clean and have no inspection issues are fine. I did this last with 2.5 year old and this time ~20 weeks and feel fine with it. Listeria is more likely to get you in bagged salad and no one is saying not to eat that to pregnant women... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826430 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:08:38 +0000 Littlebit7 2826430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always remembered this “rule” after I had already crushed a sub. </p> <p>@MamaBear87: this exactly. I ate and drank everything I wanted. Of course nothing to excesss. And I wasn’t going all andrew zimmern and eating raw brains at a street cart...but I did eat my way through a third world country and suffered no ill effects. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826429 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:58:52 +0000 MamaBear87 2826429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I followed the UK recommendations for pregnant women. They're actually factually based and not crazy like the us ones.<br /> I ate whatever I wanted basically from reputable places. Nearly all the risk of food borne illnesses is on your body not the babies, so to me not a huge risk. I can deal with fluids if needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826428 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:55:11 +0000 kiddosc 2826428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally ate lunchmeat. I think it's so weird that lunchmeat gets called out specifically when recent major outbreaks of listeria have all been other foods no pregnant woman is told to avoid.... fruits, vegetables, ice cream! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-eat-lunchmeat-while-pregnant#post-2826426 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:53:20 +0000 josina 2826426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was more careful about it with my first, I always heated it up first.<br /> More lenient with my 2nd, the occasional subway sub, or fresh shaved meat from the deli. </p>