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I may be totally wrong, but my understanding is that it's the slicer they're concerned about, not the meat. If the slicer isn't properly cleaned, it can harbor listeria.

That being said, my doctor wasn't concerned about deli meat at all. He said "I'm supposed to tell you to heat it up, but I don't personally think it's necessary."

The issue is the potential for Listeria on the slicer. If you're worried, avoid it.

more an 'at your own risk' type of thing -- of course better safe than sorry, but if you feel confident about the source/are able to heat it up to hot, then you should be ok! (....said the pregnant lady who had sashimi yesterday for dinner.... mmm.....)

I avoided it at first but def had deli meat a few times. Agree that as long as it's not from some shady deli it should be fine!

I'm 17wks and I eat way too much deli meat. Subway 1x a week and sometimes another serving during the week.

I figure if I think it's safe, it's probably ok... honestly I feel like I'm more likely to get Listeria from some contaminated cantaloupe or something! I personally think the deli meat thing is a little overblown as long as you don't eat nasty shady stuff.

I ate deli meat almost every single day of my pregnancy. I've also never in my life heard of anyone getting sick from deli meat, so I figured it was fine.

I just finished reading "panic free pregnancy" and there was a section about this. They said only 20 pregnant women in the entire country get listeria each year so the chances of it happening are extremely small. I just wouldn't touch the prepackaged stuff but I'd feel completely fine getting it freshly cut and then eating immediately.