I'm in my first trimester and I've been craving me some goat cheese, feta, and blue cheese. Did anyone eat soft cheese while prego? How unsafe is it ? I've also read that any kind of sprouts are bad too and I've been craving a turkey sandwich loaded with sprouts. I know I may be googling too much and may be overly paranoid. lol
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I think as long as you make sure it's pasteurized it's fine!
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Pasteurized is fine, enjoy!
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Go for it!!
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Okay. Do you think most cheeses at trader joes are pasturized?
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@hocuspocus: definitely
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I definitely did so when I was pregnant - tons of brie! My OB specifically told me it was OK as long as it's pasteurized. Most cheeses in big supermarkets are pasteurized and the label usually says "pasteurized milk."
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It should say on the label whether it's pasturized.
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@hocuspocus: it will say pasteurized milk or whatever in the ingredients in the label. Most are. At TJs I think they usually mark the none pastuerized ones with an orange RAW sticker.
And yeah I ate them throughout my pregnancy.
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Yep, ate it all!
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Definitely read the label. TJs actually has a lot of raw milk cheese, which I bought by accident a few times while pregnant because I assumed grocery store cheese would be pasteurized. But TJ's has some triple creme brie that is pasteurized and DELICIOUS so I highly recommend that
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Thanks guys I'll definitely be getting some pasturized cheeses! yay lol so excited !
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Oh yes I would have died without my soft cheeses. Look in the ingredients and it should say pastured milk
as far as sprouts, I stayed away.
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@hocuspocus: I eat goat cheese, my DR said it just has to be pasteurized.......
Stay away from brie though!
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I don't understand why the sprouts are considered unsafe ? I'll talk to my dr. When I go in. I'll be so bummed if I can't have them
I guess lunch meats are kind of iffy too...
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First baby I did not indulge Bc of fear. Second baby I enjoy soft cheeses often. I have yet to come across an unpasteurized cheese.
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I ate (and continue to eat) tons of soft cheese. I'm 16 weeks and still have little to no appetite, so when something sounds good to me, I go for it. As long as it's pasteurized, you are fine.
I also eat deli meat but only if I buy it myself from a grocery store and eat it within 2 days of opening the package - my OB said deli meat was fine in general, but I'm still a little iffy about eating it from a deli just because I'm not sure how long it has sat out. But when I buy it myself, I feel confident it's okay.
Based on the data (I am taking this from data listed in "Expecting Better") avoiding a ham sandwich lowers your risk of listeria infection from 1 in 8333 to 1 in 8255. So... your chance of getting it is really really really really slim.
Sprouts... there was a listeria outbreak with them in 2008, but again, the chance is super small. The most recent outbreak was in cantaloupe, and yet that's not on the "do not eat" list.
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@hocuspocus: eat the cheese, but sprouts really should be avoided. In Canada, they tell you to avoid only two things - alcohol and uncooked sprouts.
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Soft cheeses are fine. It's hard to even find unpasteurized cheese in the US.
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@hocuspocus: My microbiology professor in college said sprouts are the most unsafe salad bar item, because apparently they can harbor bacteria very easily in the stalk/root system and it is impossible to wash the bacteria away.
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@Espion:
really?!?!?!?! I just had pai tai noddles the other day and they were moxed with bean sprouts, but cooked, so hopefully that kills it!
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@FaithFertility: I wouldn't worry as much about cooked. And I personally wouldn't worry if the salad bar had a really high turnover, but sometimes it's hard to tell!
I guess lunch meats are kind of iffy too...
really?!?!?!?! I just had pai tai noddles the other day and they were moxed with bean sprouts, but cooked, so hopefully that kills it!
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