Why all the fuss with pregnant women not being able to eat it? I thought if a cheese is pasteurized its okay ? Pretty sure it's my favorite food in THE WORLD!
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I ate any pasteurized cheese while pregnant.
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My understanding is yup, if it's pasteurized you are AOK, so most cheese you can get at a typical grocery is no problem.
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I ate all pasteurized cheese during pregnancy, too.
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Ugh, don't even get me started in how dumb so many of the pregnancy "rules" are. It's just gone way too far.
Yes, Brie made from pasteurized milk is totally fine
I ate a couple raw milk cheeses while I was pregnant, but I'm kind of rebellious like that!
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My doc said it's fine as long as it is pasteurized, so I've been eating it.
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I ate pasteurized brie and other soft cheeses too!
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@heartonastring: rebels unite!!! My folks were drinking Chateauneuf du Pape on Sunday night with dinner, and yes, I had a taste or two!! And Brie, lots of brie!!
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According to my dr, so long as its pasteurized, it's fine. Thank goodness cause I've been stuffing my face with it for quite some time!
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@luckypenny: pasteurized is ok.
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I ate any and all pasteurized cheese while pregnant, both times. I love Brie!
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Pasteurized is cool, and you'd have to look pretty hard to find unpasteurized cheese in the US! Chow down, fellow Brie-lover!
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The grocery stores I usually go to have fancy-schmancy cheese counters so there are lots of raw milk options...I just double-check that I'm not choosing one of those, and happily enjoy my pasteurized cheese
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That's what I thought! Thanks ladies for reassuring me
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Yes, as long as you don't buy raw cheese at the farmers market you're fine (and its a very good chance youre fine eating raw cheeses since the rest of the world does it). Grocery stores here really can't sell unpasteurized cheeses, so haha suckers who avoided Brie - more for me! Nom nom nom, I ate my weight in Brie when I was pregnant.
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I ate any pasuerized cheese. Dh managed to buy a raw cheddar that looked so good though
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I ate Brie when I was 3 weeks pregnant with my dd when I was visiting Paris.
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Cheese was one of the only things I could keep down! My doc said almost all bries and camemberts are pasteurised nowadays (unless in Europe buying the really good stuff) so it was fine. I lived on Brie and crackers both pregnancies. No two headed babies
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But don't you always here pregnant women complaining they can't have Brie/soft cheeses? Or that they're going to have a huge cheese plate after they give birth? Why is that?? I always thought it was strange since I pasteurized cheese is rare in the US
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@heartonastring: I broke so many rules and ONLY followed what my midwife said!!
I ate brie!
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I ate so much Brie while pregnant!! It's the best.
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I think if it's pasteurized and fresh, soft cheese is absolutely fine - I definitely ate it while pregnant. I probably wouldn't eat soft cheese that's been sitting in the fridge for awhile (since bacteria seems more likely to grow in nice oozy brie as opposed to say, a really hard sharp cheddar)...otherwise, go for it! Same goes for things like deli meats, smoked salmon, etc. My doctor, when pressed, always told me to open a new packet, eat what I wanted to, then let my hubby finish the leftovers.
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@Mrs. Pen: me too! And the only thing my midwife said was not to consume too much caffeine (or smoke or drink, obviously). She pretty much gave all the other rules a big eye roll!
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@prettylizy: um, heck yes, that is some delicious wine! I did that too, on occasion, while pregnant! Did I miss your announcement? Congrats!
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@heartonastring: thanks!! Bebe #2 is due in mid March
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I ate brie throughout my entire pregnancy. I love that stuff!
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Mmmmmm, cheese. I ate any and all cheese while preggo.
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Rules, schmules
Enjoy it! I live on the edge and eat cold cuts too!
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I ate Brie from Europe, heck I even ate sushi, so I didn't follow the rules. In fact, the only rule I was told to watch was a certain type of lettuce that grows really close to the ground. Everything else was fair game.
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@luckypenny: I think people don't realize pasteurized is okay so they avoid Brie altogether! Details, people, details!
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@prettylizy: oooh sounds delish! i would've had more than a taste or two
i've had a few tastes of wine, but never more than 1/2 a glass and only good wine (if i'm only getting a 1/2 glass max, i'm drinking the good stuff!)I can count on one hand the number of rules i've actually followed, because i honestly think the spinach i eat in my salad every day is more risky than the soft cheese, froyo, deli meats, etc. and i'm not giving up my salads!
I ate a couple raw milk cheeses while I was pregnant, but I'm kind of rebellious like that!
Enjoy it! I live on the edge and eat cold cuts too!
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