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I had the Turkey Bacon Bravo (my all time favorite) and had the turkey heated!

I couldn't stay away from their Greek Salad, minus the feta cheese of course!

I've had several of their sandwiches that include deli meat. I am also a bad, bad pregnant lady who pretty much ignores all food rules. I'm 35 weeks and have never had any issues.

Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken salad...omnomnom. Probably somehow against one of the eight million pregnancy rules, but hey, it's delicious and one of the healthier things I actually eat...

CAESAR SALAD. It's my absolute favorite this pregnancy. As long as the dressing isn't made with raw eggs and not cooked (places like Paneras are ok!) then it's ok to eat. I just had one right now. Can't get enough!

@rahlyrah: same here! I am on pregnancy #2 and I swear I follow the rules even less this time! I LOVE me a turkey sandwhich with avocado!
My doctor has been in OB for over 20 years and she said she has not only NEVER seen someone with listeria, but she hasn't even known a doctor who had a patient with listeria!

The Mediterranean veggie sandwich and Asian Sesame salad are my faves.

@LMOG47: Same, I'd eat there every day if I could afford it...

I think the panini pressing is plenty of hear, personally. As long as it melts the cheese, I don't worry about it. And I'm someone who actually has stayed away from cold deli meat for my pregnancy, even though I know it's probably ridiculous.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: Their cheeses are all pasteurized so you could have had the feta too! My sister actually asked for their ingredient book to check at one point. Generally, only really nice restaurants are going to have unpasteurized cheese so I don't even bother asking unless I'm someplace fancy.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: Their feta is fine! I actually had them check the package the first time I went there. After that, I always got a Greek salad + cup of soup or a panini with tomato and mozzerella (I forget what it's called).

@Rainbow Sprinkles: I had a Subway addiction (club on wheat with extra pickles- omg. Died for it!) in my first tri and my OB got me all freaked out about listeria when I told her and I got sick one day (I never had m/s) and became convinced I had listeria. I went to the dr and asked to be tested for it and was basically there for like 2 hours bc no one there had EVER tested anyone for listeria do they didnt know HOW or where to send it out to! I saw a very busy 6 doc OB practice in the middle of a major city. That told me that listeria and all of the FearMongery associated with it is just part of the pregnancy Sainthood that we're expected to partake in when we get KU:)

@78h2o: I'll be damned. I don't remember being told that or even bothering to look that up. My list of unsafe foods said feta and by god, I took it as the bible. I was very strict throughout my entire pregnancy!!

I'll be asking more questions this time around!

@rahlyrah: @Rainbow Sprinkles: @PrincessBaby: I've eaten tons of deli meat! I ate my fav Jimmy Johns sandwich and then felt guilty and confessed to my OB, and she said she didn't care as long as I didn't get sprouts on it. Since then I've had a million...I will probably give birth to a Beach Club with extra avocado

@grizz: wait wait wait wait wait.....

You can't have sprouts when you're pregnant?? Seriously?????

I've become obsessed with their jalapeño cheddar bagels toasted with honey walnut cream cheese -- hello wierd pregnancy cravings!

Also love their steak salad mmmmmm

@grizz: Now I want a beach club on multi grain bread. I know where I'm going for lunch

@kjpugs: the manager at Panera told me their Caesar dressing was made with raw eggs. I found out after I ate it (natch) and then complained. They gave me a $25 GC because of their error.

@mediagirl: WAHHHHHHHH!? My OB AND chef hubby said places like that should be fine, which I agreed with in my mind, probably bc they do (or used to) have them bottled- they can't bottle raw eggs right? That's not shelf stable? Ugh. Well now I'm asking everywhere I go because I literally eat caesar salads 4+ times a week (although mostly at home because I'm cheap, luckily!)

@mediagirl: NOMMMM cheddar bay biscuits AND caesar salad, perfect meal! They also have great potato soup.

The (probable) caesar salad mishaps combined with the # of times first tri I accidentally ate brownie batter... pretty sure we now know why baby has hobbit feet! HAHA!