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I SOOOOOOOOOOOO want a prawn cocktail!!!

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mummygow · 26/04/2005 20:39

I sooooo want a prawn cocktail, but cant because I'm pregnant!!

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compo · 26/04/2005 20:40

how about a packet of prawn cocktail crisps - Walkers or Skips?!!

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KBear · 26/04/2005 20:42

I remember feeling the same way when I was pregnant. That and a longing for brie and other soft cheese. Wish they said I couldn't eat Mars Bars and perhaps I wouldn't have put on three stone with DD!!

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cod · 26/04/2005 20:44

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marne · 26/04/2005 20:47

I ate prawns when i was pregnant, didnt do any harm, they never had all these lists of things you couldnt have when are mothers were pregnant with us and we all turned out ok, go on, treat yourself to a prawn cocktail!

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zippy539 · 26/04/2005 20:49

Mummygow - can't you have one? I might be missing something but I ate prawns constantly when pg with both mine. Just get a whole load of prawns, make sure they are cooked well and slaver with 1000 island dressing. That's okay - isn't it???

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misdee · 26/04/2005 20:58

i want peanuts. but cant as am breasteeding. its been almost a year now.

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franke · 26/04/2005 20:59

They are fine to have in pregnancy - as Cod says, they don't harm the baby if you get ill. It really is just the listeria stuff you have to avoid (soft cheese, pate, cured meats etc), even smoked salmon is very low risk. Runny eggs are also okay iirc - salmonella will make you sick, but it won't affect the baby

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CharBell · 26/04/2005 22:14

FWIW, I've eaten everything you are not supposed to since 3 months - apart from cat poo, cigarettes and crack cocaine. I had prawns for my tea tonight and they were lovely. They are so healthy too so I had a really unhealthy chocolate pudding. Yum.

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moondog · 26/04/2005 22:17

I eat peanuts misdee and I'm b/feeding. Also ate them during pregnancy (thought only to be avoided if existing allergies within family?)

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misdee · 26/04/2005 22:21

we have lots of allergies in the family moondog , but not on my side of the family.

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jane313 · 26/04/2005 22:43

you know when advice says soft cheese I could never find out which cheeses they were. Because a lot of brie is pasteurised now but some parmesan isn't. One website I found seemed to include all soft cheese, ie cottage, cream cheese, mozerella, ricotta and mascarpone. What about goats cheese? I had not found mumsnet then and I had a fridge full of cheese as I had been on the atkins diet. I wa so confused I just ate the cheddar and binned the rest!

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mummygow · 27/04/2005 19:23

Anything I have ever read say that you should not eat shellfish so just to be on the safe side I bought a jar of seafood sauce and dipped plain crisps in it and also made a salad and put the sauce over that - so sauce in fridge for when I get the urge

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redsky · 27/04/2005 19:26

what's wrong with prawns in pregnancy?? Glad I never had to worry about so many no go foods when I was last pregnant.

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mummygow · 27/04/2005 19:49

apparantly shellfish can carry harmful bacteria and viruses

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chenin · 27/04/2005 20:09

My eldest DD is 16 and there were no health warnings whilst pg.......I ate prawns, soft cheese, pate and everything everyone has mentioned with no harmful effects! A little of what you fancy does you good!

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rodeo1 · 27/04/2005 20:18

Oooh, now I really want a prawn cocktail!!

Haha the last prawn cocktail I had was at Xmas and it was slathered in a seafood sauce which contained that carcenogenic colouring!!

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rodeo1 · 27/04/2005 20:20

Actually I think the sauce is at the back of my fridge still!! It's going to take all my energy not to go straight in with a teaspoon!

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hoxtonchick · 27/04/2005 20:21

i have been eating prawns all the way through my pregnancy. and parmesan. yum.

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mummygow · 27/04/2005 20:23

2 more packet of plain crisps just dipped in sauce just now - lovely

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elijdi · 27/04/2005 20:46

I'm sure you're Ok with prawns, you know, if you buy them frozen and defrost carefully. I'd be wary of eating them at a restaurant or takeaway, but at home I'm sure you'll be fine. The same with cheeses, as long as they're supermarket bought and pasturised, you're OK. I asked the doc at beginning of pregnancy and that was his opinion. Actually he said avoid dodgy looking restaurants and home made cheese from back of beyond french farms ...

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Kiwifruit · 27/04/2005 21:21

Misdee, you just took away my will to live!! Am off peanuts, as DH has terrible allergies (hayfever and animal allergies) - thought I only had to make it through 9 months of being pg, but now you tell me I can't have them while breastfeeding !! All I want is a big, fat peanut butter sandwich!! Have bought cashew nut butter, but it's just not the same . Even more annoying is the fact that I don't have any allergies...

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Tinker · 28/04/2005 00:27

Just had a takeaway prawn puri - gorgeous

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Cyndii · 28/04/2005 09:57

So Franke you say that smoked salmon is ok? I have a longing for smoked salmon, cream cheese & a toasted bagel............ ohhh yummy....... I bought the cheese & salmon a couple of weeks ago and dh kept telling me "your not suppose to eat that" so the salmon went past it's sell by date but then on Sat. last while shopping I popped another packet of smoked salmon and it's peering out of the fridge at me each evening... to be honest the only think from keeping from eating it is that after dinner I do feel very nauseous & a little sick & I can't face the fish but I'm very tempted to bring it to work for lunch.................... might just treat myself tomorrow!!!

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fastasleep · 28/04/2005 10:20

Duck pate....DUCK PATE whimpers I always crave things I can't have... I even ate some salami before remembering it was naughty no one gave me a list of the do not eats... well not a good list anyway so I get a bit confused sometimes! I must admit with my last pregnancy and during breastfeeding I constatnly ate peanut butter and I knew I shouldn't

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Kiwifruit · 28/04/2005 10:25

The other thing I've really started fancying is alcohol - and before I got pg I wasn't a big drinker at all. Had some friends over on Saturday night, and all I wanted was a pre-dinner G&T and a couple of nice big, cold glasses of sauvignon blanc with dinner. Had to satisfy myself with 1 small glass of sav blanc, but it wasn't enough! Was also fancying wine on Monday night - no idea where this has come from!