Brandy butter in pregnancy

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I've accepted I can't get into a lovely warm jolly state on Christmas Day this year. I've even accepted I won't be able to eat the best bits of the cheese board.

But brandy butter is my absolute favourite Christmas thing. Would you have a couple of spoonful over Christmas if 36 weeks pregnant? Can it do any harm? Just Sainsbury's stuff - I'm avoiding my aunt's homemade cognac butter because that's stronger than a bottle of champagne.

Wouldn't occur to me not to eat it!

No. It'll be fine. Please stop worrying.

It will be fine. Just do it.

The amount of alcohol you will consume will be tiny.

Enjoy.

It'll be fine, enjoy. The amount of alcohol in brandy butter by the time it enters your bloodstream will be negligible. I was around 34 weeks with DD at Christmas and remember treating myself to a small Baileys as I just fancied one and it was Christmas, it was the only alcohol I had all pregnancy and really enjoyed it.

I'd eat your Aunts stuff. A tablespoon full is way less than a single shot of brandy.

It will be fine.
Most of the cheese is also probably fine.

I’ve had two pregnancies over christmas periods and it didn’t occur to me no to!

I had a small glass of white wine every other day whilst pregnant.
Dd is fine.
Eat the brandy butter!
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I’m pregnant and l will be having some brandy butter.

I also intend to have all the cheeses l normally do but grill the risky ones like blue cheese. Cue lots of cheese on toast and Welsh rarebit!

Bio Oil works better..

Definitely enjoy it and relax! At that stage of pregnancy and the amount you’ll be having you will be taking no risk at all.

brandy butter is a non negotiable for me too, so I know where you’re coming from!

@ChristmasCakeAndStilton you haven't tasted it 😂

I would like to see the stats on risk of eating a bit of blue cheese while pregnant. I suspect getting into a car is far, far more risky.

Absolutely have the brandy butter. I had a glass of wine once in a while during pregnancy. I also got in a hot tub. I think grown women should make their own decisions rather than talking about what they are "allowed".

Hope you have it OP and hope you love it!

If you were me, you'd have had your baby by then, but a bit of brandy butter isn't going to hurt.

I’ll be eating the cheese and the brandy butter, probably a baileys or a glass of wine too over the festive period

Thanks all 🥰

You can eat Stilton, no need to cook it either. I lived on Stilton when I was pregnant at Christmas!

Less alcohol in a tablespoon of brandy butter than there is in a glass of orange juice. Go for it.

However I wouldn't necessarily recommend what I do, which is microwave a mince pie and cover it with Waitrose extra thick cream with brandy several times a day, and then when you've run out of mince pies eat it with a spoon.

As a Christmas tipple, or on Christmas pudding? 😉

Yes it's fine. I had in both pregnancies