Brie related accident

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Dd (2) and I (8 weeks pg with number 2) just spent a very convivial half hour tucking into a plate of Brie. So far so yummy.

Then I remembered Brie is a banned substance in pregnancy.

Then I checked the use by date on the label (thinking about bacteria...) and it says 11th May!

What will happen?!! AIBU to think fook it, it was delicious anyway?

You'll be fine, I don't think soft cheeses are banned in France and French women manage to have babies all the time.

I think the worst thing that can happen has already happened... You've not got any brie left.

Um, is Brie banned? I'm halfway through my second pregnancy and haven't eased off at all. Whoops! You'll be fine.

Yes I thought it was banned on the nhs site? If not I'll really let rip, I've been craving it for ages. What of the aged sell by date though? Cheese never goes off, right...?! (I cut the raw edges off before serving anyway)

God I love Brie

Hi op, I was first pregnant in 1989 and last upduffed in 2000.

Seriously the amount of bollocks and crap spouted at pregnant women is mind blowing

You will he fine ignore and stop worrying.

And one won't hurt you either!

I eat it because the risk (a few hundred listeria cases out of 64 million UK population) is acceptable to me personally, but each to their own. You can actually get listeria from any food as well, the last outbreak I read about in the press was lettuce!

Your risk was listeria. Can't change that now, so just remember it in all its deliciousness

Isn't only unpasteurised Brie a risk? Pretty much all supermarket cheese is pasteurised so unless it was a lovely gooey cottage industry type cheese you'll be fine.

Meh. You'll be fine. I was PG three times before they decided that unpasteurised stuff was banned and I drank wine as well (not excessively but fairly often.)

Loads of people don't even realise they are PG for months and carry on as normal smoking and binge drinking and all sorts. A bit of Brie won't hurt, in 99.999% of pregnancies.

are you pregnant people allowed to eat anything these days

my baby is 18 this year and they were just about tutting that liver in large quantities might be a less than good idea, but other than that and the not binge drinking we were left to our own devices really

Enjoy your brie and don't worry

I was taking the pill, downing pints
classy aswell as eating camembert, pate and sushi when I was 4 months pregnant and totally unaware I had a baby growing inside me
DS is 100% fine!

Hurray! Thanks for all the replies. Brie is food of the gods!

I must admit to opening the thread as I couldn't imagine what kind of accident Brie could possibly cause.

Me too Luis!

Nothing is 'banned'. Certain foods have guidelines to avoid but come on- banned? OP you will be fine

Nothing is 'banned'. Certain foods have guidelines to avoid but come on- banned? OP you will be fine

I'm pregnant with my fourth. The rules have changed every single time (and my first isn't quite seven yet). I take it all with a pinch of salt, unless they can give me a really sound reason for it. I have occasional brie or camembert. The odd half glass of wine, but I stay away from the shark and marlin (which I have never so much as tasted in my life anyway!).

There's a lot of pregnant scaremongering isn't there? I've got a friend who was horrified I was going to eat sour cream last week - it's pasteurised so I couldn't understand the panic?? I'm sure Brie in moderation is fine!

The only things I've cut down on is caffeine. I've only had one glass of wine since funding out I'm pregnant and I've not eaten liver. But rare steak, blue cheese, peanuts etc etc? Bring it on.

Enjoy. Yesterday was cold so dh and i enjoyed a baked gooey camembert with some tiger bread. We are ttc so hummed and arred then remembered the french... Dont worry about it.

jubles I'm on number 3 in 3 years and the guidelines have changed each time!
I get protecting the unborn etc but I wouldn't stress to much. As pp says most cheese is pasteurised in supermarkets so unless you bought it from farm supplier etc you're at low risk. I still eat my tuna, drink the odd glass of wine, have my coffee etc my first two are fine

A brie-related accident.

I take it all with a pinch of salt - I hope that is a very small pinch of salt as you know salt isn't good for you. .

There is so much rubbish aimed at pregnant women to make them feel guilty - I drank wine (moderately) and guzzled strong coffee, ate lots of cheese, rare meat etc etc throughout my pregnancy.

Enjoy .

I don't think there are any recorded cases of brie-related listeria in the UK so don't worry...

I went out to a posh restaurant yesterday and enjoyed smoked salmon, crab and deli ham. I did avoid the pates though!

Brie-related hysteria, maybe...

Listeria Hysteria