Your post pregnancy banquet?

[LittleMonster100]

Am craving all banned foods so much, I've composed my pst pregnancy banquet:

Pâté with crusty bread for starters

Sushi lots and lots of raw sashimi and shellfish for mains with champagne

A whippy ice cream for desert as my midwife told me to avoid soft ice cream van ice crea, in pregnancy. With a flake and sprinkles.

Anyone care to add there's?

My ds is a Christmas baby, and the first proper meal I ate after labour was a Christmas dinner, lovingly cooked and delivered to us at one by my mum. It was bloody delicious!!

So far I have dippy eggs and soldiers yes I know a lot of people say runny eggs are safe if red lion stamped

I have a friend lined up to come over when baby arrives and make it for me as DH is useless if it doesn't involve a take away menu and a phone.

Oooh I want runny eggs now!

They have to be just right though, just runny with nicely buttered toast soldiers like my Mum used to make as a treat at the weekend!

Lion stamped eggs are from chickens that are vaccinated so they will not have salmonella.
Sushi is fine.
Shellfish is fine cooked.

Check the NHS guidelines out. All the info is there for you.

Mine will be picnic in the living room of chicken liver and brandy pate (from Patchwork Company) and a big piece of brie (a particular one from Waitrose as it is amazing!) with chunks of crusty bread and a glass or two of port.

I am planning on buying a full block of the pate a couple of weeks before due date so that it will be in the freezer ready for chunks to be hacked off it and scoffed (once defrosted obviously). We sometimes struggle to get the chicken liver and brandy one so I am getting prepared well in advance!

What's wrong with sushi??

The only thing I'm avoiding this time round is pate, I live somewhere where nothing is 'forbidden' other than packaged salad leaves!

All I really want after birth appears to be cheese on toast - massively craved it after DS1 and DS2's births. Will be interesting to see if its the same this time round. I had visions of gorging on blue cheese, pate and champers - but my body just didnt want to go there.

Sushi is fine to eat now - avoid the tuna and make sure the fish was frozen.

My parents brought me a custard tart. It didn't touch the sides.

Gin
Specifically the new Gordon's cucumber gin and tonic with loads of ice........

Champagne
Pate, oh so many different types of pate
Crusty bread
Camembert
Brie
All accompanied by non-banned things, like smoked salmon, cream cheese, chorizo, a good mixed salad and dressing, coleslaw.

I lived on smoked salmon and brie salads for weeks after dd2's birth last April. I know smoked salmon isn't strictly forbidden, but I never ate it during pregnancy. It never tasted so good!!

Cold champagne - a whole bottle to myself if poss :D
(My dad's) pate and goats cheese with crusty bread

You can eat smoked salmon whilst pregnant! And things with mayo in them as long as its not got raw egg!

I just want a proper med rare steak and a runny egg lol

Hendricks and tonic with cucumber
Red wine
Champagne

My banquet will be mostly liquid!

There are quite a lot of misconceptions surrounding what is 'allowed' in pregnancy. Of course, you should just do whatever you feel is right for you, but I found this an interesting read:

www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/may/29/health.medicineandhealth

I've been living on smoked salmon during my pregnancy Molotov, bellydweller demands it! Mmmm...

I have mine all planned out!!

Starter - pâté with crusty bread
Main - chorizo, salami and cheese again with crusty bread
Desert - mr whippy ice cream

With a bottle of kopperberg thrown in

Oh I really can't wait x

I never ate smoke salmon because I read it wasn't advised in some countries It's fine in the UK, but I couldn't get the 'carries a small risk of listeria' out of my head. I know I was being very overcautious, though :)

purr love the 'bellydweller' tag!

Molotov so do I and I only just came up with it at 37+2! Booooo.

Yeah, the whole 'carries a small risk of...' thing attached to so many different areas of pregnancy, labour and the first few months has really changed my perspective on things. Recently there was a thread running where someone claimed that manufacturers douse baby clothing in formaldehyde prior to releasing garments to retailers. This claim was roundly debunked and practically laughed off the site but it planted a seed of doubt in my head. I've since washed dd-to-be's clothing, erm, twice. Just to be sure.

Pate - lots of different types (fish & meat)
Rare steak
A very large glass of wine (it seems to taste weird at the moment, so I'm hoping my taste buds return to what they were)

At least a dozen oysters, with shallot vinegar, and chilled marlborough sauvignon blanc served by the bottle please.

I just want a can of Red Bull. That's all I miss!

Crusty baguette, preferably still warm from the oven, thickly spread with butter and pâté, accompanied by an enormous gin and tonic.

My god have I been craving pâté and now all u ladies have been talking about crusty bread I'm gna have to go out and get some!!

Other than pâté I really want a rare steak with peppercorn sauce and then some homemade chocolate mousse

Damn I wish I hadn't seen this thread, I'm only 14 weeks and can't have this stuff for ages!!