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I ate loads of brie! Totally forgot! What now??

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Grainwhole · 20/04/2015 12:32

Trying to get hold of midwife, about this and another 'mishap' (poor, poor baby!) but no response. Is there anything to be done? Does anybody have any experience in this? It was uncooked. :( I'm 13 weeks

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spinaltap · 20/04/2015 12:41

Check on the label whether it was made with pasturised milk - lots of bries are.

Even if it was made with unpasturised milk the chances of you getting listeria are very slim. I'm sure your midwife will be able to reassure you.

ClearlyOpaque · 20/04/2015 12:42

I don't really have any advice, but didn't want to read and run. If it was me (which is could easily be, I'm so ditzy, I don't know what I'm eating half the time), I'd keep trying to get hold of the midwife. I guess there's nothing you can really do now, apart from keeping an eye out for any symptoms of listeriosis and seeking medical help immediately.

Variousrandomthings · 20/04/2015 12:42

You will be fine. French pregnant women eat it still.

seaoflove · 20/04/2015 12:42

You'll be fine, honestly. The risk is listeria, and assuming you haven't been struck down with nasty food poisoning since eating, there's nothing to worry about.

Pootles2010 · 20/04/2015 12:44

Please don't worry, if you were ill, you'd know about it! Honestly lots of ladies eat it whilst pregnant, its a really really tiny chance of any issues.

Also what Spinal said - most stuff we get in this country is pasturised, especially if its from a supermarket. Please don't worry.

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 20/04/2015 12:44

You will be absolutely fine.

TheWhiteRoad · 20/04/2015 12:46

The risk with soft cheese is listeria which can cause food poisoning. Unless you are vomiting and have an upset stomach there is no cause for concern.

TinyMonkey · 20/04/2015 12:47

You'll be absolutely fine.

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 20/04/2015 12:47

What everyone else said. are you unwell? If not, just forget it.

Bigbadgeorge · 20/04/2015 12:48

It was very likely pasteurised in this country as others have said I love Brie.

minijoeyjojo · 20/04/2015 13:08

Try not to worry, as everyone else has said the risk from eating brie is Listeriosis. This is a very very rare illness, there are fewer than 200 cases in the UK each year (not just pregnant women, all people in the UK!) As ever with pregnancy guidelines they err on the side of absolute caution, but you could probably eat brie every day of your pregnancy and not get ill or have any problems.

If you are feeling well then there really isn't anything to worry about.

Bit of useful info on it here: www.babycentre.co.uk/a536355/listeriosis-in-pregnancy

scarednoob · 20/04/2015 13:12

i had exactly this panic with feta recently.

the chances of it being unpasteurised are low.
then the pieces of cheese that contain listeria bacteria will be a very low percentage of that
then the changes of you getting infected is again a very low percentage

i am sure you and the baby will be totally ok - some people have no idea they are pregnant at 13 weeks and are still partying hard, and their kids are just fine! try not to panic too much, as that won't do you any good.

Whathaveilost · 20/04/2015 13:14

I don't know I wasn't supposed to eat it until I was very far gone ( and other food stuffs)
The only thing I gave up was alcohol.

Everything was fine and the health visitor was unconcerned when I told her.

vichill · 20/04/2015 13:18

Is this a joke?

3rdbump · 20/04/2015 13:22

am sure you will be fine!! stressing over it will be far worse - whats done is done.

babybarrister · 20/04/2015 13:22

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HazleNutt · 20/04/2015 13:29

You'll be fine, listeria is very rare.

By the way, official advice in France is the same - not to eat mouldy cheese when pregnant.

AbbeyRoadCrossing · 20/04/2015 13:33

It'll be fine, there's only a few hundred cases per year out of 64 million people as a PP has said. If it's from the supermarket it'll be pasteurised usually

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Grainwhole · 20/04/2015 14:04

Sorry to dripfeed, but felt V sick last couple of days (have all day morning sickness anyway, so hard to know if it's just that being worse) and also a bit of a, ahem, runny tummy today. But again I did have that a few weeks ago just as part of my charming array of pregnancy symptoms, so could still be nothing, but hard not to freak out.

Midwife called back and said French women do it all the time but I can ask GP for blood test if I really want to. Think I do for peace of mind, but waiting time for GP appointments are a bloody fortnight round here! Humph.

Trying to chill out, trying to chill out...

V interesting about the salad thing...

Thanks for trying to reassure guys, going to re-read replies and get back on the chill-out about IT mission...

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Solareclipseoftheheart · 20/04/2015 14:10

I ate it in pregancy - also forgot. I was absolutely fine

Topseyt · 20/04/2015 14:22

I should think you will be fine.

I craved unsalted peanuts that were still in their skins when I was pregnant many years ago. My kids are now 19, 16 and 12 with no problems.

Peanuts were listed as a "forbidden fruit" for pregnant women each time I was pregnant, if I remember rightly. They were my only craving though, and wild horses would not have stopped me.

Sometimes I do wonder if we are just a little overcautious on the advice to pregnant women in this country. Some of it is common sense, like avoiding alcohol, but I do like my eggs with the yolk slightly runny, and it has never done me or my kids any harm.

I'm not recommending people ignore the guidelines, but just put it in perspective. These are considered to be risk factors, not something that is definitely going to happen if you eat these things.

In my mum's day pregnant women were advised to eat liver. Now they are advised to avoid it due to potentially toxic levels (to the foetus) of vitamin A. Precious few babies were ever harmed by it as far as I can see.

madreloco · 20/04/2015 14:25

You can eat brie, listeria hasn't been found in brie pretty much ever in the UK. You can eat peanuts, you can eat runny eggs and rare steak.

Most of the advice is based on very dodgy reasoning and way overstated.

AbbeyRoadCrossing · 20/04/2015 14:28

Topseyt I was told no runny eggs last pregnancy last year, and this year it's allowed as long as lion stamped as they've been vaccinated against salmonella. The steak law also changed during my last pregnancy too!

I just eat it all (apart from the vitamin A foods and mouldy cheese but not a fan anyway), although have been a bit more cautious when abroad. It's up to everyone how much risk they want to take but with some things you'd have to be extremely unlucky to get sick especially if processed and shop-bought

HazleNutt · 20/04/2015 14:34

you "can" eat whatever you please really. It's just that some stuff carries certain risks and it's up to each and every pregnant woman to decide what they are comfortable with.

BCBG · 20/04/2015 14:44

You will be fine. I'm not a doctor btw but - I have four children - ate brie with all but the last one. And quite a lot of other no-no's too. Ten to twenty years ago, and they are strapping adults now, and the youngest s nearly 6' tall as I type. Please don't worry as the stress hormones will do the harm! Midwife is also right, other countries have a different approach. If it was pasteurised brie fine, if it was unpasturised then I would still say fine; I know farmers' wives who drink/drank unpasteurised milk as routine during pregnancy. The big no-no's that I obeyed without question were cat litter, dog faeces, gardening with out gloves, and being around sheep.

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