Pistachio Nuts?

[BIBIBOO]

I have just munched through a whole bag of pistachio nuts and a colleague has only just thought to tell me that I can't eat them when I'm pregnant - is this right? I have been avoiding peanuts like a good pregnant lady, but thought these were okay... ADVICE???

As far as I know they are fine! Only peanuts and that's the allergy thing (plus, they aren't really nuts as dp explained to me once, but I still love him).

While we are here - what about sorbet? I have half an idea we can't do that - anyone?!!!
And Dairylea - someone told me that was wrong too, but I REALLY fancied some today. Again?!!

Arghhhh!!!

As far as I know it's just peanuts, and even then only if you've got a history of asthma, eczema or nut allergy in your family.
Other nuts are meant to be pretty good for you I think.

Peanuts are the only nut that is officially "banned".

I am allergic to walnuts and pecans and have a whole set of atopic tendencies with eczema, asthma, rhinitis etc so I was pretty paranoid about nuts during pregnancy. But I developed an absolute craving for pistachios round about the 5 month mark and ate a bag a day for about a week before I thought that maybe I shouldn't be doing it and stopped. My dd is now 21 months and hasn't had any nuts yet, so time will tell!

Dairylea is absolutely fine. All cheese is fine except a/mould-ripened cheeses such as brie and camembert b/blue cheeses (ie Roquefort), and soft unpastaurised GOAT's cheese. All other kinds of cheese - hard cheese of every kind (inc unpasteurised and goats), cream cheeses etc are all fine and healthy.

Thanks Aloha, that's what I hoped (she says, 3 Dairylea triangles later).

Does anyone know about the sorbet, which I am convinced I made up, but just want to be reassured. I may not be able to hold out much longer....!

Does the sorbet contain raw, unpasteurised egg? If so then you might be concerned about salmonella food poisoning. I personally wouldn't be, but it is up to you. I am sure that a commercially available sorbet, if it contains egg, contains pasteurised egg which is fine. Pistachio nuts fine too.

Sorbets don't normally contain any egg product so you should be OK

AlanP - mine do.

YIPPEE! I love nuts and have missed peanuts like mad, but now I know I can eat my fill of pistachios and get fat on cashews I am happy girl again!

Oh No. Camembert & Brie. I don't believe it. I'm off to France next month on hols and the biggest attracting is the cheese and bread (no wine for me this time). Absolutely gutted if I can't eat these cheeses, or any of the other cheeses along that line in France. Boo hoo.

But you can indulge in chocolate croissants, garlic in everything and plenty of hot chocolate! mmmmmm, all is not lost! Wish I was going now

Brie and camembert are more likely to infected with listeria, sorry. But you can eat lots of cheese - all hard cheese except blue ones, lovely garlicky cream cheeses like Boursin.. yummy.

Boo hoo still. But point taken. I will enjoy the pain au chocolat and nice cheeses like Boursin, St. Moret, Bonbel etc. In fact, just plain butter on baguettes is lovely so I will just stick to that (ooooh and french onion soup).

All I ate for the first 6 weeks of pg was peanut butter sandwiches until someone told me I shouldn't - oops. Everything semed OK though so I ate them all the way through pg number 2 as well. Probably not the advice you need Bibiboo - sorry