Had (cooked) goat's cheese yesterday, just chucked up (sickness was over). Aaaaargh.

[berolina]

Oh dear... Went out for dinner last night (those of you who saw my 30th birthday thread, we did get away in the end, and came back today) and had a slice of (cooked) goat's cheese, knowing about listeria but thinking it'd be fine if piping hot. When it arrived it looked well done (rind had started to go brown and it had started to melt) but when I tasted it in the middle it was warm rather than hot, so I sent it back and asked them to heat it again - when it came back it was steaming and hot inside and even browner round the edges, so I ate it. Thought no more of it at the time - anyway, I threw up this evening - I had actually stopped being nauseous and hadn't been sick at all this pg. I am so worried! Silly, silly me...

If you were sick 24 hours later, it is not likely to have been the cheese is it?

agree with DG, I really wouldn't worry

It almost certainly won't have been the cheese as it was cooked. Really, don't worry. The risk even with uncooked goats cheese is very very small.

I think that different kinds of food poisioning "kick in" at different times depending on the bug. So if I'm remembering right then its possible, but I honestly would put it down as a one off unless your sick again, or feel bad

thank you Am worried about it having been the tiny taste I had when it was still just warm. I did figure that if pasteurisation kills it, which is only 70C or something, any listeria in the goat's cheese should have been grilled to death he first time as well - but pg paranoia has overtaken me. Suppose you're right, DG, that 24 hours is a bit quick.

The kind of food poisoning you are afraid of with goats cheese (listeria) does NOT cause sickness. It causes a flu-like illness. If you had a bug that causes sickness, it won't harm your baby.

24 hours is not a bit quick, it's a bit slow - if the goat's cheese had been the culprit, you'd have been spewing later that night, not today.

Hi berolina!

I had virtually exactly the same experience when I was pg with ds1, cooked goats cheese followed by violent vomiting and diarrhoea, it was hideous and I was really frightened. It cleared up very quickly though (I was only really ill for one night) and the baby was fine (obviously! )

Try not to worry, stress is MUCH worse for you than manky cheese! I hope you had a lovely time.

Although of course it may not have been the cheese in my case either, there is no way of knowing.

thanks. Poor you Greeny, sounds horrendous (did you recover on Fri btw?) I'm actually beginning to suspect this is a recurrence/worsening of pg sickness - I'm suddenly ragingly hungry

Ragingly hungry is good I hope you are eating properly (when you are not 'talking down the big white telephone', that is)

In this case, the big pink bathtub

while there = in the UK, not vomiting in the bathroom

LOL, thanks for that - I now have a vision of you sitting on the edge of a big pink bathtub full of puke, cramming Walkers crisps into your mouth

Was it a good trip? Had much changed? I am so

Apart from the usual price hikes and the odd new shop, 'twas pretty much the same as ever - cue a mixture of wistful rose-coloured nostalgia and the odd flash of remembering the grim sides