been asked before but......what can i eat?

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Im 5+5 and have just indulged on ritz crackers smoothered in philidalphia cheese. I didnt think at the time, but is this safe???

Yep thats fine.

Its the soft smelly cheese you need to avoid like Brie and the likes.

Anything unpasteurised is off the menu.

oh no i dont like strong cheese anyway, cheddar all the way .....

phew i felt really guilty then!! Thanks x

is it unpasterised? I dont know i dont read food i eat it lol

Here you go:

Cheeses which are SAFE to eat in pregnancy

Hard cheeses:
austrian smoked, Babybel, caerphilly, cheddar, cheshire, derby, double gloucester, edam, emmental, english goat's cheddar, feta (if bought in the UK), gouda, gruyere, halloumi, havarti, jarlsberg, lancashire, mozzarella, orkney, paneer, parmesan, pecorino (hard), provolone, red leicester.

Soft and processed cheeses:
Boursin, cottage cheese, cheese spread, cream cheese, mascarpone, philadelphia, quark, ricotta.

Yoghurts, fromage frais, soured cream and creme fraiche any variety, including natural, flavoured and biologically active are all safe to eat.

Cheeses to AVOID in pregnancy

Mould-ripened soft cheeses:
brie, blue brie, cambozola, camembert, chaumes, pont L'eveque, prince jean, tallegio. vacherin-fribourgeois, weichkaese.

Blue-veined cheeses:
bavarian blue, bergader, bleu d'Auvergne, blue shropshire, cabrales, Danish blue, dolcelatte, doppelrhamstuge, eldel pilz, gorgonzola, manchego, romano, roncal, roquefort, stilton, tommes, wensleydale (blue).

Soft unpasteurised goat and sheep's cheeses:
chabichou, pyramide, torta del cesar.

yay, so its safe i would recommend to anyone, ritz crackers with chive philly well nice

The only cheeses you might want to avoid are ones with a soft rind (eg brie) and blue cheeses.
Otherwise don't eat shark, marlin or swordfish and you might want to avoid Mr Whippy ice creams from a van. There is very little you shouldn't eat really.

And not too much tuna per week.

It might be worth just looking into this though so you aren't worrying unnecessarily!

i dont eat fish either so thats all cool

fish is brilliant for pregnant women. Actually, I'd recommend a fish oil supplement (not fish liver oil) with omega 3 oils in it if you don't eat any fish. Good for developing brains.

i could do i just cannot stand fish, seeing them at the supermarket on them ice things makes me heave!!

Is it okay to eat Organic Wenslydale with Cranberries!....no mention of being pasturised on the packet!

Hope so cos I'm really craving some..

You do need to be a little carful though, cos I don't think the soft cheese thing is just to do with being pasteurised. When I was pg with my ds I found brie that had been pasteurised so thought it was OK. Was told later though that I shouldn't have been eating it regardless! Did me no harm at the time, but probably better to be safe than sorry!

Midwife basically told me, if you know the source of the food, ie fresh, then it is fine to eat. Including brie, but just make sure that you have just bought it from say Tesco, wrapped, not deli counter, and it has come straight out of the fridge when you eat it and eat it well within date..... this includes things like prawns, runny eggs , mayonaise, ....
If you would give it to your 85 year old granny then it is safe for you she concluded....
But NO alcohol.... so have fun with your cheese
i am 6 months pg and eat alsorts, especially soft cheese.

All hard cheese is fine. Listeria can't grow in hard cheese.
I'm surprised by your midwife's advice Rachee, because it is wrong. Pasteurisation does not remove the risk of listeria in mould ripened cheeses and listeria can grow at fridge temperatures. the risk is very small, so you might choose to ignore it, but her advice is not in line with that of the Food Standards Agency.
I personally didn't worry about eggs though, as salmonella has practically been eliminated. Choose lion marked eggs.