LOL Xmas cheese & pregnant - can I eat this?

[Greenleafer19]

I know this is a silly question but I'm so confused about cheese I can eat while pregnant... I'm just under 8 months currently ordering my Xmas shop... Can I eat the attached?
TIA XX

If it's being cooked, then yes it's fine.

Some people will say eating this is absolutely fine as it’s cooked. I think it’s personal preference. I personally wouldn’t because I don’t want to take any risks, but I’m sure if I did have cooked Brie or cooked Camembert that I would be absolutely fine. Go ahead if you really want it, and enjoy it. Looks delicious!

www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/pregnancy/can-i-eat-cooked-brie-and-blue-cheese-during-pregnancy/

NHS says fine if cooked so no need to be over cautious

ANY cooked cheese fine
Hard, pasteurised cheeses "cold" fine
Soft cheeses "cold" not fine
Unpasteurised 'cold' cheeses not fine

Some people will say eating this is absolutely fine as it’s cooked.

Not ‘some people’. The NHS. Because it is fine when cooked. It’s riskier to eat bagged salad.

Alright @esteban, chill out. I wasn’t aware of that piece of NHS advice. You obviously got out of bed on the wrong side this morning.

I'm sorry for being snippy but if posters are going to use this board for genuine advice then it needs to be factual, not misinformed personal preferences. I hope that you find the NHS information helpful. You really are more likely to get listeria from a bag of salad than from piping hot cooked Brie.

The majority of advice on Mumsnet is personal opinion and based on personal experience. If NHS says it’s ok, then feel free to go by their advice. Now I know their advice I’m still personally deciding not to have it, but OP can take her own view and eat if she wants to. I read only yesterday on some ‘Ready to bake’ pasturised Camembert in Sainsbury’s that it wasn’t to be consumed by pregnant women. So take that as you will.

Yes - NHS advice is clear that pasteurised mould-ripened soft cheeses are not recommended for pregnant women unless cooked. It causes at lot of confusion as unpasteurised hard cheeses are considered safe. Another example of how misconceptions can very easily occur.

Let’s leave this here. The operative words in the NHS guidance are ‘should be safe’ so you can make your mind up about it. OP, the overwhelming advice here is that you should go for it, so enjoy.

www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/pregnancy/can-i-eat-cooked-brie-and-blue-cheese-during-pregnancy/

I'm with @esteban on this... the OP asked: 'can I eat the attached?'. The answer is clearly yes. The 'some people' comment, coupled with: 'personally wouldn’t because I don’t want to take any risks' suggests that those who do choose to eat cooked brie etc ARE taking a risk - which, according to the NHS, is not the case. There are a lot of myths being thrown around which can make mums and pregnant mums feel bad but sometimes all it needs is a quick glance at the NHS website for the most up to date information. I went through this in my first pregnancy with people being critical of things I chose to do (in particular, food choices) and saying things like 'I wouldn't want to take that risk, but your choice... ' ... these same people hadn't bothered to look at actual NHS advice 🙄