Cheeeeeese!

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Okay ladies, I’m pregnant for Christmas and need a list of delicious cheese I can still enjoy. A good cheeseboard is genuinely one of my favourite parts of Christmas and I’m already gutted I’ll have to do without the port...

Found out today I can have Boursin, which is good.

Most hard cheeses are fine aren’t they, but I’m mourning the loss of Brie 😭

Also believe I can have Camembert as long as it’s cooked, which is fine by me so a dipping Camembert it is.

I got some Wensleydale with cranberries today. Any other good suggestions? I love all kinds of cheese but especially creamy ones which is unfortunate as most of them are mould-ripened... oh Brie how I miss there!

*thee

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How funny..... I'm literally placing an order with the Fine Cheese Company (Bath).. on their website each cheese says whether a pregnant lady can eat it or not!
I have Brie, but I just heat it..
Such a big struggle..! X

You can have hard blue cheese e.g. Stilton. Soft blue and mould ripened cheeses are all ok if cooked

www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/foods-to-avoid-pregnant/

Wow @cat709 great tip on the Bath Cheese Co, thank you!

I found a brie made with pasteurized milk. Not in UK but it was imported from France. I am sure you can find it in UK somewhere :)

Even if its pasteurised brie you should still only eat it if you heat it as there is still a risk due to the higher moisture content. Conversley you can eat unpasteurised hard cheeses due to the low moisture content

Marks and Spencer and Waitrose both do pasteurised Brie so you could have that.

That said just looked at nhs website and not sure you can have Brie except cooked

Pasteurised brie still needs to be heated if eating while pregnant.

Oopsie. I didn't know that and been eating the pasteurized cheeses 😐
Thanks for the info, will be careful now

This is my kind of thread 😂 I’m a cheese lover anyway but since being pregnant it’s pretty much all I think about, the baby will probably come out like a block of cheddar 😂

I was so glad when my first baby came a week early so it meant I could devour the Christmas cheese board! I'll have to give the proper stinky ones a miss this year which I'm really sad about. I love all the mould ripened ones!

To others saying you can eat it if its pasteurised isn't correct - mould ripened cheese are a no no. The soft rind means listeria can grow.

Neals yard dairy also have a pregnancy safe selection!