Can I eat cheesecake??

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This is the 1st time i've posted so be kind lol.
I did a pregnancy test yesterday and it was positive trouble is, there's a delicious cheesecake in the fridge that I haven't touched yet.
It has soft cheese in it, but is a baked one if that makes a difference.
Can I eat it?? Or will I have to watch my DH eat it all, lol.

I think baked soft cheese is fine.

of course. in fact its a rule. you must eatit!

it's not usually unpasteurised soft cheese is it? It's stuff like Ricotta and mascarpone isn't it? (Which are fine...)... it's things like Brie and camembert that you have to avoid... and I've never put them in a cheesecake []

It's fine. Unless and until you develop gestational diabetes in later pregnancy, when you won;t be able to eat it and then will overreact by spending the first few months of your baby's life eating altogether too much cheesecake. Speaking entirely hypothetically and not at all from personal experience, of course...

Congratulations!

If you feel uncomfortable I will gladly take it off your hands

Agree with MKG. I'm 29 weeks... probably safer to eat it now... let us know where to pick up and we'll help remove the temptation for you

listed as safe here

Food Standards Agency on When you're pregnant

Foods you don't need to avoid

[...] Many types of cheese including:
Hard cheese, such as Cheddar and Parmesan
Feta
Ricotta
Mascarpone
Cream cheese
Mozzarella
Cottage cheese
Processed cheese, such as cheese spreads

Isn't cheescake made with cream cheese?

also it's usually made from cow's milk whey (not sheep)

cream cheese is usually used in the one that you don't bake.

(but yes - obviously that's safe too)

Sorry everyone, went out for the aftenoon.

Thanks for the replies, will get DH to get me a big chunky slice.
It's the massive New York vanilla cheesecake from Tescos with icing sugar on the top. Have any of you tried it? It's heaven

i thought there was raw eggs in cheesecake?

Sorry to highjack but while we're on the subject of cheese in pregnancy. Is Broccoli and Stilton Soup ok? I had some at the weekend at a wedding and assumed it was ok as it was cooked Stilton?

I'm sure cooked soft cheese is fine.

Thanks belgo I suppose if I was going to get Listeria then I would know about it by now

I also read somewhere that cheesecake not good but baked cheesecake OK - dont know where tho. I've avoided non-baked cheesecake just in case...