Is it just peanuts, pregnant women should avoid?

[Nancy10]

I have a real urge at the moment to eat peanuts, particularly M&M's where they're chocolate covered!
Is it just peanuts I need to steer clear of? What about hazelnuts, pistachio, brazil and any other kind of nut?

no need to avoid any nuts in pregnancy unless there is a family history of nut allergies. go ahead and enjoy the m&ms

I agree with heather1980, I don't pay attention to that peanut warning unless allergies in the family. I ate all sorts of nuts in my first pregnancy and my daughter has no allergies at all, I am now 32 weeks and had some nice choccie peanuts yesterday, yum yum, enjoy!

The advice about nuts has changed and there is no reason to avoid them. Obviously if you have severe allergies in the family then get specialist advice.

Nuts?
Do you have allergies in your immediate family or something?

The advice has changed and avoiding peanuts is no longer recommended. Cord blood analysis studies have shown no evidence of sensitisation in utero and there is no difference in rates of peanut allergy between children whose mothers avoided peanuts and those who didn't.

Yes DN is allergic and SIL avoided them throughout!

My husband is severely allergic to brazil nuts, hazelnuts, pecans and walnuts. I avoided all nuts (including peanuts etc which he is fine with) all through my first pregnancy - DS is, as far as we know, fine with nuts but has an egg allergy.

This time, I'm eating whatever I fancy as I don't believe there is a link between what I eat and possible allergies. I think the established link is that parent(s) with an allergy are more likely to have children with allergies but that the trigger won't be the same.

If you are very concerned about allergies I read that taking a daily probiotic has been shown to reduce likelihood of your DC having allergies (as well as eczema etc) so I'm doing this.

If you just fancy peanuts, I say go for it! Yum

No peanuts are fine unless you have family history of allergies either side, you have asthma either side, or excema either side apparently.

Liver and pate seem to be consistent no no's though.

My consultant gave the advice that only steer clear of foods that family members are alergic to when it comes to nuts, seafood (shellfish or fish) etc (I ended up living on scampi for about 3 weeks as couldn't keep anything else down!)

Was advised to avoid pate, liver and uncooked meats (rare steak to salami etc)and unpasturised products ie goats cheese, brie and stilton (by the way M&S do a pasturised Brie). Also recommended that I do NOT have herbal teas esp Camomile.

But that everything else was ok and not to worry about food too much it was far more important that I was eating something and the child was getting nutrition.

My Miriam Stoppard book says that pregnant women should not lean on the doors in trains in case they suddenly open nor eat shellfish "from poisoned waters" so don't do those things....

lol at the "poisoned waters"!

Just wanted to add a correction to Bondwife's post.

Pasteurised brie is NOT considered safe.

Obviously if you decide to eat it, that's up to you, but the risk from soft cheese is listeria, which is nothing to do with pasteurisation and can exist equally in pasteurised and unpasteurised products.

There is a lot of confusion about this and I have seen many posts stating that pasteurised cheeses are considered ok but this is not the case.

actually should add "not considered safe in the UK" - other countries may give different advice.

But UK advice is to avoid soft mould ripened cheeses regardless. Whether you take this advice is up to you of course.

{grin] at savoycabbage

i just scrolled back to see who said savoy cabbage was a no-no.... (baby brain)

forgot to mention the soft cheeses sorry. Never hears of salami before though, I think I should read the not to eat list again really, I obviously haven't taken it all in.

Well i was told not to eat eggs unless the yolks are solid. This is because of the risk of Salmonella. However, I have been eating eggs with soft yolks, as i thought the red lion stamp meant they had been treated for salmonella

My SIL has a nut allergy. Should I be avoiding them? (Im 30 wks and have eaten nuts occasionally so far during this pregnancy).

I don't think so JBroRo I've been following the latest developments in the theories behind nut allergies and all the latest studies involve actually exposing sufferers to nuts in order to 'cure' them.

Here's the latest from the BBC I could find

Thanks everyone for your replies. As far as I know we do not have anyone with nut allergies. I might just treat myself to the odd few M&M's. I don't drink or smoke or eat pate and soft cheeses. Ferrero Roche are the other things I really fancy! Yum