Best foods mayonnaise when pregnant?

Oh man I've missed out!
I thought I couldn't have mayo from the shop so haven't touched the stuff for 34 weeks now!

I love best foods - it's going on the shopping list RIGHT NOW!

Babe, cold meats are high risk for listeria (well, relatively, anyway), and pregnant women are extra susceptible to listeria. If you ate ham that happened to be contaminated with listeria it is likely to affect you (although you may not always notice the symptoms) and it can transfer to the baby and cause brain damage, premature labour and even death of the baby.

The risk of getting it is pretty low (hence why many people get away with eating *risky* foods), but the consequences of getting it are devastating, and it does affect several babies every year.

For me, I just can't place my own *greediness* ahead of my baby's safety. Its only 9 months of being careful what I eat, so its very worth it for me. That said, I have a list of tasty treats for when I've had the baby.

Buttersmum wrote: Im going to use this 9 mths to smarten up my eatting habits and alot of the stuff "you can't have" is what I would normally buy for my lunches. So therefore I will start making my lunches and salads, tomatoes, avocado's and all the healthy stuff HEAR I COME!!! I figure its not about me anymore its about me annnnnnddd my baby..............healthy mum healthy baby right? I will admit its going to be hard but I can do it!

Haha - thats funny cos i think we all start out with that very same intention!! but there are only so many avo and tomato sandwiches you can eat in 40 weeks.........and of course when my MS came in at 6 weeks it was every man for themselves on what makes you feel less seedy.
I ate a lot of egg sandwiches also. I also bought a toaster for work so i could have avo and tom on toast and cheese and tom on toast as a change.........

But hey, I hope you do better than others with the good intentions..........I definetly havent used this time for a total pig out but i havent really watched closely either.....plenty of time for that after ive had baby......lol

I love ham and it kills me not to eat it BUT i have found ways around it by cooking it - so ham and cheese toasties, ham and blue cheese quiche, ham and blue cheese stuffed in a chicken breast wrapped in bacon and baked. etc etc.

And last pregnancy i cooked my own leg of ham for xmas and reckon that is fine to eat because you know it's fresh and the preparation involved. I got a quality free range ham from a good butcher.    

Cold meat is about the only thing i try to avoid but must confess that salami has made it through on occasion!

YUM!! I love Ham especially hot ham

Chickielou wrote: Buttersmum wrote: Im going to use this 9 mths to smarten up my eatting habits and alot of the stuff "you can't have" is what I would normally buy for my lunches. So therefore I will start making my lunches and salads, tomatoes, avocado's and all the healthy stuff HEAR I COME!!! I figure its not about me anymore its about me annnnnnddd my baby..............healthy mum healthy baby right? I will admit its going to be hard but I can do it! Haha - thats funny cos i think we all start out with that very same intention!! but there are only so many avo and tomato sandwiches you can eat in 40 weeks.........and of course when my MS came in at 6 weeks it was every man for themselves on what makes you feel less seedy. I ate a lot of egg sandwiches also. I also bought a toaster for work so i could have avo and tom on toast and cheese and tom on toast as a change......... But hey, I hope you do better than others with the good intentions..........I definetly havent used this time for a total pig out but i havent really watched closely either.....plenty of time for that after ive had baby......lol

I used my pg for the exact opposite reason .. I had a huge carb fest!!!!! (and takeaways, and anything else I felt like), because I always ate really cleanly and low carb because of my sport.

(Paying for it now though)

Berg19 wrote: and the first thing im going to eat is Sushi!!

OMG I hear you on that one. Im requesting two packs so I can have two different flavours