Eating ham!!!

MeganGrace wrote: neeandsam wrote: My MIL gave me cold ham on the bone for five days straight when we were staying with them. I said that I wanted to heat mine up and she got really offended, but then again, she is a psycho. Id much rather have an offended MIL than cause my unborn baby harm.

Well I'd rather enjoy my pregnancy than worry incessantly over every little piece of food that goes into my mouth.

neeandsam I think megangrace was actually agreeing with your original comment rather than passing judgement on your opinion

I was pretty strict with myself re food, especially seeing I didn't find out I was pregnant until about 7 1/2 weeks and there was a *lot* of crp food and drink taken in in that time (my b'day, and then later I was on holiday)   I spoke with my 'SIL' about food towards the end and her comment was 'but that never happens to anyone' Literally 2 weeks later I found out about a collegues wife who got food poisioning and ended up with emergency CS 5 weeks early.
Not intended to scare you, but it was enough to confirm that I made the right choice for me.

Hmm.. I eat ALL the deli ham and everything. I do make a point of going first thing in the morning when I know they've got the fresh stuff in before buying it however. I dont worry about it, because my whole idea is, you cant stop your life and starve to death just because you are pregnant! Gosh, back in the old days people didnt even know about the dreaded listeria etc, and hardly anyone got it. So much hype around things like that these days that i'm not gonna be suprised if they'll have us all living in a little plastic bubble soon.

missangel- no offense...but there is a difference between not eating ham and starving to death;) its personal choice but i chose not to eat ham, sushi, and cooked meat form anywhere .. although in the maternity ward two days before induction i ate cold roast beef(you'd think it would be ok in a maternity ward' and two weeks later listeria was found in cold roast beef at a different hospital in a different part of the country...!

sheza- i ate ham sushi and everything else i missed out on in the first two days:) just things like buying potato salad or something form the deli i missed...and coleslaw(not that i can have that bfing anyway) 1

im miss paranoid! lol so I wouldnt eat it totally a personal decision! but im totally pigging out on sushi for breaky lunch and dinner once Jaydens born lol

Yeah my mum and her friends ate what they liked during pregnancy lol, we all turned out fine!

I just dont, really dont want to risk it, I would never forgive myself "if" something happened. Ive gone this long without eating deli meats, two more months aint gonna hurt But like I said, when this baby is out, its deli ham time
omg and sushi i want sushi SOO bad LOL

I am fairly cautious about ham and deli stuff while pregnant, I figure even if it doesn't happen often it still happens and why take the risk, it's a simple thing not to eat and it's not like I don't have any other options for food!
I know my mum didn't have food restrictions during her pregnancy, but I also know that back then deli ham was considered a luxury and a lot of the 'not recommended' foods from now just weren't eaten that often back then. Also, I don't know what the stats were back then for infant mortality etc - even though I'm fine it could be the case that it was more common for issues to occur and now they know why. Just my personal take on it!

About a month ago here in Hamilton there was a massive Listeria outbreak from cold meat processed by Leonards. It went through the hospital as well as supermarkets. It's the first time I'd ever heard of that happening, and was so glad I didn't eat deli meat. It's not like I'd get a warning that listeria was going to hit that day!

I am hanging out for sushi, but it's kind of fun to look forward to that treat at the end.