Eating ham!!!
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Topic: Eating ham!!!
Posted By: JD
Subject: Eating ham!!!
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 3:51pm
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My in-laws are having a celebration on the weekend and have ordered a ham (on the bone). Do you think its ok to eat it??? Its not like it will be sitting in a deli tray at all??? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: callalily
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 3:52pm
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i think its kinda up to you... Personally i am in the 'its not worth the risk' boat - but its up to you.
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 4:03pm
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Cold meats are generally a no-no. Can you get them to heat your portion in the microwave until piping hot - that kills the bacteria and makes it ok ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 4:16pm
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ohhhh ham on the bone...ohhh im drooling, im naughty i ate it cold when pregnant with rhiannon but as yummymummy said, just heat your portion up nd you will be fine ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 4:51pm
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I have eaten ham on the bone that was heated in the oven and it was fine! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 5:02pm
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Yep I would recommend that you just heat your bits up in the oven or in a frypan. A friend of mine did that at Christmas
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 5:14pm
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I'm in the 'not worth the risk camp too' but yeah as the others said if it's piping hot its ok..but I'm such a worrier I'm waiting....sigh:( ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 5:15pm
| 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. |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 7:16pm
I have been eating ham off the bone, as it is much better than the processed stuff, that is what I thought!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 8:04pm
I ate ham (any type) thru all of my pregnancies - call me lucky but nothing happened. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 8:07pm
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its totally a personal thing:) I am paranoid but also i follow the food safety book and it says only steaming hot..but as with everything it's each to their own!!:) it's just on the off chance that there may be a problem as we are 20x more likely to get listeria and other things apaprently!:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 8:30pm
but I never ate sea food and I love my shrimp cocktails  ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 10:07am
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hmm its tricky. I have sort of a fairly relaxed attitude to food in the first place. As long as its fresh I tend to find it ok. I don't eat seafood at all anyway, but thats the only think I would really avoid.
Thanks for your advise/opinions. Is it just the listeria that is the danger or is it actually something in the ham? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 10:07am
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Just heat it up or make sure its fresh out of the oven and you will be fine!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 10:19am
Like you, I was quite relaxed about food as well. As long as something was fresh, I ate it. I avoided seafood though. I have said it before and nobody agreed with me, the chance of getting listeria from anything is sooooooo minimal and even if something isn't fresh, it doesn't mean that it carries the listeria bug. Ham is totally fine and ok, most people avoid it, and that's fine, it's your personal choice. Listeria comes from dairy products anyway, not meat. However, you can't tell people these things because nobody believes you. |
JD wrote:Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 11:07am
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the reason pregnant people are advised to avoid these foods is that you are more susceptible to picking up anything as their immunity is lowered and listeria (for example) can damage the baby as well as the mum. safe food handling practices can be observed in your own home but i certainly wouldnt eat a ham sandwich from a cafe. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 12:36pm
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Like you, I was quite relaxed about food as well. As long as something was fresh, I ate it. I avoided seafood though. I have said it before and nobody agreed with me, the chance of getting listeria from anything is sooooooo minimal and even if something isn't fresh, it doesn't mean that it carries the listeria bug. Ham is totally fine and ok, most people avoid it, and that's fine, it's your personal choice. Listeria comes from dairy products anyway, not meat. However, you can't tell people these things because nobody believes you. [/QUOTE] sounds like someone has tried to force their opinion on you neeandsam! hehehe I know ham can be dodgy if its not stored properly during hot summer etc, but Im thinking ill be ok to have a we be this weekend with a fresh ham. Ill see how I feel on the day. The thought of hot ham kind of grosses me out! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 8:20pm
| Ew hot ham! Only if it's been cooked in a frying pan or something, I so would not want to eat microwaved ham! Kind of defeats the purpose of a nice piece of ham really. I've been avoiding those sorts of foods mostly, but I know we'll have ham at Xmas and I'll be having some for sure! |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 8:32pm
Eehhh??
Listeria, rare as it may be, can also be found in any food that left chilled / in a deli counter / that isn't reheated to above 70degrees. It's still up to personal choice though 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 10:53pm
Id much rather have an offended MIL than cause my unborn baby harm. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 7:09am
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I had ham off the bone at Christmas time. The thought of hot ham still makes me want to throw up!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 9:15am
Well I'd rather enjoy my pregnancy than worry incessantly over every little piece of food that goes into my mouth. |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 11:01am
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IMO each to their own. My friend got seriously and violently ill on hummus when 7 months pregnant and her baby was born perfect and on its due date!
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 11:51am
neeandsam I think megangrace was actually agreeing with your original comment rather than passing judgement on your opinion  -------------
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 2:39pm
Mmmmm ham!!! I was walking through New World with DF today and I wanted to cry lol cos all I wanted to do was buy a BIG bag of fresh deli ham and munch the lot of it!!! But, "Alas" I cannot lol
2 1/2 months then its HAM TIME!!!   ------------- |
Posted By: MonicaMouse
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 4:39pm
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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. ------------- 
Blair 15/10/2007 Daniel 30/07/2009 |
Posted By: Glag2
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 5:09pm
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I personally dont eat anything like that..For me its just not worth the risk, If I dont eat it then I dont need to worry ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 5:19pm
| 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. |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 5:59pm
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I had a bit of ham at christmas, but I just dont wanna risk eating it...especially after having a m/c...Im just to scared to eat it, but after he is born the first thing Im getting my DF to go get for me is Deli Ham!! lol I just really want it, I could eat it right now, but gah cant..shouldnt lol ------------- |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 6:06pm
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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 ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 6:07pm
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After 3 kids and eating deli meats in all pregnancies I can happily say that there is nothing wrong with any of my kids.
It's a definite personal decision. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: tropics
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 6:19pm
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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 ------------- http://lilypie.com">    [/url]
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 7:12pm
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kye- i did that for a week now i cant stand it again:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 10:06am
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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 ------------- |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 10:18am
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sheza..food was different then though..not processed and full of crap:( ! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 10:41am
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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. ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |