i am 5 weeks pregnant can i eat a slice of cheesecake?

[tezaterri]

[dons88]

Yes cream cheese is safe in pregnancy so long as its pasteurised (I've never even seen un-pasteurised cream cheese!) so enjoy your treat!

The NHS site is pretty handy is you're not sure what foods aren't considered safe - nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy...

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I should think so Yes

My thoughts are if you fancy eating something "bearing in mind its not raw or gone bad" EAT IT. I believe at times the NHS & other medical surveys can unessesarly scare pregnant womens into thinking we should stay away from simple foods such as "cream cheese"

[tezaterri]

oh brill thanks. i couldn't remember

[lou42]

Hell yes! Possibly two slices... get in there in case you can't eat in a couple of weeks time! Any cheese which is processes and/or made with pasteurised milk is good. Generally hard cheeses are good. Think it is mouldy/rinded cheeses and soft ones which are the problem. x

[Megzey]

Yeah go for it. I would just end up eating the whole lot, love cheesecake...

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Yes! ! I'm meeting friends for lunch tmw and treating myself the honey comb cheesecake from prezzo yumma yumma