Thoughts on deli meat during pregnancy

Personally I never did. To me it wasn’t worth the risk for a craving.

I'd be tempted to but my husband really wants to toe the line on the rules :) The expecting better book by Emily Oster does say turkey is the worst culprit so maybe go for a different meat if you decide to. Her analysis of the situation is quite thorough highly recommend the whole book if you haven't read

I’ve eaten plenty of lunch meat (both at home and at subway) during my pregnancy. I just always heat it up first! I’ve also heard from friends that have several kids that they gave into cold cut subs and they never had any issues and their kids are perfectly healthy. 🤷🏻‍♀️ There is a risk, so just do your own research before making your decision. (:

I don't follow the guidelines to a t because you have the same chance of getting listeria regardless of whether you're pregnant or not. The issue comes in that if you do get listeria it is more likely to be devastating. In 25 years I've never had it and even though they say deli meats are more likely to have it, any food can have it. There was an issue with bluebell ice cream years ago where they had a listeria outbreak. Any food that has touched another person's hands runs the risk of having it. I try to avoid cold meats and the like but if I really want it I will still eat it. I encourage everyone to make the best decision they can make for themselves

I had about 2 subs a week, was a huge craving for me. You can get listeria from anything, pregnant or not. That’s just me. I mean you can have them toast your sub.

i ate it all the time. no issues for me

With my first i heated it up. With this pregnancy i have had a couple of cold subs.

I only had it warmed up. The risk of listeria is quite low even with cold deli meat but I didn’t want to risk anything. The bigger issue is probably the nitrates in it tbh

I did it on accident when I was pregnant with my daughter. I was craving a sub so bad. I went to Milios and got me a number 8. The Big Steer with roast beef and smoked ham. 😋 It wasnt until a couple days later that my mom told me I shouldn't eat deli meat pregnant. Oops lol. I had no issues though. I would at least warm it up first before eating deli meat pregnant again.

I never craved deli meat while pregnant. For me personally, it's not worth the risk to eat it cold when the easy fix is to heat it up. Granted this advice is coming from someone who had the occasional glass of wine during her first pregnancy, so take my pregnancy advice with a grain of salt

Could always get it, heat the meat and put it back when it’s cooled

youre technically supposed to heat it up. I’m not a dr by any means but I do know that one of the reasons for being told not to eat during pregnancy is bc of the risk of salmonella, but you have that risk any time. it’s the risk for the baby. I ate it in both of my pregnancies just not often or in big portions.

I ate it all the time. Then again I ate alot of stuff that was deemed “bad” for pregnant women lol if I craved it I ate it idc

I air fry my sandwiches so the meat gets heated. I’ve been craving Vietnamese sandwiches and that’s what I’ve been doing

Done it I my first and still do now with my second x

I ate whatever while I was pregnant that included sushi (cooked ) and deli meat and medium rare steaks it should be fine girl go get some Jersey Mike’s

I ate them but if I went to subway I had them double toast my food. Like warm the meat first then heat it again once it was on the sandwich

I used to crave subs when I was pregnant, as long as I ate them in moderation I was fine!