Ruth
One of the most common questions I get asked is if cheese is safe to eat and if it鈥檚 hard cheese, yes that鈥檚 fine. If it鈥檚 soft cheese you need to be a bit more mindful about the sort of cheese that you are having. If it's pasteurised, made of pasteurised milk, then usually that鈥檚 safe to have in pregnancy. If it鈥檚 unpasteurised milk, then it鈥檚 important that you cook the cheese before you eat it.
Memuna
So, food to avoid. Red meat raw. So always have your meat well cooked, no blood inside the meat. So if you are eating any form of meat just make sure it鈥檚 well cooked.
So culture is very important. Your food you鈥檝e been eating within your culture normally, you can carry on eating as long as we鈥檙e making sure that you鈥檙e maintaining a balanced diet and anything you鈥檙e not sure about always discuss with health professionals just to make sure you鈥檙e having your foods well cooked.
Nancy
And it鈥檚 also advisable to those who are vegetarians to take iron supplements.
Dilan
You must make sure that you鈥檙e getting enough protein into your diet as well, so have a look at you know - beans, pulses, wholegrain foods. All of these things can help to keep up with that and if you鈥檙e using dairy alternatives try and pick up the calcium fortified versions of those just to maintain calcium levels too.
You might be concerned about what you should and shouldn't eat during pregnancy. After all, you want to make sure that both you and your baby are healthy.
But you needn't worry - your diet doesn't need to radically change. There are just a few dos and don'ts to stick to, as our panel explain.
The NHS has a of foods to avoid.
