I think I ate cheese made with unpasteurized milk...should I panic?

[Tee2072]

I just realized that the cheese I had last night for tea and this afternoon for lunch might have been made with unpasteurized milk. It was Gruyère Swiss.

Do I panic? Anyone know the chances of it actually hurting the baby? I'm 12 weeks today, BTW.

[MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt]

I thought that Gruyere is made with pasteurized milk?

[Tee2072]

Not according to what I just found online!

[Bramshott]

I think the risk is of Salmonella - so if you're not vomiting then it's fine.

[thisisyesterday]

no, you shouldn;'t

most supermarket cheese will prob be pasteurised, despite what it may say online,

however the risk with them is, i believe, that of contracting something like listeria.
it's pretty rare though, and i think in the uk over the last few years the only cases of listeria from milk products were actually from pasteurised ones, so i wouldn't worry

[CatIsSleepy]

have eaten gruyere recently and am pg
didn't realise it was a no-no...if indeed it is
there's never any point panicking about these things though

think bramshott is right-if it hasn't made you ill, then there's no need to worry

[lovelydear]

definitely don't panic, you can't uneat it! and imagine you were french. you'd be living off the stuff and guffawing at the nervous brits. when i was pregnant i went to a bbq at a french couple's house. she was pg too. They served rare pork chops and chocolate mousse with raw eggs in it. i just went for it, and the kids are fine....

seriously though, if you develop an upset stomach as a result then go to the gp. otherwise it's fine.

[MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt]

Ah, just googled. Is unpasteurised normally. What does it say on the wrapper?

[Tee2072]

Well, it was Tesco brand and I just checked their website and it was definitely unpasteurised.

I feel fine, so I am going to have to assume everything is okay.

[CaptainKarvol]

Gruyere is hard cheese anyway, so no panic. only panic over soft cheeses, i think. Well, don't panic at all as risks are tiny and it's done now anyway. You'll be fine.

[MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt]

No. Just googled again. It is soft cheeses like Brie and Camembert or blue veined cheeses that are dangerous in pregnancy.

[Tee2072]

So unpasteurized hard cheeses are okay? For sure?

[MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt]

Sorry, can't link from my phone. If you google gruyere pasteurized pregnant you get several websites all saying that hard cheeses are fine.

[littlefrog]

unpasteurised hard cheeses are fine, according to the centre for pregnancy nutrition.

[Tee2072]

Whew. Thanks, mmeherewegoawassailindt!!!

[witchwithallthetrimmings]

also if you go into any wanky/poncey/lovely (take your pick) cheese shop they will tell you that unpasteurised hard cheeses are actually better for you as the milk contains more nutrients. Am a bit tbh at this but am happy to believe that is good for me + bump to have the tastier cheese given that i cannot eat salami, oysters, serrano ham and the like