Ruth
One of the most common questions I get asked is if cheese is safe to eat and if it’s hard cheese, yes that’s fine. If it’s 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’s safe to have in pregnancy. If it’s unpasteurised milk, then it’s 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’s well cooked.
So culture is very important. Your food you’ve been eating within your culture normally, you can carry on eating as long as we’re making sure that you’re maintaining a balanced diet and anything you’re not sure about always discuss with health professionals just to make sure you’re having your foods well cooked.
Nancy
And it’s also advisable to those who are vegetarians to take iron supplements.
Dilan
You must make sure that you’re 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’re 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 full breakdown of foods to avoid.
