Is lunch meat okay?

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I've heard mixed reviews. Some that you should avoid deli meats all together, some say it's safe if you heat it up, etc. Is it just packaged meats or the fresh cut deli counter kind too? Help! Mama just wants a sandwich 😭🥙

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I’ve ate deli meat my entire pregnancy. I’ve only heated it once cause I wanted it that way 🤷🏻‍♀️ My Doctor more concerned with all the produce recalls then listeria.

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They spray stuff on lunch meat now to help prevent the bacteria that’s dangerous. I still heat it in the microwave before eating 🤷🏼‍♀️

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During my first pregnancy I was told during my initial appointment that I couldn’t eat lunch meat. Later on in my pregnancy I got hospitalized for a month and they constantly brought me up sandwiches. I was so confused cause obviously the food staff should know I’m an OB patient and can’t eat lunch meat so I asked the nurse why they kept sending it. She said that pregnant people can eat lunch meat as long as the meat is heated up first. Trust and believe I had my SO bring me a sandwich from subway that same day😂😂

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My doctor told me they have nitrates. She was more concerned with that than the listeria factor.  Eat at your own risk I guess!🤷🏼‍♀️. Good luck!

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Listeria is pretty rare, but there’s a risk when eating deli meats no matter how clean the deli you get it from. Listeria can easily kill an unborn baby and you may not even know you have it. That’s a risk I never took being pregnant with my all babies. You can heat it to kill any bacteria, but I personally don’t like deli meats heated.

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My mom who is an rn told me when I was pregnant you can have deli meat just need to heat it in the microwave for 10 sec.

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I don’t heat mines up and the babies perfectly fine, she’s healthy and is very very active

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I’ve eaten it several times so far without heating it up (gross). I’m not worried about the listeria but it’s not the healthiest food to eat so it’s not a regular meal for me.

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My doctor told me to stay away from processed meats, but never told me I needed to heat deli meat up.

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I dont heat it up and eat it often. Its fine nowadays, in the past there was a risk

Is lunch meat okay?

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