Is pizza ok to eat while pregnant?

nervousmom-to-be · September 2018

I've heard so many times soft cheese is bad and to stay away. But I am craving pizza so bad and I have no appetite for meat and a bunch of food. I've never been this fussy of an eater before.
Last night I broke down and got a buffalo chicken pizza and now I'm paranoid to eat it as leftovers . Ugh, so over food

lyse01 · September 2018

You’re fine. Soft cheese is fine as long as it’s pasteurized. And I wouldn’t even consider mozzarella soft.

loveanddatadriven · September 2018

Cooked soft cheeses are also totally fine! Especially when it's cooked right before you eat it as is the case with pizza.

wearegroot · September 2018

How I WISH I had leftover pizza right now! Check out the thread on “what I’m craving” (or whatever the title of that thread is), and see how many of us have been eating pizza. Please as a personal favor to me, a random person on the internet you don’t know, eat your leftover pizza!

harveyisaboysname · September 2018

Pizza is definitely pregnancy safe.

chelseay416 · September 2018

Its incredibly difficult to find unpasteurized cheese in the us. Might wanna skip brie and stuff like that if it doesnt specifically say but pizza is definitely okay. 😊

kangstadt · September 2018

I think I would starve if I couldn't eat pizza during pregnancy... DH is bringing some home tonight for dinner because both of us are too fried to cook. I think it's the third time this week.

angelob88 · September 2018

That's what I had for dinner. I was way too lazy and miserable to cook tonight. Pizza delivery is my saving grace on nights like this.

nervousmom-to-be · September 2018

Thanks ladies!

plumpoppies · September 2018

Totally fine in the U.S! In Italy I have to be extra careful with dairy since they don't pasturize everything here.

Enjoy the hell out of that pizza!

emma010818 · September 2018

It's fine. Try to use whole grain flour.

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batmama31 · September 2018

loveanddatadriven said:

Cooked soft cheeses are also totally fine! Especially when it's cooked right before you eat it as is the case with pizza.

does that mean holiday baked brie is approved??!! (holidays are right around the corner- you better believe I'm gonna tear that shit up!)

MRDCle · September 2018

batmama31 said:

loveanddatadriven said:

Cooked soft cheeses are also totally fine! Especially when it's cooked right before you eat it as is the case with pizza.

does that mean holiday baked brie is approved??!! (holidays are right around the corner- you better believe I'm gonna tear that shit up!)

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. That sounds delicious.

loveanddatadriven · September 2018

As long as your baked brie gets really hot in the middle (>160 F), you're good to go! And for a double-dose of safety, in the US, brie is usually pasteurized.