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Chey
Hey everyone,
I'm now 18w3d.
Just got back from a week in Greece, it was bliss! (apart from the sun allergy and persistent itching..
)
Now I happened to read that you're not allowed to eat Fetakaas.
I had absolutely no idea! Feel so guilty and am EXTREMELY worried. Since I didn't eat anything else at the hotel, I only ate bread, salads + indeed... Fetakaas
Is this really that bad for the baby?
Now I'm also starting to worry about the salads I ate. I asked the restaurant manager if they wash the salad properly and if it was done with good water and not tap water.
He told me that the water was purified with chlorine (also for the other guests).
Should I be worried now?
HELP! I'm going really CRAZY!! I can't forgive myself if I did something wrong.
I really wanted to eat healthy for my baby and now it turns out this was the exact opposite...

xxx

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  1. Anonymous #2

    In Greece, the water is purified with chlorine. You can taste that too... If you were to drink it straight, of course. But Greek women drink it and give birth to healthy babies so I don't think it can do much harm. And you didn't drink it, only the salad was washed with it. Most feta is not made from raw milk. At least in our country you can just eat it during your pregnancy. I don't know if that's the case in Greece either, did you check with the hotel? But just mention this to your midwife. She can surely reassure you

  2. Chelsea #3

    So during my pregnancy I once had stewed eel somewhere, yeah, and I deliberately ordered a big portion because fish was supposed to be so good during pregnancy. Later on I read that eel was actually discouraged because it contained mercury and dioxins. I got so incredibly worked up about it. But yeah. Luckily I ended up having a healthy baby. Everything being sterile isn't good either, right?

    I also secretly ate some sushi at a Japanese restaurant. That's also discouraged because it's raw fish. Well, it looked fresh and nice, and how often do you hear that an entire restaurant got sick from a particular dish?

    I'm not sure exactly how it is with feta cheese, but I do know that foreign cheeses with something like "fait au cru" on the label are made with raw milk, which is therefore a risk if they contain something that could make you sick. So if you didn't get sick, I guess there's nothing to worry about.

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