Bloody Mother-in-law!!

td1309 · Nov 21st, 2009, 09:08 AM

I swear she knows!!

We are going round for dinner tomorrow night....so I already have to make excuses as to why I won't have the usual couple of glasses of wine. Well, I just got dh to ring up and find out what she's cooking thinking I'd be quite unlucky if she was cooking something I can't eat whilst pregnant as it's quite a small list afterall...

Starter: Prawns and Scallops

Main: Chicken wrapped in prosciutto stuffed with goats cheese

Ha ha has she tried to think of every forbidden item?!!!!!!!! Well after intial panic I read I can eat shellfish if cooked thoroughly and cured meat if cooked. Just checking goats cheese - knowing my luck will have raw eggs in the pud!! Can't wait till all this lying can stop!!! xxxxx

lauren10 · Nov 21st, 2009, 09:43 AM

I would eat all those things, but the goat cheese - it could go either way because it could be pasturized or not. And of course you wouldn't know without asking! (and letting the cat out of the bag) Maybe you can just say you don't like goat cheese and have your husband ask if she can leave it out of your piece?

girl friday · Nov 21st, 2009, 09:48 AM

Poor you! I haven't eaten goats cheese since fiinding out, but I hardly ate it before anyway! If it helps though, I am sure I read somewhere that if cooked, goats cheese is safe as the heat kills off any bacteria that causes listeria.

http://www.whichtable.com/art_pregnancy.asp#h_89025

How long before you tell your MIL?

X

td1309 · Nov 21st, 2009, 09:53 AM

Thanks guys. I have read up and apparently all cheeses are basically safe when cooked through - much like every food. I think the shellfish thing is when not cooked too like oysters but mil likes to cook things thouroughly so I have that on my side!! It was so funny when dh was on the phone I was mouthing at him to stop as he was asking questions like 'and will the prosciutto be cooked?'!! I was like how obvious is that ha ha oh well it's all good fun!! We are having our scan Dec 8th and we are going to try and hold out till Christmas eve as we want it to be a sort of Christmas present. After the scan though I don't know if we'll be able to keep schtum!! xxxx

mrsbeanbump · Nov 21st, 2009, 10:02 AM

Good luck with the dinner and your Mil!!

Sazzoire · Nov 21st, 2009, 11:51 AM

We too have decided not to tell our parents until after our next scan.... but, MIL has just been round and if she hasn't sussed we are pregnant then she must have her eyes closed. Firstly, I was checking a date for her in my diary and as I opened the page, she was looking over my shoulder... I had written in my diary... 17th December... 2nd Trimester! Then I noticed that I had left my Folic Acid tablets on the kitchen table for all to see and couldn't move them without being obvious. Lastly, we had put my pregnancy book (given to me by my midwife) under the new coffee table, which hubby proceeded to show MIL... (the table, not the book)

Bless her she didn't say anything... but OMG!!!!! she must be daft if she hasn't twigged on.

I have my scan on Wednesday.. I have waited this long... only a few more days until we reveal all.

NYCBride · Nov 21st, 2009, 12:24 PM

Sazzoire,

It could always been worse, I in true pregnant woman style just left my positive pregnancy test on the tp of the cistern in our bathroom, and then mother turns up, out of the blue, uses the loo, and I had totally forgotten....

she's since been told and apparently never noticed, but had an inkling...

Yeah a ruddy great pregnancy test saying positive will do that!!!!

lauren10 · Nov 21st, 2009, 13:52 PM

well it sounds delicious...enjoy!

Nov 21st, 2009, 09:08 AM	#1
td1309 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 439	Bloody Mother-in-law!! I swear she knows!! We are going round for dinner tomorrow night....so I already have to make excuses as to why I won't have the usual couple of glasses of wine. Well, I just got dh to ring up and find out what she's cooking thinking I'd be quite unlucky if she was cooking something I can't eat whilst pregnant as it's quite a small list afterall... Starter: Prawns and Scallops Main: Chicken wrapped in prosciutto stuffed with goats cheese Ha ha has she tried to think of every forbidden item?!!!!!!!! Well after intial panic I read I can eat shellfish if cooked thoroughly and cured meat if cooked. Just checking goats cheese - knowing my luck will have raw eggs in the pud!! Can't wait till all this lying can stop!!! xxxxx

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Nov 21st, 2009, 09:43 AM	#2
lauren10 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NB Canada Posts: 2,388	I would eat all those things, but the goat cheese - it could go either way because it could be pasturized or not. And of course you wouldn't know without asking! (and letting the cat out of the bag) Maybe you can just say you don't like goat cheese and have your husband ask if she can leave it out of your piece?

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Nov 21st, 2009, 09:48 AM	#3
girl friday AutoSignup (SAAB) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 677	Poor you! I haven't eaten goats cheese since fiinding out, but I hardly ate it before anyway! If it helps though, I am sure I read somewhere that if cooked, goats cheese is safe as the heat kills off any bacteria that causes listeria. http://www.whichtable.com/art_pregnancy.asp#h_89025 How long before you tell your MIL? X

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Nov 21st, 2009, 09:53 AM	#4
td1309 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 439	Thanks guys. I have read up and apparently all cheeses are basically safe when cooked through - much like every food. I think the shellfish thing is when not cooked too like oysters but mil likes to cook things thouroughly so I have that on my side!! It was so funny when dh was on the phone I was mouthing at him to stop as he was asking questions like 'and will the prosciutto be cooked?'!! I was like how obvious is that ha ha oh well it's all good fun!! We are having our scan Dec 8th and we are going to try and hold out till Christmas eve as we want it to be a sort of Christmas present. After the scan though I don't know if we'll be able to keep schtum!! xxxx

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Nov 21st, 2009, 10:02 AM	#5
mrsbeanbump Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: East Midlands, UK Posts: 928	Good luck with the dinner and your Mil!!

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Sazzoire Waiting To Try (WTT) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 1,826	We too have decided not to tell our parents until after our next scan.... but, MIL has just been round and if she hasn't sussed we are pregnant then she must have her eyes closed. Firstly, I was checking a date for her in my diary and as I opened the page, she was looking over my shoulder... I had written in my diary... 17th December... 2nd Trimester! Then I noticed that I had left my Folic Acid tablets on the kitchen table for all to see and couldn't move them without being obvious. Lastly, we had put my pregnancy book (given to me by my midwife) under the new coffee table, which hubby proceeded to show MIL... (the table, not the book) Bless her she didn't say anything... but OMG!!!!! she must be daft if she hasn't twigged on. I have my scan on Wednesday.. I have waited this long... only a few more days until we reveal all.

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Nov 21st, 2009, 12:24 PM	#7
NYCBride Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: County Durham Posts: 250	Sazzoire, It could always been worse, I in true pregnant woman style just left my positive pregnancy test on the tp of the cistern in our bathroom, and then mother turns up, out of the blue, uses the loo, and I had totally forgotten.... she's since been told and apparently never noticed, but had an inkling... Yeah a ruddy great pregnancy test saying positive will do that!!!!

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Nov 21st, 2009, 13:52 PM	#8
lauren10 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NB Canada Posts: 2,388	well it sounds delicious...enjoy!

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