Yes to cream cheese. Pasturised cheese is fine, so don't worry.
Cashews are fine IIRC.
Peanuts, well it depends where you sit on the fence on that. The medical advice in the UK (which is currently under urgent review) is that PG women avoid peanuts during pregnancy. Especially if they or their partner have allergies etc.
However, we are the only country in Europe to advise this and since doing so peanut allergy rates in children have soared and we have the highest rates in Europe now. Hence the urgent review.
The thinking had been that if you don't eat them your child therefore won't be exposed to them in the womb and run the risk of being allergic.
The argument against this is that by eating peanuts while PG your child will have exposure to them in the womb which means they will build up a tolerance to them and therefore *not* be allergic when born, nor develop an allergy to them.
I personally go with the latter based on the stats and science that backs it up. And the fact that we are pretty much alone in our medical advice on this. And in other countries where peanuts are eaten as part of the diet allergy rates are low to non existant.
I've been eating peanuts through pregnancy and am happy I have done so. My mother ate them when carrying me as did many other mothers until more recent years. Before that allergy rates were low, now they are insanely sky high.
Do some online research and make up your own mind
Also if you google 'foods to avoid when pregnant' or something you'll find lists of what you should avoid. Here is a starter for you
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/ar ... cleid=917#
Things like pate and liver are a no due to vitamin A content.
Unpasturised cheeses
Soft cheeses (brie, camembert etc)
Raw/runny yolked eggs (tho tbh if they come from vaccinated flocks they are jabbed against samonella so I eat them runny)
Avoid caffiene are much as possible (stops iron absorbing into your system and is also linked to other health issues when PG)
I'm sure you can go do some reading to find out more on it all
) and stilton and brie. But u can have cottage cheese and hard cheese as well.
and had eczema due to reaction to latex gloves/soap I was using when I worked at a nursing home, but nothing like bad asthma or eczema. We're both from the country (me esp) and was exposed to pollen, farm animals etc...
