https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:20:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-as-paranoid-as-me-crazies-only-please-lol#post-851505 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:14:35 +0000 kjpugs 851505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm JUST as crazy, but I end up usually giving in (not to stuff like raw meat or alcohol, but stuff like tasting cookie batter, or soft serve at disney because it was hot, or salads out at restaurants, etc.) THEN I panic for days that I screwed up. So I basically am just throwing myself deeper into the crazy!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-as-paranoid-as-me-crazies-only-please-lol#post-851498 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:11:44 +0000 MrsMed 851498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now I'm going to join you in the crazy about listeria. I didn't worry about it too much, just avoided deli meat, soft serve and washed my fruits and veggies, but I didn't think about the salad bar I visit everyday! Another excuse to heat hot foods while at work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-as-paranoid-as-me-crazies-only-please-lol#post-850934 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:34:21 +0000 Adira 850934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are not crazy!! I avoided everything that was suggested except caffeine (but I limited that to less than 200mg a day)! I missed salad and deli meat sooooooooo much! Also brie! I love my soft cheeses, but I avoided them like the plague when I was pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-as-paranoid-as-me-crazies-only-please-lol#post-850923 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:32:07 +0000 mrsjyw 850923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>you are not crazy! esp during the end of pregnancy, i had several bouts of listeria-related paranoia/anxiety! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-as-paranoid-as-me-crazies-only-please-lol#post-850921 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:31:19 +0000 regberadaisy 850921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>*raise hands* </p> <p>Name a pregnancy no no and I guarantee if I knew about it I abstained.</p> <p>No deli meat, no soft serve, no sushi, no caffeine (except 1.5 cans of coke!), no alochol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-as-paranoid-as-me-crazies-only-please-lol#post-850914 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:29:57 +0000 MrsLilybugg 850914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whenever I read there is a "chance" of something, I avoid it like the plague. For example, I read this in my pregnancy pamphlet from my OB:</p> <p>"don't eat fresh salads from fast foods/restaurants because there's a chance they didn't wash the vegetables... listeria.. blah blah". *Please note: I am too lazy to make my own salad for lunch.*</p> <p>I miss my take out salads!!! I'm 35 weeks tomorrow, so I know I only have a little bit to go. In my rational mind: "It's OK. really. Pregnant women order salads ALL the time. It's just hysteria. Everything is a no-no if you really think about it...." Then the crazy voice: "Yeah, why don't you go ahead and risk it now that you're so close. And if you got a bad lettuce batch? If they didn't feel like washing the lettuce that morning at the cafe? You've seen the hidden camera videos!! Will that salad taste good when you hurt baby? Will it?"</p> <p>so far Crazy Voice has made me stay away from: my favorite salad at local catering place; cooked sushi (because of fear of cross-contamination); panera turkey sandwiches (because nurse at prenatal class said to stay away, even if toasted, which I'm still wondering why, but Crazy Voice agrees.)</p> <p>P.S. Crazy Voice is a "joke", I'm not really nuts :) Well, nuts as far as lysteria hysteria maybe.</p> <p>Anyone else with me here???? What have you deprived yourself of??</p> <p>Oh and go figure: soon as second tri hit I was back to my black tea and one Coke every once in a while.... </p>