My first pregnancy, I avoided anything on the that no-no lost...
I'm 8w4d into my second pregnancy and have eaten raw sushi and cold cuts... I have HG so I'm lucky that I can eat anything at all, but I find myself not going crazy avoiding things this time around.
I mean, wasn't the last listeria or salmonella outbreak because of melons? Let me eat my roast beef sandwich and Alaska roll!
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Yes, I didn't avoid a lot for my second pregnancy!
Congrats!
pomegranate / 3917 posts
@Shimmer: I am so excited to see you post! Hope you and your fam are doing well, congrats on being pg again!
I've been pretty lax both times, few things I won't do, but many I will!
watermelon / 14206 posts
I didn't avoid a lot...just alcohol really. Everything in moderation 
papaya / 10570 posts
@Shimmer: Shimmer! It feels like ages since I saw you (in an online kinda way). Congratulations on your pregnancy - such wonderful news!
cantaloupe / 6800 posts
I don't normally eat a lot of the things on the list, so I isn't eat them for that reason. I like ice cream though so I sure did eat soft serve
GOLD / coconut / 8266 posts
@MrsTiz: ooohhh, yes I ate the soft serve like it was going out of style.
@Shimmer: congratulations!
pomegranate / 3231 posts
I figured that you can really drive yourself nuts with this, and it's impossible to be perfect. Plus, the odds of a problem are already so low that there is no reason to kill yourself about it.
So, I followed the rules unless I REALLY wanted something. If had a strong craving, then I broke the rule in moderation.
coconut / 8279 posts
My midwives were! I must've asked a million times if feta cheese was okay. They kept telling me it was but every time I'd order it someone would tell me I shouldn't have it.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
Definitely feel more laid back this time around already.
grapefruit / 4823 posts
The only thing I stayed away from was alcohol and caffeine. And the caffeine was because I don't consume it anyways(no coffee, tea, pop, chocolate for me not pregnant). But everything else I ate. I have the 'in moderation' and 'they still eat raw fish in japan' mentality
nectarine / 2085 posts
The one I took very seriously was the methylmercury recommendation, because I don't view the risk there as low. Most of the others are "well, there's a chance of something nasty living in this stuff," but there is methylmercury in fish. I'm still careful about the types of fish we eat and how much I feed my son, for both health and ecological reasons.
honeydew / 7463 posts
@honeybear: Same. I always consult the list of mercury levels in fish before ordering and follow the recommendations for intake. Same reasons as you, it's not a "chance" it's there, it IS there.
I avoid sushi just because I feel it has a higher chance of causing a problem. I don't eat cold cuts pregnant or not, so that one is easy. Alcohol I don't do (I'll have a teeny tiny sip of someone's wine if they say it's good and I'd like a taste, though I'm not against someone else having a glass of wine while pregnant).
I have had froyo, soft serve and soft cheeses.
But if the cheese blatantly says "unpasteurized" I avoid (which surprisingly has happened a couple of times).
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
@honeybear: good point! I'd i ate seafood I would probably worry about that.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
I didn't even know about the lunch meat thing until after I gave birth! So there's that.
pomegranate / 3275 posts
I was the same way! I followed the rules perfectly with my first, but with my second and third pregnancies I found it was more of a guideline 
kiwi / 714 posts
I'm still on my first pregnancy, but i seem to be a lot more lax than some even though I'm just doing what the ob recommends- if i have cold cuts, I make sure they're heated up first; I eat soft serve but only from places I trust clean their machines, and I stick to low mercury fish for my sushi. Other than no alcohol though what I eat hasn't really changed at all.
apricot / 305 posts
I didn't know soft serve was on the list! I'm just going to pretend I didn't read this...
eggplant / 11824 posts
Everything in moderation and use common-sense were my pregnancy eating rules. 
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
My dr never banned anything except sushi (and I live in the Midwest so that's legit). I lived off cold cuts! Just not the crampy quality kind
honeydew / 7916 posts
I'm not sure I went out of my way to avoid anything I didn't already not eat...except I was more careful with produce and especially bagged produce, because it's so notorious for causing issues.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I plan to have occasional wine or beer and have had meat medium rare and drink coffee...
eggplant / 11408 posts
@honeybear: yes to this! I watched the mercury content, but I do that anyways.
I also washed produce more thoroughly. Otherwise, everything in moderation!
kiwi / 600 posts
I've definitely been more lax with baby #3. I still stay away from raw sushi and cold cuts, but I've eaten some soft cheeses (goat cheese, mozzarella) and my meat cooked medium. I did order my meat medium well, but I didn't complain when it arrived a little underdone. Oh, and if a label says the cheese is unpasterized, I'd obviously stay away.
And I had NO IDEA soft serve ice cream was on the list...oops. I've had LOADS of that this time around. Guess I'll make the switch to hard ice cream bc that's an easy fix.
pineapple / 12526 posts
I wasn't too fussed about it. The only thing I avoided completely was alcohol.
pomegranate / 3411 posts
i was serious about some things, like listeria infection. even though the risk was so low, i thought "if i get the bacteria once, it can kill the baby". whereas, i had a glass of wine now and then because i was confident that ONE glass of wine would not cause fetal alcohol syndrome. All that being said, by the last few weeks of my pregnancy, i might have mayonnaise and frozen yogurt a couple of times and didn't care.....
oh and i made DH clean the cat litter for 9 months, but i would be stupid not to take advantage of that rule
nectarine / 2358 posts
This is my first pregnancy and I'm not eating raw fish but my OB says I can eat deli meats as long as it's from a reputable deli like Publix or the like. He's pretty lax on a lot of things, though. I don't generally eat raw fish anyway unless it's really small in my sushi!
apricot / 288 posts
I never understood the raw fish issue. There is virtually no risk to a fetus in consuming raw fish at a sushi restaurant. The fish is required by the FDA to be flash frozen and the only issue is parasites, which could potentially make you vomit, but don't affect the fetus. Has anyone ever heard of a fetus dying from sushi? No, it has not happened. There is more risk in most fruits and vegetables but yet this sushi myth has perpetuated.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/opinion/15shaw.html?_r=0
My only "rules" are limited alcohol (one or two glasses a week in the second and third tri), high mercury fish and raw mollusks. The risks of anything else are not worth the stress they cause to worry about anyway.
honeydew / 7916 posts
Just remembering...the few times I really wanted frozen yogurt I got it from a reputable place, and same with deli meat. Asked for the meat on the side and microwaved it just to be sure.
bananas / 9118 posts
I ate it all both times, and I thoroughly enjoyed every bite. I also refused to walk down the street in a bubble.
grape / 78 posts
I'm not eating raw oysters or drinking alcohol but everything else is fair game.
apricot / 363 posts
I rarely drank alcohol before I was pregnant, so avoiding it now has been easy. I would eat raw sushi, but my DH would not like that. It's a small sacrifice I'm willing to do
pomelo / 5607 posts
I didn't know about the soft serve till after I'd had a ton. None of my doctors or midwives have ever mentioned it. I'm not 100% on cold cuts either, but that's only been once or twice. And I've been terrible about caffeine, but still not more than a coke or coffee a day.
eggplant / 11287 posts
My OB said she had never even heard of not getting soft serve/fro yo while pregnant. She said it seemed absurd because in the 18 years she has been in practice, she has never seen a pregnant lady with listeria, let alone ANYONE with listeria.
I had deli meat, soft serve, caffeine, wine here and there, etc. etc. etc.
grapefruit / 4235 posts
I was pretty laid back. If only change one thing - I drank the water when we were at my family's camp in the mountains which I will not do if I get pregnant again...my husband got the water analyzed and it has E. coli in it! Aah!
pomegranate / 3658 posts
Way less concerned about cold cuts/froyo/sushi; way more concerned about environmental toxic substances that harm development (mercury, BPA in cans and plastic, pesticides on people's lawns, flame retardants, etc.)
persimmon / 1286 posts
staying away from alcohol, deli meat (because I don't like it) and high-mercury fish. still eating sushi (from a very clean and reputable place) a few times a month, and caffeine in moderation. also, i usually like my steak RARE, but am really trying to eat my meat cooked to medium or more.
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