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:

"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.*

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?"

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.S. Crazy Voice is a "joke", I'm not really nuts Well, nuts as far as lysteria hysteria maybe.

Anyone else with me here???? What have you deprived yourself of??

Oh and go figure: soon as second tri hit I was back to my black tea and one Coke every once in a while....