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Nope. I have had 2 or 3 (including one during my first trimester). I just don't eat them as often as I'd like.

here is a site that has the different types. I think chunk light is OK!

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/fishmercury.htm

I have chunk light about 2 times a month! My OB gave me the okay. I used to eat it like 2-3 times a week, so it was an adjustment for sure! I love tuna!

I haven't avoided tuna, I've maybe had it every other week my entire pregnancy? My MIL ate a can of tuna every day when she was pregnant with DH, she gave me tuna for Christmas this year because of that. Yeah, she's odd.

Nope. I had it when I craved it. I don't crave it all that often. One sandwich isn't going to cause a problem. 3 sandwiches a day? Perhaps.

I got a handout from my midwife that was very helpful. It had all the different types of fish, what you could have and how often. I could have tuna once a week, but salmon only every other week or once a month. Tilapia could be once a week too. But you can only choose ONE fish per week. I usually had tuna once a week. And like pp said, it has to be chunk light in water.

Here is a good guideline:
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/fishmercury.htm

My midwife said that even though some fish says you can have it like 6x a month, make sure it's evenly spaced out. You shouldn't have tilapia one day, tuna the next and shrimp after that and say you used up your months quota. you need to let your body take care of the mercury inbetween fish.

Nope, actually having tuna salad for dinner tonight. I just limit how much/often I eat it.

@MRSKESSKESS: LOL!!!! I felt the same way about my swordfish. gosh darn.

Nope, it was one of the few things that sounded good to me during the first trimester so I had it rather frequently.

I had a few!

nope i read one to two cans a week of canned tuna is fine and good for you. although i don't even it have it that much because i don't always feel like making a tuna sandwich

Nope, I didn't avoid any fish during pregnancy, except ones like swordfish which the government brochure said to avoid.

I had one in the first trimester. I was hungry and it was from a convenience store. It was that or lunch meat, and I thought I was being safe!

I'm avoiding it, but honestly it's mostly because tuna just doesn't sound appetizing to me lately. I've also had it withheld from me by family because they heard about high mercury levels (someone made tuna sandwiches for a picnic and made chicken ones just for me). I've eaten other types of fish, but not the big, mercury laden ones.

It was hard to give up but I got quite strict on it for the pregnancy as this can be the effect of mercury exposure to a fetus:

"For fetuses, infants, and children, the primary health effect of methylmercury is impaired neurological development. Methylmercury exposure in the womb, which can result from a mother's consumption of fish and shellfish that contain methylmercury, can adversely affect a baby's growing brain and nervous system. Impacts on cognitive thinking, memory, attention, language, and fine motor and visual spatial skills have been seen in children exposed to methylmercury in the womb."

source: http://www.epa.gov/hg/effects.htm

I haven't avoided tuna, but I haven't had much of a desire for it either. I used to love eating fish, but I'm only been able to stomach it in small amounts since becoming pregnant.

No, I didn't avoid it or other lunch meats. For tuna, I just limited the amount I ate (one per every week or two) and for deli meat, I just heated the meat to steaming in the microwave right before making my sandwich.