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I ate lox and deli meats (sparingly), and had green tea and most mornings.

Fountain Coke, its the only thing that got me through the first trimester and still now in the second sounds delicious. Only fountain Coke, can't be out of a bottle or can. Otherwise no I've stayed away from it all but I'm with you I have a huge craving for sushi.

Pretty much all of them. I stayed under the caffeine limit but that = 2-3 sodas a day, which most people were horrified by (less total caffeine than a cup of coffee though!). I've eaten deli meat weekly, don't like my steak cooked over medium or medium rare, eaten soft serve on several occasions, and probably had several cookies worth of cookie dough over the last 7 months. I've also had 2-3 sips of DH's beer occasionally.

The only one I haven't broken is sushi, and that's really only because DH hates sushi and I haven't had the opportunity to eat it. I have a person assigned to bring me some in the hospital.....

I've had sushi (including the raw fish ones), deli sandwiches, soft serve, caesar salads, diet dr pepper/decaf coffee, medium rare steak (I can't eat steak any other way),

Why can't we have soft serve? Does pinkberry count as soft serve?

From 20 weeks onwards I broke rules, I stuck to the rules before then. I had soft serve, coke, sushi (I only had the cooked chicken ones) and deli meats.

@googly-eyes: Um yeah! something called "sushi" that doesn't contain raw fish is definitely not a risk

My doctor is very laid back so technically I haven't broken any of his rules but I have broken almost all the common pregnancy "rules". I eat cold lunchmeat every day, runny egg yolks, raw honey, soft cheeses, soft serve ice cream and medium steak. I might have a class of pop once a month but I've never been a big pop drinker so that isn't a change due to pregnancy. I'm additcted to my Arnold Palmers though. Yum! I will admit to having a sip of my husbands whiskey a few times but I don't consider that rule breaking because a sip of alcohol isn't enough to hurt anything. I haven't had much sushi or other fish because I live in the midwest and it just isn't as good here.

All that rule breaking and I am only 18 weeks pregnant

Pretty much all of the food rules. I regularly eat deli meat, soft serve, medium rare beef, and soft cheeses. I've had sushi twice. I make good quality food choices and I'm not worried about it at all.

I also have black or green tea most days, and coffee about 1-2 a month.

Sometimes I get crazy, and lay on my back. Mostly not though, only because I feel like I'm suffocating when I do.

After reading these posts I realize- all the ones I knew about and pretty much all the ones I am just now learning through you all. This is my second and the first go around was the same story and she is perfect! A cup of coffee daily, had a filet for dinner last night, I adore a good eggs benedict, brie, the occasional beer or glass of wine, some salami...oh its bad when you see it all written out. My midwife knows it all and has no objections.

I was a bad pregnant girl. I had one coke a day, I had to have it. I ate raw cookie dough and licked the brownie batter several times. I ate lunch meat probably weekly and ate a few hot dogs!

A bunch, and now I'm glad and feel less guilty! I've licked the bowl post-brownies twice, eaten soft cheeses/queso while out, and soft serve. I also had an affogado (sp? It's gelato with a shot of espresso over it) once while out because it's MY FAVE, but I hadn't had any caffeine that day so I didn't sweat it.

Uh, I broke basically all of them. Until there is a "rule" against fresh fruit and lettuce (things which have *actually* had listeria outbreaks...multiple listeria outbreaks....recently) I'm basically calling BS on the rest of these arbitrary, guilt-tripping rules. I'm firmly in the camp of "everything in moderation" and using common sense - in both pregnant and non-pregnant eating.

I ate rare steaks (I also ate some raw steak), sushi, coffee, cold deli meats, runny eggs, a half glass or so of wine once a week or so, Caesar dressing with raw eggs (homemade), unpasturized soft cheese and yogurt, etc.

I also did really actually dangerous things like drive everyday and breathe (do you know how many toxins we pick up with every breath?!?!)

@yoursilverlining: Totally agree with you!

I was pretty good during the first tri - I had a regular Coke every day and continued to eat my steaks rare, but followed the rules other than that.

After first tri, I'd have the odd small glass of wine - never more than one at a time and usually only once every couple of weeks. I also started having my regular coffees whenever the mood struck (a few days per week), and I continued with my regular Cokes and rare steaks.

I did refrain from deli meat and soft serve, but everything else was fair game for me! Next time around, I don't think I'll refrain from those either,

Soft serve... it was summer and I had to treat myself. I was pretty good about everything else though.

@yoursilverlining: Im totally with you! I think the chances of getting listeria from a frozen yogurt are probably less or equal to getting it from fruits & pregnant women are encouraged to eat those! So yes, I ate soft serve ice cream and yogurt like a damn fool. I did ask my midwife how big a risk it was and she looked at me like I was nuts.

I also had a few occasions in my last weeks where I drank 2-4oz of wine with dinner. And I sipped from others' glasses here and there throughout the 2nd & 3rd trimester. I also had a few non-heated lunch meat sandwiches and dabbled with feta cheese now and again.

Rules I didn't break: sushi(I don't really like it) & smoking (I've never been a smoker).

Pretty much broke every one of them except for sushi & hot tubs. Oh and regular coke but i drink the zero version anyway (which I actually think is worse?)

ETA: I've always wondered what pregnant women in Japan eat ?

Sushi, soda, lunch meat and soft serve.

I lived on Coke during my first and second trimesters but never enough to go over the daily caffeine limit. There was a time when I craved M&M McFlurries but I can't have them now with the GD diagnosis. I've had cooked sushi but there's no issues with that.

I really want a glass of champagne!!!!