So here I am in a very measly first trimester state and I feel like anything I try to do, try to eat I shouldn't be eating or doing!! Starting to get frustrated over here. Then when you talk to your parents, they say things like 'well I did all those things when I was pregnant with all my pregnancies and you all turned out fine!' (well with the exception of maybe one 
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Is there anything that you indulged in that technically speaking you should not have?
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
deli meat and soft serve ice cream...I ate both in moderation through my whole pregnancy.
grapefruit / 4187 posts
Umm, this weekend I had wine, deli meat and soft serve ice cream!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Well, just eating too much chocolate in general. Pregnancy made me crave sweets and I ate a TON.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
I had 1.5 cans of coca cola!
Yes, I was one of those.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I didn't follow a lot of rules for my second baby...sushi, deli meat, soft serve, diet soda (I wanted regular but I was on a special diet) and medium steaks.
nectarine / 2217 posts
i had a piece of sushi, lots of deli meat and a fair amt of soft serve 
oh and runny eggs, medium steak....
cantaloupe / 6869 posts
I had a couple sips of beer while on vacation.. it tasted so good. And I felt so guilty but it was before 6 weeks so I know that logically it was not too bad since you don't share a blood supply that early.
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
Diet Coke on almost a daily basis (a.k.a. the elixir of life! but seriously, I also had wicked migraines), and I had 1 blizzard (soft-serve ice cream).
watermelon / 14467 posts
Deli meat, Coke, and soft-serve/fro-yo. My mom yelled at me for drinking a Coke, but then my dad said, "A, you drank coffee every day of your pregnancy. I think one Coke will be fine."
coconut / 8472 posts
It's probably easier to list out what I DON'T pay attention to. I eat medium steak, runny eggs, deli meat and soft service ice cream, and diet soda all the time. In deference to DH's feelings I don't eat sushi or drink alcohol.
honeydew / 7586 posts
I ate sushi weekly. Soft serve. Deli meat. Medium rare steak. Brownie batter. I broke pretty much every rule.
pomegranate / 3113 posts
I haven't really cut down on carbs even though I'm now in the 2nd tri and no longer have a "free pass" on what to eat. I've always eaten a pretty carb-heavy diet and I have no clue how I'd get enough calories if I shifted my eating toward proteins to the extent I'm apparently supposed to. I have tried to add in more veggies, though. I'm just crossing my fingers that my body doesn't betray me when it comes time for the GD test...
I also unabashedly eat soft cheeses (pasteurized) which I know is technically okay but a lot of people still seem to worry about. I also drink coffee every morning (decaf) because I NEED it even if the effect is only psychological. So I wouldn't say I really "indulge" but I've definitely found ways to have what I want, more or less, without feeling too deprived.
Oh yeah, but I did eat a bunch of medium steak at a Brazilian steakhouse the other day. It was soooo gooooood.
pomelo / 5524 posts
I had GD, but I just couldn't resist a Rita's Italian Ice (Philly-ish thing) every once in a while. It made my sugar skyrocket...so it was a one or two time thing once I knew I had GD...
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Coffee, cola and the occasional half glass of wine/turkey sandwich (untoasted, the horror!) and soft serve cone. Soft cheeses (even though I think they're okay) and a few medium- rare steaks (from places/people I trusted). I had runny eggs once but my body didn't like them (to be fair, my body didn't like much of anything I tried to eat, so it was me, not bad eggs).
I took a "everything in moderacution" stance. The only things I partook in on the regular were coffee (one cup a day, brewed at home) and cokes (1 can a day in the first trimester when coffee was a big turn-off, and later, 2-3 cans a week).
cantaloupe / 6800 posts
So far only Coke because I don't really care for much of the banned stuff.
But as soon as I find a place that has good soft serve ice cream, it's ON.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
Daily cokes, deli meats, soft serve ice cream, medium rare meat... All yummy and worth it.
cantaloupe / 6791 posts
Not sure if froyo technically counts as soft serve or not (I assume so since its the same type of machines) but I didn't have any in the first trimester. I was super nervous and even made DH call the Mexican restaurant to make sure the queso was pasteurized ha.
Now, I try to be a bit more relaxed. I'm 20 weeks and I've had froyo 3 times in the past month
honeydew / 7091 posts
Uh, yeah... coffee, sushi, deli meat are the big ones.
Although, I only had sushi twice, the other I had pretty regularly after the first trimester
honeydew / 7917 posts
Much more relaxed for my second pregnancy and breaking a lot of rules. I don't break the rules everyday but just occasionally. I'm much happier and baby is doing well.
persimmon / 1436 posts
Coffee (although I keep myself well under the allowed 200mg per day of caffeine so it's not technically a no-no), deli meat a few times, soft cheese (pasteurized, but have also had a sprinkling of blue cheese on salad a few times...oops). I think that's it...
papaya / 10570 posts
I have had a few half glasses of wine and some medium rare steak (I normally have my steak blue so it's a compromise!). I also drink diet soda (lemonade and caffeine free diet coke). Oh and I did have some blue cheese on a salad a few weeks ago (with my medium rare steak, actually - the horror!!).
nectarine / 2063 posts
I don't have a do not do list. My doctor said everything in moderation. I do make sure that my meat is well done though.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
Um... Everything? I've eaten sushi, deli meat, chicken salad, soft serve, etc., but I eat it all in moderation and only from well respected places.
honeydew / 7463 posts
Its still early for me (6w4d-ish) but I've had a hard time giving up coffee. I still have a small glass of iced coffee each morning that I make myself (I gave it up this last week since I had a scare and I didn't want to chance anything, but now that I know it was spotting from my internal exam, my coffee is back
Also, BACON - regular and turkey. I only have it on the weekends so its not like I'm gorging on it - but I really can't give that up and seem to want it even more now.
I've indulged in chocolate and potato chips a couple of times...not necessarily 'off limits' but still feel really guilty afterwards.
grapefruit / 4823 posts
sushi, deli meat, soft serve, medium steaks, runny eggs...
my doctor never mentioned anything I shouldn't eat/drink, except for alcohol, so I took that as everything in moderation is fine.
clementine / 957 posts
You guys, this makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER haha. I've been kicking myself for having deli meat a few times but for whatever reason- it sounds so good to me! And the whole microwaving the meat before? YUCK!!
I am having a cup of joe still but I do stay way under the 200mg for caffeine. I'll have a diet coke if I haven't had a coffee that day.
I haven't ventured into sushi but I've had some pretty intense rainbow roll cravings. DH is more protective of it than I am (of course, since HE can eat it!! haha)
eggplant / 11824 posts
Everything in moderation. The "rules" now were not the rules 30 years ago and probably won't be the rules in 30 years, and the rules in the US are not the rules in other parts of the world anyway. So basically, I don't stress it!
nectarine / 2705 posts
I find that I can satisfy my cravings for sushi if I stick to cucumber rolls and avocado rolls. It's mostly just the texture of it that I miss, not necessarily the raw fish.
I am having a hard time not grabbing a jimmy johns sandwich. I really miss those.
I think the only thing I've relaxed on is the soft serve ice cream, in moderation.
clementine / 957 posts
@sweetooth: That's a good idea! the avocado and cucumber sound really yummy!
pomegranate / 3160 posts
Oh gawd, I've had pretty much everything you're "not supposed" to have so far...
Deli meat (so freaking good...)
Medium steaks
Soft serve/frozen yogurt
Brownie batter
A few random sips of wine
Diet pop
Hot dogs
I don't know, I tried to really look into a lot of these and some of the risks were so (in my own personal opinion) small, that it wasn't worth it for me to completely abstain from them. Granted, I'm not out eating EVERYTHING on the list on a daily basis, but more so enjoying everything in moderation (and really just not being stupid--I'm not going to go slam a bottle of wine, get a sandwich from a street vendor whose deli meat is warm and slimy, and finish it all off with a case of Diet Coke!)!
nectarine / 2705 posts
@wahine08: They are perfect for the summertime too! Mmm, this is making me crave them!
cherry / 189 posts
After the first trimester, I eased up a bit. I don't drink coffee (only decaf) or alcohol. I had sushi before I knew I was preggo, but stopped that when we found out. Otherwise, yes runny eggs, medium steaks, deli meats, soft-serve all have been fair game for me!
honeydew / 7811 posts
@MSBartlett: 1/2 caff coffee and maybe a soft serve ice cream? Most of the forbidden things (deli meat, sushi, alcohol, soda, eggs, etc.) were already things I didn't eat so I wasn't really deprived of anything!
honeydew / 7811 posts
@sarbear: My doctor also never gave me a list of foods to avoid. They just wanted me to eat healthy, and eat 500 more calories than before I was pregnant (I was at a healthy weight). They gave me a list of safe medicines and that was it. I learned about most of the pregnancy "don'ts" online!
honeydew / 7909 posts
I eat the things that the risk is low... deli meat, an occasional fro yo, and hot dogs. But I don't do things with caffeine - the fact that babies can't metabolize the caffeine really scares me.
olive / 73 posts
This is alll soo helpful! Makes me feel less guilty of indulging in the ice cream in the summer (since I had to give up my other summer fav-beer).
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