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I drink a coffee or soda on most days (which is technically fine, but for some reason everything thinks you shouldn't have any caffeine while pregnant!). Also I eat a lot of sugar, but I pretend like fruits and veggies cancel it out.

I occasionally had cold turkey sandwiches, soft serve cones (from McD's), runny eggs, medium rare beef (from reputable places) and half-glasses of red wine. And coffee. Starting in the second trimester I had a cup every morning (it made me sick in the first trimester).

I had cold Subway sub at least once a week. I had caffeinated soda. This was for LO #2, not LO #1 which I was very careful about.

I have had cold turkey sandwiches, soft serve ice cream, soft cheeses (most are pasteurized, some I haven't been sure since really nice restaurants), and I drink a Diet Coke a day. I don't feel bad about the DC since I know it is way under the caffeine limit for the day but so many give up caffeine all together.

I've had a couple of turkey sandwiches (unheated) and a few soft serve milkshakes. And some coffee/chai but only 8 oz at a time. The big caffeine thing for me is going out to eat, I get iced tea and I always let them fill it up 3 or 4 times!

I ate hot dogs from FIVE GUYS and also had shakes but stayed away from the big ones.
I know a lot of people get away with eating risky foods, but why take the risk?

I took a lot of “risks” because I don’t believe half the stuff we’re told to avoid today is really, truly risky. I mean, if it were really that risky to have 1 glass of alcohol or undercooked meat or whatever; how would there be billions of people on earth for hundreds of thousands of years? Especially since the absolutely-no-alcohol rule is only like 50 years old. So, I drank a few glasses of wine while pregnant, still ate my steaks rare, had raw sushi, runny eggs, got massages on a regular basis, ate cold deli meats, and ate my weight in unpasteurized soft cheese (feta, goat, brie nom nom nom), had milkshakes and soft serve ice cream, etc. Everything in moderation is my motto.

I pretty much ignored the food rules too, for the most part. I ate sushi, lunch meat, ice cream, caffeine and had a glass of wine a couple times. I refinished the dresser and the rocking chair for the nursery by myself, with a cloth tied around my face.

My midwife was like @hergreenapples: 's doctor. She doesn't buy a lot of the don't either. She thinks it's overly paranoid.

I drank wine here and there.
I ate cold cuts without microwaving first.
I had soft serve (didn't even know that was a "risk")
I ate my medium rare steaks (also didn't know this was a risk)
I ate soft cheese (if you check the label, most cheeses sold in the US are pasteurized).

I did avoid sushi, even though most sushi in the US is frozen, thereby eliminating the listeria risk.

I'm kinda an "everything in moderation" girl too. I ate foods from trusted sources. If I didnt trust the source, then I didn't eat it. Personally I think we're all a bit paranoid these days.

If you've been on the other threads like this with me then mine aren't a surprise lol
I don't buy into the lunch meat, soft serve and all that.
I absolutely don't take in any alcohol.
I do stay away from Caffeine but that's just a personal thing.
I am a huge believer that people are freaking out over everything and for some reason like 'having' to be so careful.
It's a lot of new age crap in my opinion. Our mothers had us just fine without all this stuff.
I'm kinda annoyed with it if you can't tell lol

tons!!

DH was always giving my leg/foot massages, but my mw said it was fine.
Deli sandwiches
cooked sushi
I had a glass of wine at social and family events
ate cheese
had coffee/caffeine

yeah I was a rebel. I didn't listen to most of it and my midwife wasn't paranoid.

We were vacationing in Japan (and I didn't know I was pregnant yet!) so we were running around like crazy, lifting heavy luggage and eating the best ever sashimi.

Once I found out though, i've been strict about the no deli meat/frozen yogurt rule. I also stopped drinking milk tea w/ boba (tear!).. because of the caffiene in tea.

I ate deli meats up until I had a stomach bug which scared the crap out of me and then I stopped eating them. I also had a cup of black tea every morning starting in the second trimester.

I eat Sushi (raw), and soft cheeses (in the US you can't find unpasteurized cheese so the soft cheese thing is dumb in my eyes) I take sips of my husband's beer and will take a hot bath from time to time.

@prettylizy: I don't think there is any harm in chiropractic work while pregnant. you just tell your chiropractor that you are.

I didn't know I was pg until I was 10 weeks! So...I drank all thru the holidays and went on a ski trip...downhill skiing in moguls and powder up to my knees

I went to Atlantic City before I found out I was pregnant. I drank an entire bottle of champagne, I spent the afternoon in the hot tub.

After finding out I ate soft serve and feta pretty regularly.

Pretty much everything except I refrained from alcohol for the mot part. i didn't follow any food rules. I did sit-ups. I lifted heavy sh!t. Oh, and I drank Neo-Citron because I had the worst cold during my last trimester.

I had no idea about the soft serve but thanks to this post I'm now craving some in a bad way. Not good for my gestational diabetes though. I do splurge with a cup of coffee a few times a week and still order my steak medium rare.

I have had a bit of wine, eaten cold cuts and eaten soft cheese.

I ate Unagi one day and baby hated it! I still can't eat it at 15 months PP. I also had soft serve ice cream, froyo, and med-rare steak because I didn't know any of those things were on the "do not consume" lists until it was too late.