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I follow the med ones, but not the food ones. I don't have the energy to exercise so that's a moot point for me. lol

@Alivoo01: Ditto on the exercise lol. Other than that I don't drink alcohol while pg, don't eat raw sushi, and take no meds at all besides tylenol if I have a headache.

I followed the kitty litter one and some of the food ones. I guess I followed the exercise rule too. I never really did heavy lifting, but followed the same regiment I did before I got pregnant.

I would on a rare occasion eat deli meat, ice cream, and have a super small drink. I took heartburn medication (besides tums) if it was in extreme situations.

I was pretty careful about meds: I took prenatals, calcium supplements, heartburn meds, and occasional Tylenol.

I was pretty lax about food: I avoided deli meat, unpasteurized dairy and limited large predatory fish. I limited to one alcoholic drink per week, slowly, with a meal in the second and third tri. I ate sushi, soft serve, rare steak, runny eggs, and cookie dough. I tried to eat a lot of salmon for the Omega 3s.

Activity wise I was very careful about hot tubs. I did use them once in the first tri and once in the second tri, but I set the tubs at 100F and took my temperature every so often to be sure my temp didn't get over 102F (it never even got about 100F). I happen to have a condition that gives me a high heart rate, so I did watch that, which limited my exercise options pretty drastically. I went skiing at 14 weeks but I went slow and kept to easy slopes. I went hiking throughout, though pretty short ones in the third tri just for comfort's sake. I didn't consciously avoid lifting except for big things like moving furniture - that was all hubby!

@Greentea: yeah, no avoiding picking up the toddler. I have to do that one too.

@JenGirl: and that's another one. I forgot about runny eggs, I had an over medium last week

I'm a stickler.
I recently used some Tylenol and amoxicillin for a sinus infection and ended up with some crazy side effects that had me in L&D for a day.
Definitely back on the wagon.
No drugs, no alcohol, no smoking, no deli meat, no froyo, no runny eggs, no raw cheeses.

@HazelEyes: You didn't get sick from it so no need to worry! Honestly, I've been eating sushi, runny eggs,cookie dough and rare steak my entire life without getting food poisoning, so I wasn't worried it was suddenly going to pop up during my pregnancy. But I'm a pretty low worry person, in general.

I followed most food recommendations most of the time: if I was at a party and there was nothing easy and "safe" for me to eat, I would eat something recommended to avoid; I don't drink much, so it was easy to avoid alcohol; I regularly drank caffiene but never more that the equivalent of a cup of coffee in a day. I exercised as much as I felt like, but was down to just walking for the last month or so; I carried my 25 lb toddler regularly, but let my husband do it if he was around. I was not sick during either pregnancy, so medication wasn't an issue. (And I took prenatals throughout.)

Followed: No alcohol, Attempted to limit all OOC drugs and used only Tylenol when absolutely necessary (except TUMS, I had LOTS of TUMS), no high mercury fish including tuna, took prenatal, vitamin D, and fish oil supplements
Sorta followed: Limited caffeine to two cups of coffee per day
Did not follow: Pretty much all the food ones
Not relevant: the exercise ones, I was not in good shape when I got pregnant and only walked throughout pregnancy and some lite pre-natal yoga

Yes for foods with the potential to harm (deli meat, unpasteurized cheese - listeria etc), no to anything related to exercise (if I can do it, I will do it), and 100% yes to meds.

ETA: I think it's important to look into WHY a food is recommended. It's easy to say "oh I don't listen to any of the food ones" when some are more important than others. Example deli meat. Yes it could have listeria and I don't want a stillborn. Sushi: the process of freezing actually kills the worms that are potentially harmful, so I only eat sushi from high-quality places and ask if it's been frozen before being served. "Food recs" really shouldn't all be lumped together because some are more important than others. It just takes a little research to tease it apart.

I worked on an outbreak of listeria in 2006 that caused 2 miscarriages and 2 stillbirths in my state so I take it seriously

Pretty much followed all of them. I do have heavy toddlers to pick up but I pay for it with serious sciatica every time I pick them up so it's a good reminder to avoid as much as I can. My previous doc had some extra food rules, like limiting canned food (BPA), refined sugar, things like that that are actually common sense but hard to follow, so I did "cheat" with those.

Practically none. Prenatals and Tylenol is all I'm comfortable taking. I'll eat anything in moderation. I'll have sips of alcohol if I feel like it

I follow most of them, including a strict low carb diet for my GD. I will admit to cooking my steak a little on the rare side sometimes and a glass of wine every now and again.

I couldn't even tell you what most of the pregnancy rules are anymore. I'm pregnant with my third and I use common sense, rather than adhering to a lot of over the top rules (my opinion on them). I eat deli meat, sushi, soft serve, I eat my steak cooked rare, I consume caffeine, I drink small amounts of alcohol on occasion, I don't modify my lifestyle, and I basically live my normal life. I don't take any meds, except my prescription allergy and asthma meds that have been approved by my doctor, but I rarely take medication beyond that anyway so it's not a change from my normal day to day.

I followed a lot more rules with my first baby but with my second and now this one, I'm just not that worried about it. And neither is my midwife - she was only concerned with whether or not I smoked (I don't), drank more than one unit of alcohol a day (not even close), or did any recreational drugs (I don't), other than that, she said everything in moderation and listening to my body were all she recommends.

I'm a big worrier so it's easier for my peace of mind to just follow most of the "don't/can't have" rules. With my first pregnancy I followed everything with the exception of the rare cup of coffee and I took a lot of Tums (not even sure if those are a no-no honestly?). This time around I've loosed up a bit and have had 1-2 sodas per week and early in the pregnancy I had some half-decaf coffees, but lately coffee doesn't really sound that appealing. Both pregnancies I got really lazy about working out though. Being pregnant in the winter makes it really easy to make excuses for not going on walks

Like basically none of them... I cut alcohol (I'm a pretty regular drinker otherwise) and I don't take medication unless I absolutely have to pregnant or not.

Otherwise I don't really give any of them a second thought... I don't think that most of them are really that dangerous. I've never had an actual doctor tell me not to have deli meats, soft cheese, sushi, etc.

@Ree723: yes, all of this! Moderation is key.