Remind me... what foods am I supposed to avoid?

[Sterla]

I can simply not remember what foods you are supposed to avoid while pregnant! I remember to avoid sushi, but that's about all I can recall. So, remind me, what foods am I supposed to avoid?

[Miss.September]

Um.....deli meats, raw mushrooms, soft cheeses. Keep fish with high mercury to a minimum. I'm sure there are others, just not thinking right now.

For me, it was avoid EVERYTHING otherwise the dreaded heartburn raised its ugly head!

Good luck and congratulations on your pregnancy!

[Shanti]

Congrats Sterla!! So jealous

Corelly covered a few.... also soft serve icecream.

[Sterla]

Thanks girls . Okay... it's sort of coming back to me. Funny how all this information has left my brain, lol.

[Ahurani]

runny egg yolks

[Oorki Galoorki]

only have to give up premade sushi.. if you make your own you can eat it

[Sterla]

Oh really OG, I didn't know that. Great!

[onthefly]

Things that don't make you mmmmmmmm, yummo. But that's just my personal 'rule'

[Oorki Galoorki]

i always ate what i wanted but i was sensible about it i ate home made most things.. or very fresh otherbits that i could assure the freshness of.

[bubbles81]

what about mayonnaise and ice cream?

[Shanti]

They say to avoid soft serve but ice-cream out of a tub is fine like cold rock mmm!!

Mayo......you hear diff things on this. Depends how the mayo is made. Ie raw eggs etc. I still occasionally have a Kfc burger with mayo.... I crave them when PG!!!!!

[Mum2twoBoys]

what raw mushrooms, soft serve and mayonnaise. gosh there go a lot of things.

[berrme]

I still had soft eggs when I was pregnant. Just couldn't resist. Couldn't have my meat really well done either. I just wasn't all that good at the 'pregnant diet'. I did avoid buffets, soft serve, soft cheeses and deli meats.

I have also heard that Australian made soft cheeses are OK as they are made with pasteurised milk. Has anyone else heard that?

[luna moth]

Anything fun. At all.

Pre-cut melons - melons are particularly prone to having listeria live on the outside of them, this is then transferred to the inside when they are cut, and the bacteria multiply when they're stored. So I only eat fruit within four hours of it being cut, and only if I've done it myself, because you don't know who's using what knife and how long the fruit has been stored.
Same goes for salad that anyone else has prepared.

Shellfish - oysters, mussels, prawns.
Deep sea fish - check out the guidelines. High mercury stuff once a fortnight only.
Salami, and something about luncheon meats? (I dunno, I'm vego so don't really pay attention)

Praise 97% fat-free mayonnaise is completely animal-product free, so should be safe :-)