I mostly trusted my gut when it came to food and it served me well. If I looked at food and did not want to eat it, then I did not. I remember being 6 weeks pregnant standing only 5 meters from food going "I can't touch that". I was right, the meat was off and many people got food poisoning. I also did my research, spoke to those in the know with this type thing and asked them, rather than just talking to someone who was just going to regurgitate the info from a pamphlet

I admit to using the pregnant food rules to my advantage though, when I was offered food I generally did not like Someone people just don't understand I am not fond of smoked salmon, it was easier to say, can't I am pregnant