All the 'rules' about what you can and can't eat when you're pregnant really used to give me the irrits and DP's standard response used to be "yep, it's all rubbish, I bet Japanese women carry on eating sushi and I bet French women carry on eating their brie and pate."

I'm not trying to encourage people to break the 'rules', I'm just curious as to whether people actually know whether that's the case. Anyone been pregnant in those countries and/or is aware of their guidelines?