i use my gut (no pun intended!) instinct. i don't eat soft cheeses, sliced meats from the deli (but unusual to find one close to me where they slice it freshly - it's pretty much all pre-sliced) - unless hot, soft serve, oysters, pre-packaged salads.
but i do eat (piping hot) deli meats, salad in things like subway (if it's a high turnover place) and in the occasional burger. i have also continued to eat fish that may be high in mercury (although not more than once a week). i eat leftovers that i have cooked (or my mum) because i know how they were stored.
i think it's one of those things that it's hard to provide more than a guide to not eat certain things at all - by this i mean that care providers can't really say 'use your own intelligence not to eat anything completely silly', it's easier for them just to say we don't rec eating these foods at all. i hope that makes sense!
I eat whatever i want. Most foods they say to avoid i don't generally eat anyways so its no biggie for me. But if i want subway ill eat it. though with DD i couldnt stand it but this pregnancy has been alright ive had it twice no probs.
But i take precautions if it doesn't look or smell right i will stay away from it. I went to DPs family reunion and the chef cooking the lunch had a massive pile of chicken on the table while she slowly cut it up making a curry and i refused to eat it. I got the worst looks and i was told to stop being silly but im sorry that chicken sat there for hours uncovered i wasn't taking any risks. No one got sick but i still couldn't do it.
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