How strict are you with the pregnancy food 'rules'?

[PumpkinZulu]

I just used common sense and my instincts throughout my pregnancy

[*LittleMissSummer*]

I just used common sense and my instincts throughout my pregnancy

Yeah that ^

Though i did/do avoid soft serve ice creams.

[lady_neon]

Of course I would feel bad if something preventable happened, I'd probably never forgive myself. But when I weigh up the possibility of that against having a fussy, allergic child - I come to the conclusion that there's a much, much higher chance of the fussy, allergic child due to non-exposure. And like I said, more bacteria on your mobile phone than a toilet seat. We all know not to lick a toilet seat (teehee) but how many of us are constantly on our mobiles?

I guess common sense isn't so common anymore, lol. I've only gotten take away from a high turnover place (the lettuce looks dodgy at Subway, no thanks), and I'm not a big take away eater anyway. I can count on both hands the amount of times I have it in a year.

Sigh. It just leaves you not knowing what to do!

[Heaven]

But when I weigh up the possibility of that against having a fussy, allergic child - I come to the conclusion that there's a much, much higher chance of the fussy, allergic child due to non-exposure.

Never heard of that one. I doubt you'd cause an allergy or fussiness just from not eating cheese or cold meat when pregnant!! I am not a very adventurous eater myself and my kids eat anything. It has way more to do with how and when you introduce solids than what you eat in pregnancy.

I get that there's bacteria everywhere etc etc but we're not talking about any bacteria, we're talking about listeria, which if you get can be fatal for your baby. So for me I knew it was a minute risk but still it wasn't too hard to avoid these things when pregnant, it was only for 9 months.

[Sagres]

I stuck to the rules I was following. Having said that the 'rules' I was following were from a government health department notice about people at high risk of being affected by listeria (elderly people, pregnant women) so it was factual 'rules' and didn't include some things that I think are a bit of here say and information from the grapevine rather than having much researched basis IYKWIM.
Also, I threw up and had 24/7 nausea all the way through both pregnancies so the mere thought of MOST foods made me want to hurl. So for me it was more of trying to find a small number foods I could stomach rather than ruling out foods. For example no way in the world I could have even looked and cold sliced meats *shivers*.

[lady_neon]

I get that there's bacteria everywhere etc etc but we're not talking about any bacteria, we're talking about listeria, which if you get can be fatal for your baby. So for me I knew it was a minute risk but still it wasn't too hard to avoid these things when pregnant, it was only for 9 months.

That's true, I didn't think of it that way Heaven.

I stuck to the rules I was following. Having said that the 'rules' I was following were from a government health department notice about people at high risk of being affected by listeria (elderly people, pregnant women) so it was factual 'rules' and didn't include some things that I think are a bit of here say and information from the grapevine rather than having much researched basis IYKWIM.
Also, I threw up and had 24/7 nausea all the way through both pregnancies so the mere thought of MOST foods made me want to hurl. So for me it was more of trying to find a small number foods I could stomach rather than ruling out foods. For example no way in the world I could have even looked and cold sliced meats *shivers*.

I get what you're saying Sagres, I guess what I'm saying is that could they possibly be exagurating a bit? Maybe not, but maybe so.