What, if any, of the "foods to avoid" have you eaten? Or plan to eat?

[SquedgieBeckenheim]

When I was pregnant with PFB dd, I avoided literally everything on the list of foods to avoid. This time around I'm thinking more "what actual harm can it do?". So I'm interested to know what other people actually do avoid.
Partially cooked eggs are still on the banned list, but I have eaten them this time as the guidance is changing.
I also have had a small amount of camembert, although I'm wondering if that was a bit too far! I've never actually heard of anyone catching listeriosis from supermarket bought camembert though!
So do you avoid it all? And if not, what are you reasons?

I've eaten pretty much everything other than pâté, unpasteurised soft blue cheese and undercooked steak. Drinking a couple of glasses of wine a week, have even eaten fresh salmon sushi which is technically not ok but so low risk I think it's fine.

I too thought I'd be v pfb pre preg but have actually found that there is so much Ott ridiculous advice I've gone the other way. Plus I have foreign in laws who think (for eg) the idea of avoiding deli meats is just ridiculous. Which helps.

I've eaten a couple of things on the avoid list, mostly by accident, the at a family gathering put it on my plate without thinking kind. I've also had one small glass of wine, which I really fancied at the time but felt guilty about for days afterwards so I haven't since!

Like others have said, I'm being more careful about use by dates on food whereas usually I'd be quite lax and eat it if it smelt/looked ok.

I'm going on holiday tomorrow and am worried about the buffet for meals we'll have in our hotel!

butterfly sorry for your loss!
That's interesting what you say about toxoplasmosis though, as I feel a lot of the well known risk revolves around cats! Less is said generally around the risk of unwashed veg etc. I always scrub and/or peel veg before eating, but more because I don't want to eat dirt than because of toxoplasmosis!

I would add to what butterfly said about toxo. I've been involved in lambing time every year for my entire life, I've had pet cats that were primarily for rodent control, and frequently liked to poo on the beds in the house given half a chance. I've gardened in cat poo infested soil for years and I like my steak rare.

I specifically asked for toxo screening at my booking appointment fully expecting that it would come back as having immunity due to my level of exposure over the years. It didn't, I've never had toxo apparently.

I don't think people should assume that they will be fine because they have always had cats, on the other hand there are precautions that should be taken to minimise the risk of exposure. A lot of pregnancy rules are silly and based on very flimsy evidence, others are not.

I also recommend the expecting better book as it invites the reader to make their own risk assessments based on their own situation and the evidence that is available.

AButterflyLightsBesideUs So if your cat is an indoor cat, are you ok to change the litter do you think? ( i have an indoor one that goes out on a lead in our garden only. kills a frog or two but no big prey)

newbie in the sense that you probably can't catch toxoplasmosis, yes I should think you could change your cat's litter. However, cat shit will also have plenty of other horrible things in it so personally I would prefer someone else to, but otherwise would just do it with gloves and a thorough scrub of hands and under nails afterwards.