What a blessed relief. This is my first pregnancy and i've been pretty good so far with the rules. Wouldn't touch liver with a barge-pole before so that wasn't a problem. But boy oh boy do I miss runny eggs, a bacon buttie just isn't the same without so I'm having one this weekend. And now that my taste buds are somewhat back to normal a glass of wine with dinner a couple of times a week is lovely. And if I didn't deal with the doggy doo then no-one would and sure that'd be more unhealthy. Besides, I know how to wash my hands too!! Loved this thread, so what if it's over a year old.

I know this is an old thread... but it really has cheered me up!

I have drunk a couple of glasses of wine a week
Have handled cats
Eaten rare meat
Probably had unpasteurised dairy products
Had a runny(ish) egg
(am sure there are many more!)

... but in my defense some of these were before I was pregnant (and knew the 'rules') and I was in France, hence rare steaks et.

However, when I think of how my mother and her contemporaries lived while they were pregnant... and we are all OK, I think the amount of guidelines we have now can be counterproductive in terms of stress etc.

Agreed - I'm actually enjoying being pregnant and I'm sure that's down to not being too strict. So far I have...

Used insect stuff with DEET in
Climbed 7,500ft mountain in 35deg heat and come back down in the dark
Snorkelled with sea urchins
(to be fair, didn't know I was preg when did those, but would still have done them)
Mountain biked until 20 weeks (got a bit uncomfy after that as couldn't fit bump in padded shorts - won't ask why they don't make maternity cycling shorts )
Eaten runny eggs, rare meat
Had a couple of drinks a week
Gardened without gloves (how on earth can you weed properly with gloves on!)
Heavy lifting... the list could go on.

I've cut down on the 'ouch' temperature baths and am taking it easier at yoga classes - and at nearly 30 weeks long walks are getting tougher, but it's all about knowing your own body and what feels right!

At 20 week scan and all midwife appts have been told to 'keep doing what you're doing as it's obviously fine - baby looks great and happy'

Even if the thread is over a year old it's a good thread. There is so much emphasis on telling us what not to do... Yes, we should be careful, but we should use our common sense FFS, we are pregnant, not ill!!!!

Everything in moderation surely?

I've continued to cycle, have a couple of glasses of wine a week, eat runny-yolked supermarket eggs (they are vaccinated against salmonella anyway!) and rare steaks. Sticking rigidly to the 'rules' would make me miserable... and THAT can't be good for the baby

have cats, drink wine (hic), eat runny yolked eggs, chop wood, carry wood to fire, carry coal to fire, empty out ash, touched a cow! Eat fewer than 5 portions of fruit and veg most days.

Bah humbug to restrictions.

ps Food Standards Agency say eating peanuts has no link with allergies, even if parents have eczema etc. So I continued eating them!

Stigz: CAPSLOCK OFF DEAR.

Everyone else, this thread is over a year old.

I am 30 weeks, and so far have:

Worn underwired bras - check
Eaten: peanuts, soft cheese, Mr Whippy ice cream - check
Carried on running 3 times a week - check
Slept on back - check
Carried heavy shopping - check

I'm sure there are more things but can't think of just now.

There's a lot to be said for using common sense in these matters..

ohhhh lots of things...

taken nytol to get to sleep, eaten seafood like it's going out of fashion and had a sneaky g&t.

I am actually taking (on the drs advice and prescription, don't worry!) the following:

40 mg of citalopram
Avomine
Stemitil
Ranitidine
Canestan (stick it up your bits) cream for thrush
and something for acid indigestion that I can't spell (omevaprazine or something?)

So don't worry anyone, I am the queen of tablet taking!!

I lifted my toddler right up to 40 weeks last time, and she was around 2 stone. I am 17 weeks and it wouldn't occur to me not to lift DS (age 3.5).

re: cream, you were applying it to DS and not you and anyway small amounts of HC cream probably ok anyway. my DS has eczema and i apply it to him.

i've also riden a bicyle, gone down really fast water slides, eaten rare steak, peanut butter drank wine, eaten liver (small amounts), and i am not worried!

re: eggs supermarket safer as hens vaccinated against salmonella

I have...

been to vietnam and stayed in cockroach infested hotels, eaten raw seafood straight from the beach, plusevery other kind too, had lots of cocktails (they had fruit in them!) and been rock climbing (and falling!) all up until 6 weeks pregnant. Since have eaten rare steak, pate, runny eggs (but dont get them from the farm I used to, from the supermarket now) have had one or two drinks each week for the whole time, have eaten my own weight in peanut butter, and spent nearly every weekend doing various diy jobs and doing my very active job for 10 hour stints.
However, won't empty the cat litter tray.. (makes me gag, and I figure if I can get DH to do it..well why not!)
Fact is, I am really relaxed (so far) in this my first pregnancy, and feel good. Just take it all with a pinch of salt and weigh up all the pros and cons - you'll decide what is right for you.