Which foods to avoid?

Question

Hello ladies! 🤗
I am currently pregnant with my 1st, and I am 5 weeks and 2 days.
I was wondering which foods to avoid during the 1st trimester, or during the whole pregnancy, and which are safe to eat? 
I want to make sure I’m extra careful. Any help would be wonderful. (Sorry if I posted this in the wrong group)

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eat what you want. dont eat raw meat. there's listeria in veggies so eat the damn lunch meat. just be a healthy. take a prenatal. you'll be fine.

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Generally eat anything you used to eat and take your prenatal vitamins. But if you used to eat shark for breakfast, stop doing that. 
Generally what helped me have a top notch diet during pregnancy was looking at everything I ate thinking “do I want my baby made out of this?” A healthy diet really does make a difference to your baby’s development.

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Don't eat raw eggs, fish with high mercury levels, don't drink (no, not even one glass of wine), or eat completely raw meat. Rare cooked steak is fine, sushi is fine, deli meat is fine, and caffeine is fine (200mg or less a day, you can google charts letting you know what's in your favorite drinks). Basically you're a-okay to eat most things you did before- of course eat junk food in moderation, and make sure you drink tons of water.

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Avoid anything that could potentially give you listeria or other food borne illnesses. That means anything from a deli counter, including the salads, cheese, etc. I ate deli meat occasionally, but my husband would fry it up for me to kill everything. I avoided sushi restaurants because everything is prepared on the same surface, so even salad isn’t safe at a sushi restaurant. Avoid any buffet style restaurants, and foods with lots of preservatives and chemicals (like hot dogs). Any fish that is high in mercury should be avoided (the general rule of thumb is the bigger the fish, the more mercury it has). Also, black licorice is apparently bad. There are tons of lists online, but generally most things are okay in moderation. I was extremely paranoid so I googled everything before I ate it, and if the research was inconclusive I’d just avoid it. Plenty of women will tell you it’s perfectly safe to eat sushi, deli meat, etc, but that isn’t true because there is always a risk and it’s not worth it to jeopardize your own child.

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No soft cheeses, lunch meat, hot dogs...I’m sure there’s more. But those are the ones I remember.

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Anything high in caffeine should be avoided, especially first trimester. Deli meats have the possibility of carrying listeria which can be very dangerous to the embryo/baby (but it is super rare). Don’t eat cookie dough or anything with raw eggs and make sure all meat is thoroughly cooked! I love a medium/rare steak but was told it is safer to have it well done 😩

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I eat what i want. With the exception of deli meat and any raw meat. But i still eat feta i still drink caffeine sometimes, not every day but if i want it i want it. And same with having a soda once in a while. I still eat hot dogs. Some of the things they say not to eat is like ridiculous

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My doctor told me I can still eat lunch meat just limit myself. I try to keep it down to once a month. I don’t eat raw fish but I still eat cooked fish and sushi with crab or shrimp. I still eat tuna. He said just in moderation. Also watch caffeine. That’s my hardest thing.

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