Foods to avoid

soft cheeses
runny eggs
rare meat
cold meat
unwashed salad - bought salad
soft serve ice cream
sushi
homemade custard
hummus
mayo with egg in it.
shellfish
there is more but I can't think right now.
Theres also a site that has a list but I can think of that right now either sorry!

Edited by Jacindarella

^^ What Rachel said, apparently rice is one of the main growers of bacteria, so sushi, fried rice, sides of rice from asian takeaway are out as they sit around. If you make it at home and eat it straight away you're all good.

Pate
Smoked or cured meats
Tined fish (high mecury levels)
Some other fish (Orange Roughy is one - contain high levels of mecury but i believe you're allowed one serve a week anyway and i can't imagine anyone eats more orange roughy then that)

Your midwife will have a pamphlet on food including a pull out chart for the fridge if you ask her

bowie wrote: Pate Smoked or cured meats Tined fish (high mecury levels) Some other fish (Orange Roughy is one - contain high levels of mecury but i believe you're allowed one serve a week anyway and i can't imagine anyone eats more orange roughy then that)

Tinned salmon is fine, it has next to no mercury i think.
Lemonfish (which is shark and commonly sold in fish and chip shops) is very high in mercury.