I'm Calling Sushi Shenanigans!

Ok.  The "you can't do ________ while pregnant list" seems to grow daily.  I'm starting to wonder which things need to be debunked as shenanigans.  My first attack will be on sushi.  I would love to wage a war to get wine back but that's one of the only things I agree with.  Oh, and amusement/water parks, unfortunately.

Now, sushi is not in my face on the daily like some other things (lunch meat, wine, hot dogs, etc) but it is my favorite 'go out to eat' food.  Last night Hubs and I went to our favorite sushi place to celebrate our two-year anniversary.  I am not one of those pregnant wives that demand her husband give up all of the things she has to.  It's bad enough that I can't have/do some of our favorite things, I'm not going to force torture on anyone else.  He ordered two rolls and two pieces of sashimi while I ordered wonton/noodle soup, something that I've always wanted to try but never did because I always wanted to have the sushi.  As we ate our anniversary dinner, the wonton soup was DELICIOUS by the way, I got to thinking...

What do Japanese women do when they are pregnant?  Do they also stop eating sushi, which is a staple food in their culture?

I told Hub that I was going to google it when I got home because I wanted to call shenanigans and he responds with, "Look it up right now on your phone."

"What did you find, JTS?" you ask.

Let me tell you what I found, friends... I found that Japanese women eat sushi while pregnant!!

SHENANIGANS!!!!   SHENANIGANS I TELL YOU!!!

Not only did I find articles saying that sushi/sashimi were common staples in Japanese prenatal diets but I also found blog posts from Asian women debunking the 'myth' that sushi is bad for baby while pregnant.  Now, this leads me to another thought... is sushi/sashimi handled or prepared differently in America?  Is that why we were strongly encouraged not to eat it?  Our favorite sushi place is run by native Japanese whom, I'm pretty sure, know exactly what they are doing with the fish.

The question that I'm now left with is: Sushi, to eat? or not to eat?