Ice Cream

annatta79

Please, please don't let them put ice cream on the list of things pregnant women can't have!!

https://www.bluebell.com/BB_withdrawal

MCRM14

Technically soft serve is already on that list...it's all in moderation and random outbreaks

karaelaine1991

Noooo... good thing it looks like it's just products produced by that one machine! I never buy Blue Bell products anyway - I'm a Friendly's/Hersheys/Ben&Jerrys girl  

annatta79

We aren't supposed to have soft serve? I hadn't heard that one. I might pretend that I still haven't.

I'm just glad this didn't include their normal ice cream. So delicious!

OnWayto3

Nah, nah, nah! Plugging my ears, shaking my head... Feigning ignorance to soft serve statements. ;-)

Serenamarr

Shopping today and saw a health recall on Breyers ice cream as well!!

MCRM14

I was told because the machines don't get cleaned throughly and as often as they should they grow bacteria that can be dangerous this includes froyo...i haven't complied the whole time but it's all about moderation

dancegurl1118

I almost find it comical that there are so many warnings of things that "might" have listeria that we should stay away from yet 90% of the large listeria outbreaks in the past 5 years according to the government website have been produce. Yet your doctors would never tell you to stay away from produce because of the risk...

There are risks everywhere, every time you do anything. I'm not saying to live recklessly, but if you spend 40 weeks in fear of everything that goes in your body you are going to have a pretty miserable 40 weeks.

elizab14

It's free cone day at Dairy Queen!

aj1327

elizab14 said:

It's free cone day at Dairy Queen!

I saw this and then my stupid pregnancy brain forgot...might have to run and get one!!!

Frogger5

MCRM14 said:

I was told because the machines don't get cleaned throughly and as often as they should they grow bacteria that can be dangerous this includes froyo...i haven't complied the whole time but it's all about moderation

It's really not about moderation, though. Not picking on you, @MCRM14, but I've seen this comment a lot around the board. It's different from alcohol, mercury, other toxins, or paint fumes, where it has to build up and so moderation does matter. One bite of contaminated food is enough. So, you might feel better only taking the chance every once in a while (except obviously these outbreaks keep showing up in unexpected places, so you don't even really know when you're taking a risk), but each time you take the risk it's a yes/no situation. It's just not the same as saying that you'll be OK as long as you only eat X, Y, or Z once a week. Odds are you will be, of course, but . . . I don't know, maybe it's more of a semantic distinction!