Ice cream from the ice cream van machine

[Ellemay12]

Hello everybody,
I earlier ate ice cream from the ice cream van? It was like mr whippy style.. is this ok?

The best advice I got was to take note of the NHS guidelines (note - not hard and fast rules, just guidelines) then step away from Google and the like.

Honestly, pregnancy is stressful enough without fretting over things you've already eaten and can't go back in time to avoid! What's done is done. The risk is teeny anyway, something like a couple of women in every thousand affected!

Think about the women who don't even know they are pregnant until later as well - they spend months eating and drinking whatever they fancy and the vast majority give birth to healthy happy babies!

You had the ice cream, hopefully you enjoyed it, now, by all means, make an informed choice about what you want to do going forward but don't waste any more time stressing over what's already done.

It really depends how well they clean the machine and whether they do it regularly. I would be fine with McDonald's ice cream as they have regular scheduled cleaning cycles and would judge on the cleanliness of the van if buying it from an ice cream van.

There is nothing on the nhs site to say you need to avoid soft serve ice cream

No I agree, but interestingly I was told by my midwife and I'm UK based. It's common advice in lots of other countries. No harm avoiding.