Mcflurries/soft serve ice cream

Technically no as they are unable to clean the lines in the machine throughly so it can result in bacteria ….

My midwife’s in both pregnancies have said it was a no to soft serve from the ice cream van, didn’t specifically talk about McDonald’s, but I’m avoiding it just to be safe.

I had McFlurry while pregnant the milk is pasteurised milk it’s safe but if you re unsure avoid it

Yes I’ve heard to definitely avoid ice cream vans but apparently I can’t get away with a McFlurry as it’s pasteurised and machines are cleaned daily!

I didn’t know this and have eaten a McFlurry and all is well x

@Emily if they didn't clean it properly it's a risk. So it depends if you trust their cleaning effort

I never heard that it’s bad so I better stop lol

My midwife said no to McFlurrys and mr whippys 😞 it’s because of the listeria in the machines and it being harmful for baby . I was gutted. I’m guessing one wouldn’t hurt but I personally didn’t want to take the risk xx

from stories i’ve heard from people who work there
i personally wouldn’t (pregnant or not)
i’d also avoid their frozen drink range too (again pregnant or not)

This is a funny topic cause all my friends told me you can't have milkshakes or ice cream from McDonald's ect as that's what their midwifes told them , so I stopped then when I asked mine because I wanted a slushie and assumed because ifs from.a machine I couldn't... all thr Dr's and midwifes over the last 40 weeks I've spoken to said ...yes you can have them...

The only reason they say no is because you don't actually know how well the machines are cleaned and whether they will contain things like bacteria ect , but they also said it is no different to going to ANY restaurant or rven making things at home...as its a risk you take daily knowing if something has been cooked or cleaned correctly ... so have your milkshake!! You will be fine .

I ate McFlurrys and milkshakes (strawberry ones were a craving) from McDonald’s throughout my pregnancy with no issues. It’s just to prevent you getting food poisoning because they can’t clean the lines properly. I’m not sure how true this is because in the UK we have really strict food safety laws that would probably cover how and how regularly the machines are cleaned

I was told by my midwife, (not sure why we were talking about mcflurry’s) 2 per week is safe, but shouldn’t have more due to the risk of the bacteria from the machine.

Ummmmm I’ve never heard this and McFlurries were the only thing I could stomach at one point, oops 🙈 I wasn’t sick at all and no one has mentioned this, I had no idea this was a thing?!

I think it's because they're a high risk for listeria.
They say they clean the machine regularly but I've heard from employees that I know that say they don't clean as much as they say so idk... It's up to you.

I never even realised this was a thing and now Im regretting every McFlurry I’ve ate the past 4 months xx