Free soft serve ice cream?

I just couldn’t resist, sitting here responding comments on my big announcement post, drinking seltzer and thinking about ice cream: On May 21 Baskin Robbins is giving away soft serve ice cream to pregnant women so I hear from Slashfood. They are calling it “Bump Day,” a play on the phrase “Hump Day.” It is a Wednesday after all and I assume you need to show your “bump” to qualify.
But before you run out for the free treat, soft serve ice cream is actually on the list of foods to avoid when you are pregnant which makes this campaign seem a bit nutty. The soft serve machines aren’t always squeaky clean and apparently there is some chance of getting zapped by listeria. Perhaps this is just one of the many pregnancy myths and the Baskin Robbins machines will be squeaky-clean next week. Perhaps Barf Blog or some food safety watchdog will let us know if we should just put out a couple bucks for the scoops of ice cream instead or make our own. It would sure be ashame to risk listeriosis over soft serve ice cream, but that may be because I am a scoop gal.