@Lightlyseared Other grains and legumes can have that bacteria also. Rice used to be left out for hours and hours because people assumed there was no danger, like you can leave out bread and basic cereal. Now that everyone refrigerates everything it probably almost never makes anyone sick I would bet. I am guessing that is an old fear.
When I was in Tokyo they did not let us take leftovers from the restaurant because it was summertime. I guess they worried it would not get refrigerated fast enough, and be out in the heat too long. Smart actually.
@tan235 Good idea to be cautious. That was just over the top, sorry if I was rude. Pregnant women want to be extra careful because the food you eat, the calories and nutrition, keep you strong and health and feeds the baby. If you get very ill, especially if you cannot keep anything down because of food poisoning, your baby could suffer. Severe food poisoning mean not even to keep down water, or vitamins and minerals even in a pill would not stay down long enough to absorb. Some food poisoning can lead to death, God forbid. If you are very paranoid, when you reheat food reheat to a very hot temp again, so if some bacteria has started to grow, you kill off a significant amount again through cooking, however, it is not good to reheat food multiple time. Cook once and eat. Or, later reheat once when eating leftovers.
Pregnant women are more susceptible to certain illnesses, especially common colds, flu, your bodies immune system is surpressed during pregnancy.
As far as food, I would just do exactly what is recommended for everyone, not just pregnant women, in the strictest sense. Very careful about cross contamination, and don’t leave anything at room temperature for very long. When in doubt, throw it out.