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I’m pregnant and have an outdoor cat – I’m worried about toxoplasmosis. Advice?

Hi! I’m about 10 weeks pregnant and for the first 5 or 6 weeks I still had my cat living with me. She’s 1/2 indoor, 1/2 outdoor and does hunt rats and birds (yuck!). We did not have a litter box for her so I never came in direct contact with her feces, but she did come into the house, lay on our couch, sleep in the bed with us, etc. And one time before I took her to live with my friend, she actually touched her paw to the lower part of my lip (accident of course). I’m totally paranoid about toxoplasmosis as I know it’s very dangerous to an unborn baby especially in the first trimester. I first thought I was fine b/c I don’t have a litter box for her since she goes outside, but then I started worrying about her tracking it through the house, on the furniture, etc. I had her tested and they said she HAS been exposed but didn’t have an active infection -but they only tested her once so I’m not sure how they can know it isn’t active! Has anyone had a similar experience while preg?

You should try to keep everything very clean, and always wash your hands after petting her.

However, if you’ve had her for awhile, chances are you’ve already been exposed, which is a good thing. That means you’re not going to get infected now and hurt the baby.

That’s sad that you’ve sent her away!

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