I'm not a woman, but I have heard that pregnant women can get toxoplasmosis from changing the cats litterbox if an infected cat went in it.
I have also heard that if your cat or any cat goes outside and rolls around in the grass (or infected poo) where an infected cat with toxoplasmosis was on or went to the bathroom, and it gets on your cats fur, that if a pregnant woman pets the cats fur it can get into her and affect the baby. I also heard the parasite lives in the soil outside so even touching a cat outside can put you at risk. And, I heard there is no vaccine to prevent a cat from getting this.
All of this was said by a baby doctor.
How exactly does toxoplasmosis infect pregnant women?
I have also heard that if your cat or any cat goes outside and rolls around in the grass (or infected poo) where an infected cat with toxoplasmosis was on or went to the bathroom, and it gets on your cats fur, that if a pregnant woman pets the cats fur it can get into her and affect the baby. I also heard the parasite lives in the soil outside so even touching a cat outside can put you at risk. And, I heard there is no vaccine to prevent a cat from getting this.
All of this was said by a baby doctor.
How exactly does toxoplasmosis infect pregnant women?