This makes me so MAD! This myth must be debunked. It isn't cats, it isn't necessarily the litter, nor the feces, and as Bisi.cat pointed out, it is also in undercooked meat, on unwashed produce, in dirt around the home.....(Did you know all that bisi.cat? He he he).

EVERYONE should wash hands after changing the cats' litter. EVERYONE. Just like everyone should wash produce, cook meat, blah, blah, blah.

There is one time in a women's gestation period (and I think it is at the end of the pregnancy) that the unborn fetus is at risk. And, there is something about the risks then being less risky than at the beginning of the gestation? I DO NOT HAVE MY FACTS STRAIGHT ON THE TIMING.

But, I do know that giving away your cats because you are pregnant (or just recently had a baby) is not factually supported.