Cat litter and pregnancy

[Kittyy]

I'm 10 weeks pregnant and own a kitten, I change his litter every day wearing gloves but it's getting so expensive! Would I not just be able to scoop it when he does his business

[newmum15]

As long as you wear gloves to scoop, or get someone else to do it, make sure you wash your hands after as well, very thoroughly.

[Katrina13 in reply to newmum15]

Yes ideally get someone else to do it, you do not want to risk getting poo anywhere near your own body.

[Kittyy in reply to Katrina13]

Spoke to my midwife and she says what I'm doing is fine and the parasite doesn't become infective until after 48hours so cleaning it every 24 hours is fine and I'm butting the right precautions in place. She said it's a very slim chance that anything happens to anyone. I know many people who have just carried on and not used gloves but I'd rather just put that percaution in place