Toxoplasmosis

[Emmamay17695]

Hi ,

I'm just wondering if anyone knows about
Toxoplasmosis.

Today I went out in my sister car,
I just touched a little bit of dried bird poop. I rushed home and cleaned my hands thoroughly before eating my fish and chips

My concern is , that i touched the paper my fish and chips had been wrapped up in
And my tomato sauce leaked through the paper and worried that I may now have put myself at risk for toxoplasmosis, is this possible.

Looking for reassurance

FYI I suffer from OCD which I'm seeing a doc for already

I wouldn't have even thought twice about this. It's quite an extreme reaction, I think it's your ocd talking. Don't panic.

Oh god you'll be fine! 🙄

Thanks heaps.
Appreciate it

Trust me @FlowerPowerBecky I know. unfortunately I have severe OCD which I can't turn off or stop over night. It's the worst , I've only got 3 more days to go before I'm induced and wish I could just relax and enjoy it.

Honestly that was really harsh of me and I didn't mean it like that, but I can completely see where you are coming from, OCD is one of those things that rises it's head when you least want it!

I would say as long as you wash hands after touching something you are unsure of you'll be fine :)

Sorry again for me post, just see a lot of people getting their knickers in a twist, but obviously different with the OCD part of your situation :)

OP, if you suffer any consequences at all from that brief contact with bird droppings, I promise I will eat a very large hat! And I’m a doctor.
As PPs have suggested, this is just your OCD raising its head. Relax, and my best wishes for the birth.

Thanks so much for the reassurance again @FlowerPowerBecky & @Babdoc , I will sleep much better tonight. @FlowerPowerBecky trust me I didn't take it rudely at all , I thought if you can be so blunt I know I'm just being really silly (now).

I maybe OCD but it takes much more than that to upset me, and on a forum your always going to get people who just tell you how it is.

Thanks heaps. ☺️

You can't get toxoplasmosis from bird poop, it comes from cat poop or undercooked meat (from animals which have accidentally digested cat poop). And more specifically, it's usually kitten poop, not even cat poop, as cats only shed the stuff every 7 years or something like that (I studied it at uni). You might get sick from bird poop but not from toxoplasmosis.

I have OCD and struggled hugely from worrying about Toxo. I actually ruined my pregnancy by worrying so much about it....but I promise even I wouldn't have thought twice about this situation. You have nothing to worry about here. Try to relax and take some of these responses on board (although....being a fellow OCD sufferer that's not easy!). I ate some Patè at the end of my pregnancy without knowing it was listeria risk...I went into labour 2 days later and I regret so much spending the last 2 days of my pregnancy anxious and spending about 24 hours on Google trying to find anythugn that would make me think I didn't suddenly have listeria. I laugh thinking back to it but I know what it's like when a worry like this has got it's claws in. I wish you all the best xx

@BeeMyBaby @Hopehope20 thank you so much. I really appreciate it. ☺️

@Hopehope20 did you find your ocd was one after pregnancy. As you i have worried about listeria and toxo from very very early stages and it has honestly ruined my pregnancy. But I'm really hoping this all changes after birth.

@emma1517 I expected it to be even worse but it did lessen greatly once he was born and I knew he was safe. I still have my moments and things will happen which act as a trigger (health ocd) but they pass much more quickly. I presume because he just takes up all my time and energy (in a good way!) It doesn't actually leave much time for my mind to do anything else! But I think it's the lack of control around pregnancy that made mine worse...the fact that you can't guarantee an outcome...and I felt such a huge amount of pressure with my body and What I ate etc thinking if could impact the baby....at least once he arrived....obviously still a huge responsibility but I just felt more in control and I could always see he was ok because he was right there.

Please get help quickly though if you feel it pulling you down....your mental health goes through so much in the first few months...even without OCD. But go in with a positive open mind...like I say, I was worried mine would get worse with the lack of sleep and hormones etc but it didn't at all. The first week was horrendous I'm not going to lie (hormones I presume) but after that I have felt strong. Maybe motherly instinct talks down the OCD a bit because I have a job to do now and can't afford to get bought down. Who knows!

Thanks @Hopehope20 I really really appreciate it. I am already getting help but I really just want to know if I will feel better soon , after 25 weeks of worrying it does get exhausting.

I was exactly like this during pregnancy OP. Also have OCD/anxiety. Bloody horrible. But honestly you will be absolutely fine. Nothing to worry about there. No toxo from bird poo anyway plus you washed your hands.

I massively worried about toxoplasmosis during pregnancy - both times. But I did once find a statistic about how many babies were born with congenital toxoplasmosis. It's 1 in 10000 babies in the uk. Think of all the women that are pregnant and do not worry about it and therefore will not be as remotely careful as you have been and they don't get it. Someone like you who is on high alert for it is NO WAY going to be that 1 in 10,000. Does that make sense?

Now stop worrying about it and over thinking it and thing about your beautiful healthy baby that you will have soon, think about names if you haven't already settled and try and get to sleep.

I know, I honestly feel for you. I had many sleepless nights worrying about things other people wouldnt even give a second thought to, that always made me feel sorry for myself and jealous of others sailing through their pregnancy. I knew my OCD would be a challenge whilst I was pregnsnr but I wasnt prepared for it to be as bad as it was (enough for me to admit sadly that I wont be having another child in my future). There is light at the end of the tunnel. I was seeing the perinatal mental health team during my pregnancy and it continued after...but I stopped it when he was 4 months old because I just didn't need it any more.

Let us know how you get on won't you xx

@Buombalayo @Hopehope20
Thank you both very much. I do feel a lot better today and just trying to relax and not give myself any other reasons to worry. I will let you both know how I get on but really appreciate both your advise and help.
I agree @Hopehope20 It has made it hard for me to want to do this all over again but my partner and I really want to try one more time. But I think before I even consider it I will need to do a lot of work on myself to make sure next to pregnancy doesn't have to be so stressful.

Xxx thanks so much , and I'll give you an update after Sunday of how our little healthy baby boy is doing ☺️

Please do! Ah he will always have lots of chocolate around his birthday! Boys are great, good luck and enjoy him! Xx