Toxoplasmosis and garden soil

[Ak627]

I'm 29 weeks pregnant and have posted on here before about my anxiety struggle with toxoplasmosis during my pregnancy.

I've been doing really well over the past month or so and have managed to put my fears to rest.

Today I made the stupid decision to clean out an indoor pot plant that was potted using soil from the garden about a year ago.

I emptied the soil into the bin and then rinsed out the remaining soil in the pot under the tap using my hand - no gloves, no sponge. I washed my hands twice afterwards.

I have since realised I have a fresh cut on the hand that was touching the soil - my anxiety has flared up again as I'm petrified I've breathed in the soil or it's got into my cut. I can't remember if the soil came from the flower beds (our cat and other cats use our garden as a toilet) or if it came from a bag of compost.

I thought I'd put these fears to bed so I'm so disappointed in myself. Can anyone help me rationalise this as all I feel is anxious. I wish I'd never touched the bloody pot!!!

I did loads of gardening in the summer without any issues. I have two cats too. Try to relax.

You need to relax honestly you will get yourself worked up over nothing
you have washed your hands.
I have two cats and have had cats with each of my pregnancies.

If you’ve had cats for a while then there’s a good chance you will have come into contact with toxoplasmosis in the past and therefore have immunity. As others have said, try to relax. Find something else to do and distract yourself with that for a bit.