Being pregnant around sheep and lambs

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Yep, I know it needs some explanation!
DH and I were hoping to take DS to a lamb feeding day this weekend and my friend said it wasn't too good for a pregnant woman to get too close to or touch lambs and sheep.
Can anyone shed any light on this?

Lee I did a month of night lambing without knowing I was preggers! I was 6 weeks by the end of the 4 week stint, which included loads of running around, falling over and birthing lambs. DD is currently attempting to sleep upstairs. There is a risk, yes, but it's not a guaranteed one, and at 5 weeks the baby is not yet sharing your bloodstream (I think). Nevertheless, I do hope all is well for you!

My parents are farmers so know a bit about this - the biggest risk is in handling any of the afterbirth, stillborn lambs and "still wet" lambs - so the lambing shed is a much bigger risk than outdoors with older lambs, but why take the risk at all?

Take both your kids - next year!

Hello all, Doc app went ok if just a little bit of nothing, no blood test no tummy check...is this because Im only 5 weeks? and he said that the midwifes would be in touch and that was that
I told him Id been at a farm but he said that there was no reason to worry, he said I look healthy and not showing any symptoms for him to be at all concerned...guess they know best.

This is my first pregnancy and I'm a farmers wife. I'm currently 7 weeks and will be 12 weeks when our lambing season starts. My horses are kept in the same field as the ewes and the lambing shed also has stables for the horses. I won't be helping with lambing this year but am I ok to see to my horses? There's no other way to separate them. I can't not look after my horses just because of the lambs. I'm so stressed!!! Any advice from any farmers wives is greatfully received!

My job was dealing with pregnant ewes and aiding in the clear up post-birth. I did this throughout my pregnancy with my son and everything was fine. I was tested for toxoplasmosis because of it and I was clear.

Nowadays I wouldn't risk it, but at the time I was younger and naive and really wanted to show willing in my new job. So I think going to a lambing event and not touching the lambs would be absolutely fine. But also if you don't need to go it would probably be easier to just do something else and mitigate the risk entirely.

LadyV123, as long as you don't handle the wet, newborn lambs, or any bedding/afterbirth you should be fine. Just make sure you wash your hands (obviously) when you have been anywhere near the sheep. Having read all the info I can get my hands on, it seems like toxo is passed on by direct contact with newborn lambs and recently lambed ewes, so checking on your horses should be pretty safe.