Smell that?
I clean the litter box. Always have. I have to admit that I use the smell technique to decide when to undertake this chore. However, a woman’s sense of smell is crazy during pregnancy. I don’t know if it’s just the first trimester or if it continues, but I am now making sure to take care of anything that may create a smell before that smell becomes noticeable by my mortal olfactory receptors.
Actually, their sense isn’t heightened, it’s simply that smells have more punch when your body is turning against you because of the “sperm poisoning”. They have different effects on the brain.
And on that note, pregnant woman shouldn’t clean the litter box anyway. If your cat is an indoor/outdoor animal, they can carry certain parasites, toxoplasma gondii, to be exact. They get it from eating rodents and other critters. It’s not really harmful for adults and children, but the unborn baby is susceptible to the little scooby. So, I clean the litter box to lower Sarah’s contact to the bad stuff.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:07 am
That picture is hysterical!
I remember the sense of smell being pretty sensitive the entire time I was pregnant. But during my first trimester, I couldn’t open the fridge or I would gag!