? about cats and 9 month old mommy to be

We are having a get together for a mutual friend at our house one of our dear friends is preggers and her due date is 1 week from the party.. I have heard being aroudn cats is dangerous? Im not sure of the legitness of this statement. I want to check wtih you ladies. Is there any precautions I shoudl take for our friend? Party will be outside but we will set up a cooling place for our mommy to be...... we have two kittens (5 months old) should we throughly clean the living room aka cooling center and keep the kittens in another room?

I just want to be a helpful friend sorry if this is an odd question... i just have never had a pregnant friend before!


Thanks in advance

Yes, it's true it's called Toxoplasmosis ....here's part of an article I saw online.It was an answer to a question that was asked.


The most serious problem during pregnancy that involves cats is an infection with toxoplasmosis during pregnancy acquired by contact with the stool from an infected cat. The risk to the baby increases the later in the pregnancy the new infection is acquired. Since cats are normally infected when they hunt and catch small rodents, it is less likely that one would be infected if it is an inside cat. In addition, the most common site for humans to come into contact with the cat's stools outside is probably in the garden -- cats like to bury their bowel movements in the soft soil in the garden. So keeping the cats in reduces the chance of accidentally coming in contace with cat feces. Be very careful not to eat undercooked meat (a more common route for infection) and wear gloves or carefully wash your hands after handling raw meat.

Hope it helps!