Is being around lambs dangerous throughout whole pregnancy or just the start?!

loverguts · Apr 6th, 2012, 15:49 PM

I was thinking of taking my little man to a lambing event in a couple of weeks but my aunt mentioned today that i shouldn't be around lambs or places where lambing is going on because of some risk of infection which can apparently cause stillbirths?!

I very vaguely recall reading about this a looong time ago but i thought it was dangerous just at the start of pregnancy (no idea why i am thinking this though!), is it something to worry about the whole way through?

I can't seem to find very much info about it anywhere but maybe im not looking properly!

mrsrof · Apr 6th, 2012, 15:57 PM

The NHS have a page on this hon, basically it gives a list of things you shouldn't do, but it does say that the risk is very low because the diseases/infections that could be passed on are very rare anyway xx

http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/934.aspx...CategoryID=131

NuKe · Apr 6th, 2012, 16:20 PM

it's the whole pregnancy! we went to an open farm a couplf of months ago and they had signs up everywhere warning you not to go near/touch the sheep and lambs if you were pregnant!

LittleOnes · Apr 6th, 2012, 16:36 PM

I think if you are not the one actually doing the 'lambing', if youcatch my drift, or eating raw lamb, then it should be fine!

ash086 · Apr 6th, 2012, 16:37 PM

i've never heard this before, intresting

MiniKiwi · Apr 6th, 2012, 16:39 PM

=/ Never heard of this.. I went to a huge sheep farm and petted and fed all the lambs

loverguts · Apr 6th, 2012, 17:57 PM

Thanks for the advice!
The chances are obviously tiny but we would be watching lambs being born and being around them while they're all gooey (mmm!), my little man touches everything so i think i'll leave the lambing this year and take him to the zoo instead, knowing my luck i would be the one in whatever tiny percentage that got an infection from a lamb!

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loverguts Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2,158	Is being around lambs dangerous throughout whole pregnancy or just the start?! I was thinking of taking my little man to a lambing event in a couple of weeks but my aunt mentioned today that i shouldn't be around lambs or places where lambing is going on because of some risk of infection which can apparently cause stillbirths?! I very vaguely recall reading about this a looong time ago but i thought it was dangerous just at the start of pregnancy (no idea why i am thinking this though!), is it something to worry about the whole way through? I can't seem to find very much info about it anywhere but maybe im not looking properly!

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mrsrof Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2011 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 3,962	The NHS have a page on this hon, basically it gives a list of things you shouldn't do, but it does say that the risk is very low because the diseases/infections that could be passed on are very rare anyway xx http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/934.aspx...CategoryID=131

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NuKe Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 13,888	it's the whole pregnancy! we went to an open farm a couplf of months ago and they had signs up everywhere warning you not to go near/touch the sheep and lambs if you were pregnant!

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LittleOnes Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: US Posts: 1,813	I think if you are not the one actually doing the 'lambing', if youcatch my drift, or eating raw lamb, then it should be fine!

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ash086 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 324	i've never heard this before, intresting

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MiniKiwi Other BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Norway Posts: 2,599	=/ Never heard of this.. I went to a huge sheep farm and petted and fed all the lambs

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Apr 6th, 2012, 17:57 PM	#7
loverguts Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2,158	Thanks for the advice! The chances are obviously tiny but we would be watching lambs being born and being around them while they're all gooey (mmm!), my little man touches everything so i think i'll leave the lambing this year and take him to the zoo instead, knowing my luck i would be the one in whatever tiny percentage that got an infection from a lamb!

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