Freaking out!! Please help, calling all farmers if any? or anyone with knowledge!

[IsabellaJayne]

So I visited a friend today who has lambs and I stroked them, then my MIL says I can miscarry due to touching them!! I had no idea and now im scared Ive contracted something!

Can anyone tell me the likelihood of this happening?

Any pregnant farmers?

Freaking out!!

 

[chicka.chicka]

When I was pregnant with my last daughter, we got baby lambs and I bottle fed them and cleaned up after them and tended to them multiple times a day. I've never heard of there being a risk of MC from touching sheep. I wouldn't worry at all.

 

[chicka.chicka]

Huh. Just found this article. This is something I've never heard of, but even still, unless you were there helping deliver baby lambs, you'll be fine. The lambs we had were a couple of days old when we got them and I never got any kind of infection or anything from them. The article even says the risk is low even if you are directly involved with helping to deliver the lambs.

 

[trythisagain]

I own a horse farm and here we have lambs...sheep and goats. I also have a friend who just recently had twins who raises lambs for slaughter (sorry to anyone this may offend!! )
She had absolutely no issues throughout her whole pregnancy...the boys are absolutely perfect and thriving and doing wonderfully.
The pp was right...unless you are birthing lambs...you are fine. Or if you were using sheep drench...other chemicals...etc. but if you were just around them...touching them...or anything like that...youre fine
Dont worry. She was doing all the barn chores...feeding...mucking...etc. up until the boys came.
Hope this helps!!

 

[IsabellaJayne]

Ahh makes me feel loads better! Thanks Ladies, no just stroked them for a minute! They're nit newborn, still worries me!

Thanks for your reassurance ladies xx

 

[Dream.dream]

I lived on a farm pregnant with my son , and helped with a rodeo , touched sheep lambs, cows horses ducks and my sons fine ,

Like any animal just wash your hands before eating or touching your face you'll be fine .

 

[Komatsu]

We have lambs that I handle/touch on a daily basis . Never been concerned about it . I just wash my hands like I do after touching any animal .

 

[CVR1986]

Just make sure you wash your hands thoroughly afterwards and dont touch anything else until you have.

 

[Bonnie11]

No you're fine. There is a risk of catching E. coli from farmyards but its small and as the other ladies said just wash your hands after you will be fine

 

[squeal]

You will be absolutely fine, why would she say something so ridiculous?

You probably pick up more germs from doors used in public than a lamb!

 

[shelbysioux]

https://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/934.aspx?categoryid=54&subcategoryid=131

Please see the above link, I work on a farm and have also been a veterinary nurse so have been very careful not to go near the sheep this lambing season. Sheep can suffer from a condition called enzootic abortion which can be passed on. I just wanted to let you ladies know there is a risk. As the other ladies have said though as the lambs were not newborn and you washed your hands you will be ok.

 

[Mummy Bean]

i thought it was that brand new lambs carry toxoplasm like what u gt from cat poo. which can be harmful...but asuming the lambs were older and u washed ur hands properly i doubt there would be any problems.

 

[IsabellaJayne]

Thankyou! no they were a couple of months old I think! Im hoping all will be okay, I washed my hands soon as! Can't believe my friend as a farmer didn't warn me!!

 

[Blob]

You're not meant to touch them but its so rare, it's only if the mother carries the infection and that's rare in itself. It's wise to stay away from lambing, I stayed away from the lambing personally but once they are a bit older its not a problem. It's not about germs and it is for sure a real thing.

Edit: girls above said the same