OT - Bed Bugs

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Ok, so I know this is completely off topic, but I also know there the majority of the forum members are from the UK and may be able to ease my concerns.

Although recently there has been more reports of bed bugs in Toronto (where I live), it has never been something I've been too concerned with as I never experienced them nor did I know anyone who had ...that is until this summer.

Two of my daughter's friends (she's 16) now have households that are battling these bugs. Her first friend's family got them while spending the summer in Europe and although they tried everything to prevent bringing them back, these resiliant little critters traveled across the pond with them and have set up home in their house. They have hired pros to deal with the situation but it seems to be never ending for them.

Then just yesterday I found out her other close friend's brother came back from London and brought back some unexpected, very unwanted guests. Bed bugs again!

These are two of my daughter's closest friends. I've always had an 'Open Door' policy about having them over and feel so badly for their families situation. That being said, I feel I just can't risk being in the same situation especially with a new baby on the way any day now. I have requested my daughter to not have them over until the situation is resolved.

Am I being crazy? It just seems so easy for these bugs to travel from person to person and to be honest, I think I would lose my mind if we had to deal with having bed bugs right now.
 
I wouldn't let them in. Honestly, Edmonton is having a huge problem with this. I don't let my brother into my house. He had them, brought them in from Mexico, he had to pay for his whole floor of the condo building to be fumigated! I have also seen here that a house had to literally be demolished because of this, and these were wealthy people that had tried EVERYTHING.
 
Eek! Thanks for your post. I have no experience with this, and don't want to ask the friends involved as I imagine they're pretty sensitive about the situation. Feeling really badly for them, but in the same token I'm really not wanting to risk having to go through the same thing.
 
I wouldn't let them in my house!!
I'm starting to get really paranoid about this too especially since there will be so many people coming to visit after I have the baby. I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't even tell anyone if they had bed bugs!
 

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