Itchy

[judecorp]

I am SO freaking out about this bug thing, so much so that I can't stop itching and feeling like there are bugs all over me. Which of course there aren't. But still.

But I've been looking up bed bug information on the internet to try to find out what we'll need to do if in fact this IS a bed bug infestation. We supposedly will have to bag and wash (in hot water) all of our clothes and all of our linens. And then we'll have to have a pest control person come, probably several times. But what just occurred to me is that it's not safe to be pregnant around pesticides! So what the heck am I supposed to do? Should I start everything this cycle and try to get pregnant and risk complications from pesticides? The whole thing just makes me want to cry my eyes out. I don't even know what to do. I am so scared about teratogens and all of that as it is and now we're going to have someone fumigate every nook and cranny in our apartment? What the hell am I supposed to do?

I can't even deal with this. I'm supposed to be making cupcakes right now for my coworker's anniversary but all I can do is cry.

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[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, wine before cupcakes.

You know it didn't even occur to me to drink, because I haven't really had anything to drink in a million years except for one beer at a coworker's birthday and two sips of Jen's hurricane when we were in New Orleans. I suppose I'm clear to drink an entire bottle of wine but I also need to go to work in the morning. Ugh, it's tough being responsible.

Jen is calling a pest control person tomorrow to find out what to do. And I can try calling my doctor, but everything I've read has said that exposure to pesticides can cause neural tube problems and other birth defects. So I don't know what my doctor is going to say besides "you need to do what you think is best." And what about my little cats???!?!

I don't want to go buy cupcakes because I have boxes of cupcake mix and frosting already here (I bought it this evening) and I sure don't want that crap in my house!

cats

[32flavorsnthen.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it's the same kind of pestisides, but my appartment building was fumigated for a roach infestation. My vet said I should take the cats somewhere over night and open the windows for a few hours before I brought them back home. They were fine when I did that. If you don't have someone close by they could stay with, you could try calling your vet for recomendations.

Re: cats

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

The exterminator told Jen that they don't use any pesticides, just a high-pressure, high-temperature steam to kill all of the bugs. They told Jen that the cats can be there in the house and people can be, too. I'm very nervous about this but I don't think they could lie about it because they could get sued, you know?

I don't have anywhere to take them tomorrow morning before work anyway. In a pinch I could probably bring them all to my office but I can't really keep them there overnight.