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Q.My husband cleans the litter box, but is it o.k. for them to sleep in on the bed?

A. Cats can sleep on the bed. The danger of exposure is from the cat feces, not the cat. Personally, I keep my kitties off the pillows and sheets, but that is because I dislike sleeping on cat fur and they are outside cats...I put a wooly blanket or throw at the bottom of the bed and they love to sleep there as it is more comfortable than the cotton cover.

Karen Klimsak-Ungar, CCE has been a certified childbirth educator for Birth Works® since 1996. She is currently Managing Editor for the Birth Works newsletter, sits on the Birth Works Board of Directors, and serves on their National Trainee Review Committee. A happily married mother of two, she also continues to teach Birth Works classes as well as private classes.

Karen will answer your questions on fertility, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and babies. Her advice does not take the place of your practitioner. Personal answers will not always be possible.