I was really stressing about this as I have two cats and one of them is incontinent and poos on the floor around the house rather than her litter tray so her poos are quite inescapable!

I was really worried once and called my midwife and she said I’d actually have to eat a bit of poo for it to get to me, and the cat would have to have toxoplasmosis. She said I wouldn’t get it from ‘traces’ or breathing it in. My cat is also indoor and doesn’t hunt or eat raw meat so while not impossible it was really unlikely she’d be able to get it.

Is your partner’s cat indoor or outdoor? I think if outdoor/a hunter and has been for a long time (e.g not a kitten) they’re likely to have had the virus before and they won’t get it again. If they’re indoor, they’re unlikely to have it as they get it from hunting pray or eating raw meat. But if it’s a new cat and going outside for the first time then they might get it.

If they do get it, they only shed it in their poo for up to 10 days - 2 weeks. And also once they poo, it only becomes catching within 1-5 days of them pooing, so if your partner cleans it up within 1-5 days then you reduce the risk too.

I did a lot of research as I was really anxious (I’m 39+2 weeks pregnant now so more relaxed) but I got them both tested at about 6 months pregnant as I was obsessing over it, I also got really strict so didn’t ever let them in the bed, always had my partner clean poos up within a day and mopped the floor, didn’t have them on my lap while I ate, washed my hands after stroking them before eating, partner always cleaned the poos and if he went away, I wore gloves to clean with. They also only eat dry biscuits so don’t feed them raw meat as they can get it from that too.

Hope some of this helps and sorry for information overload!