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I Had 3 Weeks Before My Baby Came Home. That's When I Found the Mice.

I couldn't use sprays. I couldn't use traps. I couldn't use poison. I was out of options until I found something that worked silently, safely, and never stopped.

The nursery was finished.

The crib was assembled. The tiny onesies were washed and folded. The white noise machine was plugged in on the shelf above the changing table. My husband had spent an entire weekend painting the walls the perfect shade of sage green, the exact color I'd saved on my phone for two years before we even got pregnant.

We were 22 days away from our due date.

And then I walked into the kitchen at 11 o'clock on a Tuesday night to get a glass of water.

I turned on the light.

Something moved behind the stove.

"I stood completely still for about five seconds. Then I saw it again a small dark shape disappearing into the gap between the stove and the cabinet. My stomach dropped straight through the floor."

I didn't scream. I just stood there, one hand on the counter, the other on my belly, and felt something cold wash over me.

A mouse. In the kitchen where I was about to bring home a newborn.

The Moment Everything Felt Unsafe

I woke my husband up.

He came downstairs, looked at the gap behind the stove, and found it droppings. A small trail of them along the baseboard behind the cabinet. Not just one or two. Enough to tell us this wasn't a one-time visitor.

Something had been living here. In our kitchen. For a while.

I sat down at the kitchen table at midnight, nine months pregnant, and I felt something I hadn't expected to feel: not just disgust. Not just panic.

Guilt.

Like somehow I had failed before my baby even arrived. Like the home I had spent nine months preparing, the home I had cleaned and organized and painted and carefully made safe wasn't safe at all.

I know that sounds irrational. But if you've been pregnant, you know the feeling. Your entire brain rewires itself around one job: protect this baby. And suddenly I had something in my home that I couldn't protect her from.

⚠ WHAT I GOOGLED AT MIDNIGHT

"Are mice dangerous for newborns?" The results were not reassuring. Mice carry hantavirus, salmonella, and listeria. They contaminate surfaces and food. They leave droppings in places you can't see. For a newborn with an undeveloped immune system, the risks are real.

I closed my laptop and looked at my husband.

"We have three weeks," I said. "We have to fix this before she comes home."

The Problem With Every Solution I Found

The next morning I started researching. And very quickly I ran into a wall that I suspect a lot of pregnant women hit:

Almost every common pest solution is something you cannot safely use around a newborn.

Poison bait stations. The packaging literally says "keep away from children." A baby crawling on the floor is at the exact height these things operate at.

Snap traps. The exterminator I called first told me they'd place them "in areas the baby can't reach." My daughter will be crawling in four months. Every corner of that house was somewhere she'd eventually reach.

Chemical sprays. The most popular brands require you to vacate the home for four to six hours after spraying and to keep children off treated surfaces for at least 24 hours. I was about to have a baby living on those surfaces.

Fumigation. One company quoted me $600 and said we'd need to stay out of the house for three days. I was 22 days from my due date. Three days in a hotel at nine months pregnant was not an option.

"Every solution I found came with a warning that made it feel like the cure was as dangerous as the problem. I kept hitting the same dead end: safe for your home OR safe for your baby. Nobody was offering both."

I spent two days going in circles. Forums, Facebook groups, Reddit threads. Everyone meant well but the advice was all over the place peppermint oil, steel wool, ultrasonic devices, calling different exterminators.

And underneath all of it, ticking quietly, was the clock.

Three weeks. Twenty-one days. Then twenty. Then nineteen.

The Post That Changed Everything

I posted in a pregnancy Facebook group I'd been part of since my first trimester. About 14,000 members are mostly moms, a mix of first-timers and veterans.

I typed out the situation as plainly as I could. Mice in the kitchen. Three weeks to due date. Can't use chemicals or poison. Feeling completely stuck. Has anyone dealt with this?

In two hours I had 67 replies.

Most were sympathetic. A few were horror stories of their own. Several people recommended sealing entry points with steel wool, which I was already doing. One person suggested getting a cat, which made me laugh for the first time in two days.

And then there was a reply from a woman named Donna, who had dealt with the exact same situation mice discovered at 34 weeks, same panic, same chemical problem two years earlier with her second child.

She wrote:

"I know this sounds too simple but I used PestLab ultrasonic plug-ins. No chemicals, no traps, nothing a baby can touch or breathe. I plugged one into every room and within two weeks the mice were gone. My daughter is two now and we've never had them back. It was the only thing that worked without me having to worry about what I was putting in the air."

I read it three times.

Then I messaged her directly.

She responded within minutes. Patient, thorough, kind in the way that only someone who has been through the same fear can be. She walked me through everything, how many units she used, where she placed them, what to expect in the first week.

"The main thing," she told me, "is covering every room. Don't leave any part of the house untreated. Mice will find the one quiet corner."

That night, I ordered a 6-pack.

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How PestLab Works And Why It's Different

WHY MICE CAN’T ADAPT TO THIS
Mice navigate almost entirely through vibration and sound; they're nearly blind. PestLab emits ultrasonic frequencies and electromagnetic pulses that make it feel like a construction site running 24 hours a day. Mice can't rest. Can't nest. Can't breed. They don't build up a tolerance. The environment simply never becomes livable for them.

HOW IT WORKS

1 - Ultrasonic waves fill the room

High-frequency sound that humans and pets can't hear. To mice, it's constant, unbearable noise that disrupts their nervous system and makes the space feel hostile 24/7.

2 - Electromagnetic pulses travel through the walls

Pulses That go through your walls and reach the mice hiding where traps can't touch them.

3 -Zero chemicals. Zero poison. Zero mess.

Nothing in the air. Nothing on the floor. Nothing a crawling baby could touch or breathe. Just plug it in and leave it running completely invisible to your family.

4 - Works on more than mice

The same technology also repels roaches, ants, spiders, and other household pests keeping your entire home protected without a single chemical being used.

What Happened in Our Home

DAY-BY-DAY WHAT I ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED

Day 1 :Plugged one unit into every room: kitchen, living room, nursery, our bedroom, bathroom, hallway. Took less than 5 minutes total. The house looked and felt exactly the same. No smell. No noise. Nothing visible.
Day 3 : Saw a mouse near the back door moving erratically, not in its usual pattern. Donna had warned me this might happen. Disturbed mice come out of hiding before they leave. It's a sign the device is working.
Day 5 :No new droppings behind the stove. Checked every baseboard, every cabinet corner. Clean. For the first time in weeks I hadn't found anything.
Day 8 : My husband came downstairs at midnight and didn't see anything. He stood in the kitchen for five minutes. Nothing. He came back to bed and said, "I think it's working."
Day 12 : Zero activity anywhere in the house. Zero droppings. Zero sightings. I did a full sweep of every room and found nothing. I cried, honestly. From relief.
Day 19 : Our daughter came home from the hospital. The nursery was clean. The kitchen was clean. The house was safe. I carried her through the front door and I knew, for the first time in three weeks, that I had actually fixed it.

She is four months old now as I write this.

She is healthy. She is crawling just barely, that funny seal-drag that makes us laugh every time. She rolls across every inch of that floor.

And we have never seen another mouse.

The PestLab units are still plugged in. Still running. I never even think about them anymore which is exactly how it should be.

Why Chemical Solutions Were Never an Option for Me

I want to say something to every pregnant woman or new mom reading this, because I think the pest control industry doesn't acknowledge this honestly enough:

The standard arsenal of pest control products, sprays, foggers, bait stations, even most "professional" exterminator treatments is not designed with newborns in mind. The label warnings exist for a reason. The off-gassing is real. The residue on floors and surfaces is real.

When you have a baby who sleeps on the floor, puts everything in their mouth, and breathes at baseboard height all day the exposure calculation is completely different from an adult walking through a treated room once.

WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE ABOUT CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL

Many common pest sprays leave a residue that remains active on surfaces for weeks. Babies and toddlers who crawl, mouth toys, and press their faces against floors receive significantly higher relative exposure than adults. Pediatricians consistently recommend avoiding pesticide use indoors during pregnancy and the first year of a child's life wherever possible.

PestLab was the first solution I found that took that reality seriously. No residue. No off-gassing. No risk calculation to do. You plug it in and your home is protected without introducing a single thing into your air or onto your surfaces.

For a new parent, that peace of mind is worth more than I can put into words.

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The Comparison That Made My Decision Easy

PestLab Comparison Table

Solution	Safe for Newborn?	Works 24/7?	Cost
Chemical sprays	Residue on surfaces	Fades after days	$30–$80 + repeat
Poison bait stations	Toxic if accessed	Needs replacing	$20–$60 + repeat
Exterminator contract	Chemicals used	Monthly visits only	$150+/mo forever
PestLab plug-in	Zero chemicals	Always running	~$30/unit, one time

What Other Moms Are Saying

I was 36 weeks pregnant when we found roaches in our kitchen. I was terrified to use any sprays near the nursery. PestLab was the only option I felt safe with. Within 10 days they were gone. My son is 3 months old and our home has been pest-free since. I tell every pregnant friend about this.

— Priya M., first-time mom, Houston TX

We discovered mice two months before our twins came home. I had a complete breakdown because every solution I found involved chemicals I wasn't comfortable with. My sister recommended PestLab. It took about a week and a half and the problem was completely resolved. The twins are four months old now. Clean house, healthy babies. I can't recommend this enough.

— Melissa T., mom of twins, Portland OR

My pediatrician told me to avoid any pesticide use inside the home for at least the first year. That ruled out almost everything. PestLab was the answer. No chemicals, no smell, no risk. Just plug it in and it works. My daughter is 6 months old and we've had zero issues since I installed them.

— Camille R., new mom, Atlanta GA

I was skeptical because it seemed too simple. But I was desperate and the 90-day guarantee meant I had nothing to lose. Best decision I made during my entire pregnancy prep. The ants that had been coming in through the kitchen window completely disappeared within two weeks. My nursery feels genuinely safe now.

— Jasmine W., expecting mom, Charlotte NC

If You're Reading This and You're Pregnant

I know what that fear feels like. The specific, relentless anxiety of feeling like your home, the place you've spent months making safe, has something in it you can't control.

I know what it's like to research at midnight when you should be sleeping. To go in circles through solutions that all seem to come with a warning label. To feel like you're running out of time.

You are not being irrational. You are being a mother. And your instinct to find something that works without filling your home with chemicals is exactly right.

PestLab is what I wish someone had told me about on day one. Not week two. Not after three days of panic and dead ends.

Plug it in. Let it run. Go back to getting ready for your baby.

That's the only thing you should be thinking about right now.

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