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Are you pregnant? TTC?

@TapDancer: yeah I'm not avoiding outdoors entirely -- like I went for a long walk outside yesterday. But I wore bug spray and I'm trying not to just sit outside for long periods. Btw, my doc has specifically said "wear bug spray with deet" multiple times, not just any spray.

I would cancel.

I'm in FL and traveling to Naples Gulf coast in June, I just stay indoor at night and wear spray

I'm 14 weeks and just took a trip to Grand Cayman. There are no reported cases there....yet. My OB told me ok to go and to wear 25% deet and don't hang out outside at night. I was a nut while I was there. The only reason why I went is that it was a big family vacation that had been planned for a year, and i rarely if ever get bug bites. While there I saw one mosquito. I'm glad I went but zika was certainly on my mind at all times. I also got really badly sunburned because when you apply bug spray over sunscreen, it seems to wash the sunscreen away! My thought is if you can go somewhere else, I would.

@FaithFertility: It might be because tourism plays such an important role in Florida's economy. Especially during the summer.

@lawbee11: pretty sure that's why several Caribbean countries have no *reported* cases of Zika either.

To answer the OP's question, no, I am pregnant and I would not go.

@TapDancer: most airlines are offering a refund if you show proof of pregnancy. So I would consider going and cancelling if needed. We are in FL and we've just been using deet.

I'm a proponent that you have to live your life (there is a risk everyday getting in a car) but you have to decide how important the trip is.

. I've done a lot of research. Some countries seem to have better mosquito eradication programs than others, which is obviously a factor. Also it all comes down to whether people are reporting cases....they may be present and people aren't aware or just aren't reporting.

@T.H.O.U.: I did see that, I know Collier county is one, near Naples! Maybe I should have said my area/county more so than state!

@whiskers: yea my OB wasn't concerned either. Just handed me the CDC sheet and made sure I knew deet was pregnancy safe.

@whiskers: hmm that's interesting. I've confirmed on That it seems to be pregnancy safe. We have tried every "natural" option and nothing works as well as deet.

@whiskers: Mine is OK with a low.amount of deet can't remember what but I'm define asking again

Nopes to the nope. No way no how. Not a big fan of optional risks for life-threatening / lifelong debilitating problems. So many other places for nice trips.

@winniebee: Did your OB have an amount of deet they recommended?! I can't remember what mine said?!

@TapDancer: I live close to Galveston and spent a long weekend there in September. There were so many mosquitos. We couldn't keep them out of the house. I would definitely cancel.

Looks like you've gotten some good advice here. July is still far out enough that hopefully you'll be able to find an alternate beach vacation or getaway! I know I've been to the Gulf Coast area in July (near Mobile, AL) and the mosquitos were awful in the evening.

That said, we have had a trip planned to FL for months and aren't canceling it (booked way before I was pregnant). I haven't been to FL in years but the three times I have been out there I don't remember ever getting a mosquito bite or seeing mosquitos. People tell me it's because all the major tourist areas spray so heavily. I'm nervous for sure but trying to stay calm about it. We're going in a week and so far everything I've read say all the confirmed cases of Zika in FL are people who traveled outside the US in affected areas. I plan on slathering on the DEET bug spray

I cancelled my trip to Aruba this past February before the virus was even reported there because I was 25 weeks pregnant. My doctor is not at all an alarmist and she said the reports she was hearing were so scary that I should def cancel. So yes, if I were you I would cancel to be safe.