Mosquitos

For some strange reason, my wife has become a mosquito magnet lately.  At first, I thought she was just being paranoid about hearing them in her sleep or catching them stalking her out of the corner of her eyes.  But then I saw two mosquitos fly right by me and head straight for her, which wasn’t nearly as amusing to her as it was to me.  That’s when I knew something was up, because those little blighters usually love them some me with a side of me!

Well, according to the baby book, pregnant women do actually attract more mosquitos.  It has to do with an increase in blood obviously, but also to breathing and body temperature.  Pregnant women tend to breath more, because they are carrying extra weight.  Mosquitos are attracted to carbon dioxide, so the more you breath, the more you’re signaling “Tasty snack this way!”  Pregnant women also have a warmer average body temperature, which is a cue to mosquitos to land and chow down.

So, now I’m on mosquito patrol.  I have to frequently do a walk-through of the house to make sure one didn’t sneak in an open door.  And I have to drop everything and go into hunter mode if she even suspects that one might be stalking her.  Yes, there will be a wailing from the mosquito houses this night!