I know that having bed bugs does not make you disgusting, but the thought of having bed bugs has terrified me my entire life. I bought a used car a week ago. No one in my household travels or really goes anywhere other than work. We live with my mom and she works in public transportation, so she very well could’ve brought one home on accident. The next night after purchasing my car, I found a single bed bug in our bed, on top of our sheets. I was absolutely mortified, and of course we have no way of knowing where it came from or how long it’s been here.
I have since removed all fabric from the room, working on washing, drying, and putting everything into sealed bags, but not only is this mine and my husbands things, but also my dad’s things that passed away 2 years ago. We also have a family friend who works for pest control. He gave us a spray so we essentially sprayed the whole house. I’ve sprayed our bed frame, dresser, and nightstand as well. We have also used foggers from the store right after finding the bed bug, but after further research, I know those can just not work. We have treated my car twice as well. We put encasements on the mattress and box spring preventatively. We also put interceptors at the legs of our beds and sticky traps all over the house. None of us have shown signs of bites but I know that doesn’t necessarily mean we don’t have them.
My husband, 1 year old, and I live with my mom and have lived here since my dad passed away. We have never had this issue before in the house, but my mom tends to hoard things a bit and there is a lot of clutter in our house so going through everything has honestly been a nightmare.
I’m a stay at home mom so I’ve basically spent the past week with my 1 year old and going through everything I can. There’s bags of stuff everywhere and I’m so overwhelmed and anxious over this. I’ve tried to inspect every single thing I come across. I haven’t been able to sleep well without feeling like there’s bugs on me. I overall am just not mentally well after finding this bug. I look like a crack head bagging stuff up and throwing it outside until I can wash it, scratching and feeling for bugs when they just aren’t there 😭😭
We used the pest control spray on our couch as well because we all sit on it.
I feel like I’m in my worst nightmare. My husband says we haven’t seen anymore so we don’t have them, but it’s only been a week and just because we don’t see them doesn’t mean they aren’t here, especially considering the amount of stuff that still needs to be looked at.
I’m attaching pictures of the singular bug I found as well as what I found on the mattress encasement today. We put the encasement on after spraying, so I’m trying to determine if we have more visitors in our bed 😭😭
Are these droppings?