Lots of people wonder if squishing a pregnant roach will just release all of the baby cockroaches she’s carrying. Cockroaches are tough to squish. If you crush it but don’t kill it, it’ll just stroll away and hide its eggs per normal. Even if you do kill the roach, the egg case might survive and hatch just a few days later, spawning a much bigger problem than that one roach. Make sure you dispose of the dead roach and its egg case outside, in a sturdy bag as far from your house as possible.