Smelling chlorine while pregnant
EXPOSURE TO CHLORINE IN PREGNANCY
Elemental chlorine is a greenish gas and powerful oxidant that is used as a chemical weapon because of its severe irritant properties. Chlorine reacts with most organic compounds and is an essential reagent in the chemical industry.
There are no published studies on the effects of exposure to chlorine in human pregnancy. Increased incidences of urinary tract defects, preterm delivery, and low birth weight have been reported following environmental exposure to water chlorination by-products, however data are inconclusive and their relevance to exposure to chlorine gas is uncertain.
As with all chemicals, unnecessary exposure to chlorine during pregnancy should be avoided due to a lack of information on safety. Where exposure is expected to occur, it should be well within the recommended exposure limits and not associated with toxic symptoms. There is currently no indication that normal use of household products containing chlorine poses a hazard.
Following acute chlorine exposure in a pregnant patient, maternal toxicity is likely to be a major determinant of fetal risk. However, due to a lack of data relating to the teratogenicity of chlorine, it is not currently possible to state that an absence of maternal toxicity excludes the possibility of adverse effects on the developing fetus. Treatment should be as for the non-pregnant patient and is largely supportive.
Exposure to chlorine at any stage of pregnancy would not usually be regarded as medical grounds for termination of pregnancy or any additional fetal monitoring. However, other risk factors may be present in individual cases which may independently increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome. Clinicians are reminded of the importance of consideration of such factors when performing case-specific risk assessments.
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Craving the Smell of Chlorine While Pregnant (Is it Safe?)
While pregnant, cravings for food, drinks, and different combinations can start as early as the first trimester and can intensify in the second. Can these cravings include smells – specifically the smell of chlorine?
While craving the smell of chlorine is not uncommon, pregnant women should be careful to limit exposure to high concentrations of chemical solvents. While it is generally considered safe to continue cleaning with Clorox and visiting swimming pools while pregnant, you should avoid intensive huffing, and non-food items should not be consumed.
Keep reading for more information about why you might crave the smell of chlorine while pregnant, and what it means.
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Why do pregnant women crave the smell of chlorine?During pregnancy, you will experience a lot of changes, both physical and mental. For instance, your senses of taste and smell will change, and you may start to experience intense aversions or cravings for both foods and smell.
Some women crave the smell of chlorine – whether in the form of pool water or Clorox bleach – while pregnant. While some women on pregnancy forums claim they like the bleach smell for its connections to cleanliness and associate it with nesting, there is also speculation that cravings for non-food items are related to pica and a sign of a nutritional deficiency.
Women have been noted to crave soap, sand, detergent, ice, and other substances in addition to food. However, if you find yourself craving non-food items that are toxic or hazardous (which chlorine can be in large concentrations), you should share these feelings with your doctor.
Is it normal to crave smells during pregnancy?Cravings are absolutely normal during pregnancy. If you were to do a search online, you will find an abundance of results on edible women’s cravings. What about smells?
The craving or need to smell certain things is called olfactory craving. While food cravings are certainly more common and publically discussed, many women find themselves craving certain scents while pregnant.
It’s not surprising that taste and scent cravings might overlap given how interrelated the two senses are – just be careful if you find yourself craving items that could cause potential negative effects for you or your baby.
What is pica and can it cause olfactory cravings?Not all cravings are safe and when pregnant you want to consume things of nutritional value that are beneficial to the development of the baby and are good for the mother.
Pica is a craving to eat non-food substances and is somewhat common during pregnancy. Oftentimes it is linked to an iron or mineral deficiency. Another form that causes olfactory cravings is called desiderosmia. This is the craving to smell non-food items such as chemicals, solvents, and other materials.
Desiderosmia doesn’t always occur together with pica or an iron deficiency. More studies are needed to determine its other causes.
What happens if you inhale chlorine while pregnant?The increased sense of smell will either have pregnant women feeling repulsed by certain scents or in love.
What if the scent you love is chlorine?
Harmful exposure to chlorine can cause damage to the lungs, in addition to the other symptoms (irritated eyes and/or skin, coughing, wheezing) from inhalation.
Pregnant women are generally advised that it is safe to continue to clean as long as there is proper ventilation, however, the APA does recommend avoiding spray or aerosol cleaners when possible due to the potential asthma risk for the baby.
When it comes to swimming, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology lists swimming as one of the recommended exercises for pregnant women – just don’t drink the water!
Can the smell of chlorine harm the fetus?With an ongoing list of dos and don’ts, it can be difficult to discern that is and isn’t safe for mother and baby. Where does chlorine fit in?
Chlorine does have the potential to be harmful. However, if being used in moderation as intended, and as expressed by the manufacturer and your physician you can proceed as usual.
However, when abused as an inhalant, chlorine becomes harmful to both mother and baby.
Maternal exposure to solvents, such as chlorine, could increase your risk of:
- miscarriage
- stillbirth
- preterm birth
- low birth weight
- birth defect
If you have any concerns about your potential exposure, it is always best to discuss the question with your healthcare professional.
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were on vacation with their families. Periodically, they called the grandmother who refused to go with us. She has been out of touch since Thursday. on Friday sent to her mother-in-law. she went, looked around the neighbors, called, knocked on the apartment - silence. in the window, however, she saw a faint light. on Saturday we rushed. opened the apartment with the precinct. grandmother lay on the floor with a stroke or heart attack. was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Grandma died in the hospital. it’s good that after lying for two days, she only wrote for herself. but the smell is still the same. yesterday I had to scrub the apartment with domestos, because there is no one else. I tried to take breaks, but I still breathed. nine0176 today came for an ultrasound of the 2nd trimester for a consultation. the doctor started looking and sent me away, saying that I was bullying the child by cleaning. ordered to drink chimes and lemontar today and come back tomorrow. She said that the child was squatting, and nothing was visible.
here at whom - a thread so was?
that I will definitely go for an ultrasound somewhere else, that's for sure. I'm wondering how much I could harm re by inhaling bleach...
and tomorrow I still have to go to the cemetery...
in general, give me some thoughts, pliz...
nothing will happen, don't overthink yourself, calm down!
thank you. I just had to wash the bath 4 times without diluting (( + kitchen and room. The smell was already in my nose. And the doctor also said that you can’t see anything. Even though I saw Sat, it’s good
Accept my condolences (( (
According to the subject, did you yourself tell the doctor that you breathed bleach or did she determine it by ultrasound??? -17 nine0003
condolences.
according to the subject - do not worry, the concentration of chlorine is not there to harm the baby.
nothing will happen
the author, condolences to the loss.
on topic - I hope everything goes well for you. and for the future, if you are worried, buy a construction mask - I am in this now all the plumbing in my house.
thank you all. calmed down a bit.
signed up for a 3D ultrasound on Friday. in consultation, it turns out, the usual.
Do not worry - there will be no harm, I have been thoroughly cleaning with detergents throughout my pregnancy (35 weeks), I always wash the floors with whiteness, there is also enough bleach, and I pick in the garden, and canning jars, I still work, I drive a car - in general, I do everything that is not recommended for pregnant women - and everything is fine !!! Your pregnancy in your head, first of all, less negative thoughts and everything is good luck to you! nine0003
drink valerian and milk)) and most importantly - take care of your nerves - it's much more dangerous than the smell of bleach.
We drink so much bleach with water that washing the floor once with Domestos is no longer so scary against the general background!
yes, not quite washing) crawling with a brush on your haunches and rubbing it on the floor, watered with domestos + triple treatment of a small bathroom, followed by scrubbing. while the walls of the bath, well, a maximum of 30 cm from the nose were.
By the way, the next day after these exercises, I had to go to the 2nd screening, however, to the consultation. came to the ultrasound, but the doctor could not see anything, kr sat. said the child shrank, squats, hypoxia, and so on. I don't know if it's from the chlorine nine0003
Maybe from your worries. Now you are obliged to rehabilitate yourself in front of the baby and go breathe clean air in the park (if possible) and calm your nerves.
Everything will be fine!
I had this during my second pregnancy (grandmother is only alive to this day, ttt), I cleaned it, because there was no way out, the period was approximately yours, everything is ok.
Condolences to you!
It can shrink from both fear and nerves. A funeral is not the most pleasant event for you and the baby feels it. In addition, no matter what anyone says about the harmlessness of ultrasound, but the children feel the sensor very sensitively! And not everyone likes to see a doctor. To calm down, you can drink milk and green tea - they remove toxins. Be careful with tea, if your legs start to cramp, then this is from him. For the future: there are disinfectant solutions without bleach, for example, BOS plus or special Chikkovsky for cold sterilization of bottles, etc. items http://www.baby-country.ru/search.php?query_t=%E6%E8%E4%EA%EE%F1%F2%FC+%E4%EB%FF+%F1%F2%E5%F0% E8%EB%E8%E7%E0%F6%E8%E8&manufacturer=all&price_min=&price_max=&start_search= : children's clothes can't be washed and ironed, you'll have to wipe something with them. nine0003
thank you.
had to domestos to beat off the smell. though she didn't go under herself in a big way, but in a small way, while she was lying
Be strong, take care of your nerves.
