All I did was scrub a tub for 20 minutes?!

spring524

I'm 6 weeks 3 days and my hubs has been awesome about keeping up with the housework so I don't have to.  I've been tired and nauseated, but nothing super extreme.  This morning I got up to go take a shower to see if that might help settle my stomach and realized how nasty it was. I poured in some Bar Keeper's Friend and scrubbed. The used Softscrub and scrubbed, then sprayed it with bleach and opened a window....and basically started gasping.  I walked out and basically fell on the couch, I was burning up, my heart was pounding, I was dizzy.  I ate some carbs and felt a little better, but I...am...wiped.  Still dizzy and feeling a little weak. 

Is this all from scrubbing a tub for 20 min?  Has anyone had something like this happen?  I'll be avoiding chemicals from here out, but I didnt think the fumes were very strong until I got to the bleach and immediately opened a window like I normally do.  Our whole day is pretty shot at this point, I'm a little freaked out by how drastic this was.  No cramps or bleeding though. Thanks in advance.

holly321

spring524 said:

I'm 6 weeks 3 days and my hubs has been awesome about keeping up with the housework so I don't have to.  I've been tired and nauseated, but nothing super extreme.  This morning I got up to go take a shower to see if that might help settle my stomach and realized how nasty it was. I poured in some Bar Keeper's Friend and scrubbed. The used Softscrub and scrubbed, then sprayed it with bleach and opened a window....and basically started gasping.  I walked out and basically fell on the couch, I was burning up, my heart was pounding, I was dizzy.  I ate some carbs and felt a little better, but I...am...wiped.  Still dizzy and feeling a little weak. 

Is this all from scrubbing a tub for 20 min?  Has anyone had something like this happen?  I'll be avoiding chemicals from here out, but I didnt think the fumes were very strong until I got to the bleach and immediately opened a window like I normally do.  Our whole day is pretty shot at this point, I'm a little freaked out by how drastic this was.  No cramps or bleeding though. Thanks in advance.

You probably had a reaction to mixing chemicals, and it had absolutely nothing to do with pregnancy.   You may want to call poison control or a doctor.

spring524

Thank you, but I didn't actually mix them, I just do it in stages, rinsing after each.  We have an old house with the original cast iron tub that's due for a refinishing, so it's a nightmare to clean.  I've done this many times before without adverse reactions.