Painting while pregnant...

masterdre · March 2014

I am 5 weeks preggers. I found out last Monday 3/17. The weekend before I took the test I painted my entire kitchen and was also working on refurnishing an old wood table. I sanded, and then used stain to re-do the entire table. I did not wear a mask and no gloves

I also had pizza and beer while completing this project - all weekend long!

I'm worried sick that this will impact my baby.... help?

MrsAdventure · March 2014

Unfortunately, there is no way to tell so early. There are women who drink and smoke all through their pregnancy and there babies are healthy. There are those who have problems. Tell you doctor about your concerns at your first appointment and be safe from now on. Most importantly, don't beat yourself up. Ideally, we'd all stop the bad habits and pop the folic acid before getting pregnant, but it's not realistic. Plenty of women do things that are not 'pregnancy approved' before they know. I drink maybe four or five times a year tops. But my first pregnancy, I drank a beer four or five days in a row on a particularly hot week in the summer. For now, cut yourself some slack, you didn't know.

angeltennis3 · March 2014

you are absolutely fine. that early in pregnancy the placenta is still developing so your baby hasn't even began to pull nutrients from your body.

awc1986 · March 2014

The weekend before I got my BFP (4w4d) I'd been drinking wine and champagne at a wedding all weekend. I also just painted LO's nursery 2 weekends in a row. My baby is fine. I'm assuming you were in a ventilated area anyway, unless you're stupid and wanted to pass out.

I don't get the pizza thing. I've been eating pizza weekly since I could stomach it again at 20 weeks.

You're fine and your baby is fine.

tealowl · March 2014

Mmm...pizza and beer.

OP, don't fret! You'll be fine.

I'm 22 weeks, and I've got some painting projects coming up that I'll be doing. I'm just waiting for warmer weather so I can open up my windows and have a fan going just to circulate the air more.

masterdre · March 2014

Thanks everyone. You have already made me feel better

I was only worried about the pizza because I have read you are not suppose to eat or drink in the same room you paint in... and I def did. Hopefully everything will be fine

sparklingwhit · March 2014

Ya, I drank a bottle of red the night before I found out I was pregnant.

I would not worry about painting because the vast majority of paint is VOC free these days and not harmful to baby. I painted my kitchen the weekend after I found out.

Either way, nothing you did is going to harm your baby.

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