Technology near your tummy

Knottie46309505 · October 2015

Anyone feeling conscious of your phone or laptop near your belly? I've read it affects men's fertility so I'm trying to be careful. whattoexect.com says it shouldn't be a concern.
Otherwise, I'm 18 weeks, feeling wonderful little movements in there and so excited to find out the gender and have a reveal party this week. What an amazing time!

ecwk · October 2015

I don't keep technology that near my tummy anyway....

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12625698/question-thread-stupid-or-not-just-ask-away#latest

llybeck · October 2015

Well the issue with laptops and sperm count would be attributed to the heat the laptop puts out. It's mixed if that's even true, especially since most newer laptops don't get hot enough to cause an issue and it would have to be such an extended amount of time. Heat from a laptop on your lap isn't going to hurt your fetus either nor is there any "radiation" or anything else to worry about. There is nothing to worry about. But I'm not sure I'm going to convince you if you've already read articles and you are still worried.

oceanchild · October 2015

I had a friend that during my last pregnancy was constantly taking my phone off my belly (or out of my hand if I was holding it there) and moving it 3 feet away. Granted, I know she was doing it out of love but OMfreakingGosh it was annoying!! The sun emits more radiation than my phone/microwave etc. She did the same thing with her phone and her infant, and when her baby was crawling/walking she wouldn't let her come within 5 feet of the computer/tv. She also wouldn't talk on the phone for more than a a couple minutes of she was holding the baby.
We aren't friends anymore. Not just bc of that though.

RosyK · October 2015

I don't worry about the laptop. I do try to keep my phone away from my belly when I think of it, but it's often in my pocket, so that may be just as damaging, if they are damaging.

Katherine8908 · October 2015

No .. Aren't there enough much more important things to worry about than your phone or computer near your belly ??

irenewslee · October 2015

I remember with the last pregnancy and especially during the last trimester, my belly was like a portable table where I rested my hands comfortably on the belly while playing candy crush, or watching youtube videos. My hubby asked me about the radiation and I'm pretty sure I told him it's only against her butt; her head is towards the "entry" way.

kynbar5 · October 2015

It hasn't done any harm to the previous 5 so I'm gonna stick with it being okay. Also, like @irenewslee I use my belly for a "table" too lol and I've got no shame in that!

kyraaD · October 2015

i dont have a laptop/computer so i dont have to worrt about that. i keep my cell phone away from my belly tho. it's been proven that they emit radiation & is a possible cause for my stepdad getting brain cancer so early in life. I'm not taking any chances!

kynbar5 · October 2015

This is going to sound super smart ass-y so I'm sorry in advance but for those that don't keep the phone by their bellies- Do you also not hold it to your own ear to talk on it?

ceds07 · October 2015

Ultrasounds emit way more radiation than a phone. If you're genuinely concerned you should probably take that into consideration too.

Parker16772 · October 2015

Honestly this never even crossed my mind. Too much other crap to worry about.

beeybeey · November 2015

I use my belly as a rest to prop up my phone while I use it

Vova · November 2015

All of these sound like personal opinions. Doesn't sound like scientific facts.

I always had my phone next to belly. I even put phone on belly when I turned on Pandora for baby. But then my hands started hurting from the sound waves emitting from the phone (I'm a very sensitive person and very intuitive). So that was a scare for me. And now I refrain from putting my phone on the belly at every chance I get. :-S

ecwk · November 2015

Vova said:
All of these sound like personal opinions. Doesn't sound like scientific facts.

I always had my phone next to belly. I even put phone on belly when I turned on Pandora for baby. But then my hands started hurting from the sound waves emitting from the phone (I'm a very sensitive person and very intuitive). So that was a scare for me. And now I refrain from putting my phone on the belly at every chance I get. :-S

Your hands started hurting from the sound waves emitted from the phone?! Seriously?!

MrsLeanMeanClean · November 2015

ecwk said:

All of these sound like personal opinions. Doesn't sound like scientific facts. I always had my phone next to belly. I even put phone on belly when I turned on Pandora for baby. But then my hands started hurting from the sound waves emitting from the phone (I'm a very sensitive person and very intuitive). So that was a scare for me. And now I refrain from putting my phone on the belly at every chance I get. :-S
Your hands started hurting from the sound waves emitted from the phone?! Seriously?!

Science speaking here... phones are not at a high enough decibel sound wise to hurt your baby.... seriously they are underwater if you need a diagram I will go further into it. ALso the other types of waves are NOT dangerous and travel well enough hat having it by your belly and by your ear doesn't make a difference. Just to clarify phones emit sound and EM waves which do have differences but its not like either are gamma rays and going to give you a baby hulk

bntfroggie · November 2015

Vova said:

All of these sound like personal opinions. Doesn't sound like scientific facts. I always had my phone next to belly. I even put phone on belly when I turned on Pandora for baby. But then my hands started hurting from the sound waves emitting from the phone (I'm a very sensitive person and very intuitive). So that was a scare for me. And now I refrain from putting my phone on the belly at every chance I get. :-S

Isn't your statement an opinion as well?

kfarr26 · November 2015

Count me as a weirdo, but I don't hold my phone near my stomach "just in case" there could be an issue. I also don't hold it up to my ear 99% of the time. Speaker phone is my friend. Again...just in case. Honestly, even if there was real reason to be concerned, I don't use my phone enough for it to be an issue, I'm sure.

There was a story about a 21 year old girl that was diagnosed with breast cancer. They had questions about whether it was related to her cell phone because she kept her phone in her bra strap against her skin all the time. She claimed she couldn't hear the pings or feel the vibrate in her purse or pocket or something. Anyway, she was one of those constantly sending and receiving thousands of texts a month and always on her phone...made me a bit more paranoid than I had even been before.

Nothing scientific, though, just one of my quirks.

kynbar5 · November 2015

Hit a little nerve with the breast cancer. I seriously, seriously doubt it has anything to do with cell phones. I've done tons and tons of research into breast cancer as my grandmother died of it along with a very close family friend. Cancer also runs in my family. I had my 1st lumpectomy when I was 19. I've never carried my phone in my bra and I know for a fact my grandmother didn't but then again, back then cell phones were hardly a popular item. I think of cell phones were actually that solidly linked to any cancer or problems with pregnancy there would be warnings about them. Like, "along with no deli you should abstain from cell phone usage". Just my opinion.

skruhmin · November 2015

It's definitely a personal preference thing - do what you feel comfortable with. If it gives you peace of mind to keep your cell phone away from your belly then do it. Same with not standing in front of the microwave if that helps you sleep at night.

Vova · November 2015

Yes my statement is an opinion as well.

And I did massage therapy before I became pregnant. So I feel the energy levels below the surface that are normally not felt to an average person. Yes might sound like weird stuff to a normal person. But if I was talking to a group of people from the massage world they would know exactly what I mean.

Vova · November 2015

Oh and also I do not work like most of you on here. Don't have a vehicle (live in the middle of no where, vehicle dependent area). So most of my days I spend in bed with my phone in my hands. So most of you might not even use your phones as much as I do to feel the effects. Hold my phone in my hands for 18 hours a day. And definitely feel the difference between when I have sound coming out of the Lil speaker or not.

soxfan9968 · November 2015

We don't work? Could have sworn a good portion of us do.

kynbar5 · November 2015

Sigh... Am I on the 1st tri board right now? I hear a lot of that whole "super in tune" with my body and "uber aware" but yes, I guess I'm just a "normal" person (normal doesn't exist btw) like post of the population. Also, I don't care how many hours a day anyone holds their phone, the only thing you may feel is carpel tunel. Most teenagers are on their phone more than anything else and I've never heard of anyone saying they can "feel sound waves". But again, I'm just a "normal" norma.

Vova · November 2015

Sorry ment to say I don't work ,like most of you on here do work. My brain is working faster then I'm typing.

And dang look at all the pregnancy hormones jumping. I just shared my own personal experience did not expect to be jumped and judged like so.

Maybe this belongs in the unpopular opinion.

flowerpower5838 · November 2015

I'd say being able to feel the waves your phone omits is at the very least an UO, borderline more similar with seeing UFOs and Bigfoot.

FWIW I am attached to my phone BECAUSE of work nearly all weekday hours (24/5?) and I think you sound a little more hippy dippy than most eccentric people I know - which is a lot.

Vova · November 2015

What's wrong with being hippie?

flowerpower5838 · November 2015

Vova said:
What's wrong with being hippie?

Absolutely nothing as long as you're still in touch with reality.

Vova · November 2015

Well thank you.

kfarr26 · November 2015

kynbar5 said:
Hit a little nerve with the breast cancer. I seriously, seriously doubt it has anything to do with cell phones. I've done tons and tons of research into breast cancer as my grandmother died of it along with a very close family friend. Cancer also runs in my family. I had my 1st lumpectomy when I was 19. I've never carried my phone in my bra and I know for a fact my grandmother didn't but then again, back then cell phones were hardly a popular item. I think of cell phones were actually that solidly linked to any cancer or problems with pregnancy there would be warnings about them. Like, "along with no deli you should abstain from cell phone usage". Just my opinion.

I totally get the hit nerve, and I definitely wasn't intending for anyone to take that one story as much more than it was. One story.

My dad passed away when I was 19 from pancreatic cancer but survived malignant melanoma before I was born. I have other family members who have had lymphoma and breast cancer, as well, and I personally was terrified earlier this year that a large ovarian cyst could be cancerous - it wasn't, thank goodness. The affect of cancer is something very near and dear to my heart, as well, so I do apologize for hitting that nerve.

The girl I was referring to had no family history of breast cancer, so it was just something odd enough to stick with me. I'm definitely not making a sweeping claim on the cause of cancer by mentioning it. Just explaining, in part, where my paranoia is coming from on the cell phone thing.

soxfan9968 · November 2015

I don't pay too much attention to "odd" causes of cancer. I think it's a bi+€# of a disease that sometimes appears to strike for no rational reason. My grandfather died of lung cancer and never smoked a day in his life. Never was exposed to cancer causing chemicals and we have no family history of cancer. I'm not about to blame it on a cell phone or any other object without further scientific evidence.

Vova · November 2015

Causes are all different. The whys and how's of the cause is not as important as to being there for the person going through a difficult time!

soxfan9968 · November 2015

Vova said:
Causes are all different. The whys and how's of the cause is not as important as to being there for the person going through a difficult time!

Huh? This thread is about side effects of technology. I'm confused as to what supporting someone who has cancer has to do with it?

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