Did you paint your home at all during your pregnancy?

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I am 25 weeks. We are putting our house up for sale soon so we had to paint a couple rooms. Most of the painting was done by my boyfriend and my mother while I sat in another room with occasionally entering the room they were painting for short periods of time. Windows stayed closed because of it being winter but a fan was blowing in the room. The following day I went in and painted the trim and windowsills myself taking precautions to wear gloves and long sleeve shirt. Was this a bad idea?

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Your question has 2 answers. Yes, it’s ok to paint while your pregnant. No, it was not a bad idea.

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You should be fine so long as it’s water based paint and not oil based paint

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I did a little painting but I wore a mask. But I made my boyfriend do most of it. He pretty much painted all of our sons room I just did some trim work

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My husband n I painted our room n I was painting furniture pretty much my entire pregnancy. As long as u were in a well ventilated area than u n baby r fine

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We painted our living room and the nursery while I was pregnant. One early in pregnancy and one later. I didn’t do any painting but I was in the house while it was painted. I also helped my mom paint some of the nursery furniture my dad built. No troubles! We just made sure we were in a ventilated area or kept windows and doors open.

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I’m letting my husband and FIL take care of that! Haha!

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I painted both girls’ rooms, our master, and the living room (we bought and renovated our house at 36 weeks...). My doctor said it was totally ok! I wore a mask when we had stains, spray paint, and sanding, but not for painting.

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Most paint these days is low VOC or zero VOC. We just painted our master bathroom, bedroom, and hallway with Benjamin Moore Aura paint, which is zero VOC. They also have the Benjamin Moore Natura paint, which is even more natural and it’s what we used in the nursery and in my son’s “big boy” room.

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When we were expecting our first baby, my husband and I painted the nursery together. We made sure the room was well ventilated and my husband also bought the paint that isn’t supposed to be harmful. I also wore a face mask to be sure and took time out of the room while my hubby worked hard to get it all done. Just be extra cautious :)

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Yes! But I had the special paint