Dying hair while pregnant

Thanks for that advice - I was actually wondering whether it was safe to do so too - can't go a whole 9 months without dying my hair!

I dyed my hair about 2 weeks ago and im still all good hehe

Thank goodness!! I have regrowth for Africa at the moment (no, really... I AM a natural blonde ) I've booked in for a full day's beauty treatment on my first day off from work. Gonna get my hair done, legs waxed, bikini line, facial and then a massage..... mmmmmmmmmmmmm - can't wait!!

I have always dyed my hair while preggers but after reading past posts I asked my specialist yesterday and he said "go for it" as he said we all need a boost while pregnant and who wants to walk around with half grey and half dyed hair

Surely hair dye cant cause cleft? As i understood it it is something that just happened and wasnt caused by anything a mother actually did or did not do?
Now you have me a little paranoid, I dyed my hair at 6 weeks cos i didnt know at that stage...hope it has no developmental effects...?

Yes but they can also be enviromental, not all clefts are genetic, in fact they say they are not heriditary you just have an increased chance if they are in your family, which in my case they arent so it was more than likely something enviromental and there are some drugs taht are linked to clefts as well as a folic acid deficincy. I know the chances that was the hair dye are next to nothing but its just something that i remembered doing at the time they develope. As it was explained to me once its like throwing a deck of cards in the air and the slim chance they fall the right way for a cleft. Just cant bring myself to dye my hair before 12 weeks now but thats just a hang up I have so dont worry Mrs Frantic

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i knew of girls who were pregnant and working at the hairdressers at the same time,around the chemicals getting there hair done regularly etc and there bubs were fine

i say if u wanna dye >..go ahead and dye lol

Ive got an appointment for tomorrow to get some highlights and a trim. Yay!!!! Cant wait. I was hesitant about it because my midwife told me not too but after reading these Im like YAY!!!!! The hairdresser also told me it should be ok.

Cool

Ok Im NOT saying that dying your hair will cause a cleft or anything else just thats what happened to me put me off dying my hair before 12 weeks. Same thing like with that nose spray that everyone was talking about a few weeks ago, I was told not to take that before 6 weeks and preferably later, used it at about 5weeks 5 days or something and then later found out that my babies had stopped developing at around 6 weeks. I know both these are 99.9% coincidence but I just like to be careful now. I was also told that hair dye is absorbed, which when you think about it makes sense and if it was in any other form such as a drug or spray we would not use those chemicals before 12 weeks. If cough syrup is bad then surely hair dye cant be great either. Does all that make sense?

I was told (by midwife and my hairdresser) that as long as you are in a well ventilated area while having your air done, it is fine?
I dyed mine...