painting..?

Just wondering if it is a real no-no to paint while pg? I really want to paint the baby room tonight, i got the paint and everythign. DH is away and I know it will take aaaggggeees for him to get around to it cos he has been so busy and tired lately. It is a really small room, and I would open all the windows wide for fresh air... I know some people say you shoudlnt paint when pg cos of the fumes or something but I really REALLY would love to get this done tonight, I really would!
What do you guys think - is it really a bad bad thing to do...?

Lots of air, try and use water rather than oil based paint and take lots of breaks.....oh, and our place could do with a new coat when you're done.

Thanks to DH wonderful brainwave to revamp the rental while its empty Im priming and painting 3 bedrooms and a lounge atm .. with waterbase paint ... doors and windows open ... no fumes really ... cant see it doing any harm :)

when i was preggers with jack i did alot of painting for our new place, basically the whole house and he turned out ok.....a bit loopy but otherwise normal
i've just painted jack's new room a few weeks ago and am waiting on DH to put the primer in our new room (stinky stuff!) and then i'll be painting that
so my ramble is basically to agree with the other ladies

Edited by jacks mum

lol Suzie!

I say "go for it". Good on you!!!

LOL, SuziE - sounds like your DH and mine think veeeery much along the same lines!  I found myself painting the interior of a house during this pregnancy (oh not OURS, no, that's still got lovely plaster walls!  Ha ha).  And those little black bugs - what is up with that?!?  I thought insects should hate the smell of paint, but noooo. 

Using acrylic paint seemed OK to me.  But I did have trouble with working looking up, hands up in the air pushing the roller high up the wall - didn't go down well with being up the duff... I was soon seeing stars (and as it turned out, NOT seeing the bubbles I'd left in the paint because those lovely pretty stars were getting in the way!) and did a pretty, ahem... unique job of it!  I quickly got to the point where I refused to climb a ladder to do the top edges (having recently fallen over nothing - oh how embarrassing!) or crouch low to do the very bottom ones.  So Frantic, I say good on you for getting the whole room done - go you good thing, go!