Sunbeds!....Sunbathing!
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Topic: Sunbeds!....Sunbathing!
Posted By: Kelpa
Subject: Sunbeds!....Sunbathing!
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 4:30pm
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Have you or anyone you know been on a sunbed or put their bellies out for a good tan while pregnant? -------------  
 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 4:30pm
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I feel like going to Fiji for a week and lying in the sun! -------------
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 4:33pm
I haven't...I think I'd be really worried about over-heating espcially on a sunbed. I get hot enough on them at the best of times!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 4:35pm
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I used a sunbed a few times when I was about 6 weeks pregnant and sunbathed at about 7 weeks for a week in the gold coast, but i didnt even think to ask about it at the time...hopfully it is harmless...? ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 4:59pm
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I wont trust a sunbed...not that I need it...I am olive/brownish naturally!!! He he ha ha ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 5:21pm
I used to use a sunbed - for emergencies only (feeling pasty before a girls night out lol) and there was a sign saying that you shouldn't go on the sunbeds when preggy (didn't say why though). I'm so pale right now I'm sure I'm glowing, but for the wrong reasons!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 5:27pm
hmmmm you would think taht the place I went to would have said teh same thing...oohhh now I am a bit worried? Do you think it woudl have done much damage with having a couple of goes at about 6 weeks...? ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 6:01pm
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ummm i used to topless sunbathe when i was pregnant with Alyssa. Now I am very self concious about my saggy baggy and not to mention rolly polly body that i dont. But used to love going to the beach and going topless and swimming, great when your preggers. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 6:56pm
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I think it is mainly the over heating thing that is the worry? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 8:27pm
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I'd avoid tanning purely because my skin was so stretched that I didn't want to dry it out and cause any more damage!!!! That's juts my personal hang up though...
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 9:12am
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Some thing about the rays that could harm the baby I think.....may be I should do a search
"Some authorities are studying a potential connection between neural tube defects and ultraviolet radiation. They site evidence that shows that the radiation breaks down folate and puts preconceptional and early pregnant women at higher risk for giving birth to a baby with spinal bifida or other types of neural tube defects. One such article, published in 1999 by Jablonski in Medical Hypothesis, concluded that "intense or prolonged periconceptual exposure of women to UV light for recreational or therapeutic reasons should be avoided." "There have been no controlled studies of the direct effects of tanning or tanning beds on pregnant women or their unborn child. In view of the evidence of damage from ultraviolet radiation to the skin of the mother, however, it makes sense to me to avoid this type of activity for the duration of pregnancy." Found this on net ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 9:14am
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Mrs Frantic please dont stress...I am sure your bub is fine! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 9:51am
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thanks Roksana! Isnt it funny how all these little things we take for granted suddenly become these huge big dangerous causes for concern?!?! Anyway it is done now, so I just have to put it out of my mind, but I am a it peeved that the place I went to didnt even display a sign or anythign saying that it MIGHT be dangerous, if I had seen that I would never have done it!
Anyway thanks, I wont stress about it...too much lol! ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 10:05am
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I had a friend who had a x ray done ...and one week later she found out that she was 10 weeks pregnant. They say X ray is the worse thing for pregnancy. And yet her daughter is fine and healthy!
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 10:42am
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If we're talking about what NOT to do in early pregnancy, while unknowingly pregnant with Kiya I:
- at approx 8 weeks went on a week-long trip around the South Island with my boyfriend, which was basically one long party! - at approx 12 weeks wrote off a car (I walked away shaken, but with nothing worse than deep tissue bruises from my seatbelt) - at approx 14 weeks had minor surgery to remove a benign breast lump, involving being under general anestetic for 1 hour and on major painkillers for 5 days Kiya is fine! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 10:54am
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Wow Becca just goes to show how strong our little babies really are - all those thigns they say are dangerous and yet your little one is fine - it's probably just one of those things, if your kiddy is meant to be fine it will be fine, just fate I guess? ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 11:00am
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All I know is after all I put her through for the first half of the pregancy, until I actually found out I was pregnant, Kiya is one very loved girl! She was definitly meant to be born. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |