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Grill
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Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
Is there anything I need to know? Precautions? Aeration? Special Paint? etc. I will need to paint over 1500sq ft of wall space in a few months after the dormer is built, but heard that pregnant women shouldn't participate?????
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Posted 4/15/09 7:30 PM  |
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butterfly20
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
people claim its fine if well ventilated...
for piece of mind dh is painting by himself and bought the "no voc" paint- less fumes
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| Posted 4/15/09 7:48 PM |
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Lillykat
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
My OB said no unless it is the no voc paints. Benjamin moore sells a zero voc paint called Natura.
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| Posted 4/15/09 7:53 PM |
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Mommy2Boys
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
My dr. gave me the ok and I painted my dining room and DS's nursery when I was pregnant with him and he is fine. Just make sure it is well ventilated.
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| Posted 4/15/09 9:16 PM |
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HomeIsWithU
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
My doctor told me it was fine as long as we opened the windows to ventilate the room well.
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| Posted 4/15/09 9:17 PM |
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Reese1106
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
When DH painted DS's room with my first pregnancy, he did so when I wasn't home and made sure the house was well ventilated. This was based on the advice of my doctor.
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| Posted 4/15/09 9:46 PM |
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
DH used BM's Aura Paint and made sure the windows were open. I stayed clear of the room as much as I could though, I feel like since I've been pregnant I have a smell hyper-sensitivity.
I'm bad though, I didn't clear with my doctor about painting, but I wasn't actually doing it. 
Message edited 4/16/2009 5:32:46 AM.
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| Posted 4/16/09 5:29 AM |
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Kissy331
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
DH & his brother just painted the entire downstairs of our home last weekend. To be on the safe side, I stayed out of the house & only came home when they were done. They made sure they ventilated the house while painting so when I got home, I could not smell a thing.
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| Posted 4/16/09 6:43 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
"Regular" paint off-gasses for up to a year. BM's Aura paint is "very low VOC", even though they can claim "zero VOC". The government allows "zero VOC" paints to have VOCs in the colorants.
The "very low" VOC paints are still good, though.
I used http://www.mythicpaint.com/ It's one of the few paints that is 100% zero VOCs. It's $$, though.
IMO, doctors are good at medicine. They aren't paint experts. I personally wouldn't be OK with using toxic paint and just keeping the windows open while I was painting. Especially for the nursery.
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| Posted 4/16/09 7:31 AM |
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Leeners
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
I painted DS's room (was doing stripes and didn't trust DH to do it properly  ) and had no problem. We did use BM Aura paint, though more for the coverage and quick dry than for all the VOC issues.
Go by your comfort level. If you don't want to paint, this is a great excuse to get out of it  But if you do and are comfortable doing so, keep the windows open and take breaks when you get tired.
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| Posted 4/16/09 7:36 AM |
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sfp0701
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
I bought the Low VOC paint and kept the air really well ventilated.
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Collyflower
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
Posted by HomeIsWithU
My doctor told me it was fine as long as we opened the windows to ventilate the room well.
My doctor told me the same.
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MrsRbk
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
We had our entire interior painted when I was pregnant, and DD is fine. Just make sure the house is well ventilated.
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| Posted 4/16/09 8:52 AM |
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MrsPowers
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
We used no VOC paint to paint the baby's room. It was fine.
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nov04libride
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
Posted by Collyflower
Posted by HomeIsWithU
My doctor told me it was fine as long as we opened the windows to ventilate the room well.
My doctor told me the same.
Mine too. We're closing on our house next week and I am going to help paint the entire thing. Don't know how much help I will be at 33 weeks, but I want to try!
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| Posted 4/16/09 9:47 AM |
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Gina674
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
Posted by Lillykat
My OB said no unless it is the no voc paints. Benjamin moore sells a zero voc paint called Natura.
I bought this. It was $54 per gallon! 
I thought DH was going to KILL me! But b/c it was a safe paint and it went on reallly well, he was ok with it! Whew!!!
Oh.. Yeah.. I also bought 3 of them!!!
 
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| Posted 4/16/09 10:59 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
I painted my entire dining and living room along with the nursery when I pregnant. I kept all the windows open and I took breaks. Baby was perfectly fine! 
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Re: Painting the Inside of Your Home and Pregnancy
Posted by jellybean1420
My dr. gave me the ok and I painted my dining room and DS's nursery when I was pregnant with him and he is fine. Just make sure it is well ventilated.
Same here - and used regular paint!
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