Stupid stupid stupid - paint and white spirit.

[HoneyMum21]

Need advice/reassurace - i'm 22 weeks and DH was decorating in our new house today and i went to help. Room was well ventilated so i'm not too worried about the paint fumes, but without thinking i cleaned my hands with white spirit. Now i'm having stomach/lower back pain which i know are probably totally unrelated but i need some reassurance. The white spirit won't have done anything, will it?

Absolutely not. Skin is really good at keeping our insides in and the outside out and I very much doubt inhaling a tiny fractional wee smidge of alcohol vapour can do you any harm at all.

Stress on the other hand is NOT GOOD. Sit down, get your feet up and try and relax.

It's probably because you're freaking out :) The white spirit won't have done any damage at all, relax.

Thank you both :)

White spirit wasn't on the list Occ Health were bothered about in either of my pregnancies, so I continued to work in labs where it was used (under ventilation).

Grumpla has the best advice - sit down, feet up and relax.