pregnancy safe cleaning

[peeapod]

just that really. what have people been using for cleaning during pregnancy to avoid bleach and other such things..

kitchen and bathrooms gettig me down and i just cant get them clean with soap n water..

I've carried on as normal, wouldn't have thought in a normal house you would be doing it often enough or using stuff excessively enough to make any difference!

Why must you avoid bleach? I never changed anything!

Rubber gloves?

Just carry on as normal.

As long as you're not drinking the stuff, you can still have clean bathrooms!

Maybe try sodium bicarb and vinegar which are fairly innocuous. I use bicarb on the top of our oven where it gets greasy, and it cleans it up quite nicely (make a paste, spread over nasty bits, leave for a hour-ish keeping it damp, scrub off.) I still use normal cleaner though, and have been absolutely OK. If you want to set your mind at rest, open a window and and use rubber gloves - I think that would stop you getting the worst of it.

I've not really used anything different. Use thick rubber gloves and make sure whichever room you are cleaning us very well ventilated etc., wash hands afterwards. I think as long as you are sensible there I'd nothing to worry about.

Sorry about poor spelling/grammar on my last post (must proof read before posting!)

You can get more 'natural' stuff like Ecover. But from what I've read it really shouldn't make a huge difference if you can keep ventilated and aren't swigging from the bottle. As far as I'm aware bleach is fine to use.

There are certain bits we're advised to stay away from like drain cleaner and oven cleaner, though (that said, I had a midwife tell me any commercially available cleaners were probably fine).

Carried on as normal!

Just to add: during my first pregnancy, I worked in a place where a day without coming into contact with solvents, horrible glues, latex, spray paint, petrol, etc, was like a day without sunshine. DS turned out fine (well, as OK as me, anyway!)

I know how easy it is to worry, but hope that's a bit reassuring.

I've been avoiding it all and been mostly sticking to vinegar & bicarb - my books all say to avoid chemicals, I know a lot of people don't worry about it but just the smell makes me so ill.

I use the Method stuff anyway, it's about £3 a bottle for the various sorts (although there are often 2 for £5 offers on) and it lasts for absolutely ages so I don't think it works out any less economical than cheaper brands.

Another whos carried on as normal, i go thru galloms of bleech!

Cleaned using normal stuff bleach Mr muscle kitchen and bathroom and in the last month while off work scrubbed dusted used carper cleaner everything except oven cleaner really. Millions of pregnant women have come into contact with a lot worse than some bleach!

My strategy is as follows:

Don rubber gloves
Put on protective clothing
Strap mask to face
Gingerly pick up bottle of bleach and hand it to husband
Put feet up whilst he cleans bathroom!

In all seriousness, I don't think normal household cleaning poses a risk. I have never worried about it.