scared about fumes

[Hopex3]

hello

I'm really upset as had a miscarriage in November and am now over 2 months pregnant again. my partner did not warn me and started filling in a hole in our front door with wood filler. I got really freaked out as it smells so bad and saw on the tin it said not to be inhaled during pregnancy. does this mean literally me using it or was it bad enough I was in the house? I've been sat outside for the last half an hour and so upset now that something could damage this one too :(

please any advice or anyone know the danger of this x

Bless you. I seriously doubt it, or abortion clinics would be very different places (or we wouldn't need them, we'd just light a fire and take a sniff).

It's more likely that lots of things haven't been "tested" on pregnant women, that we live in a litigious culture, and there are warnings as a result.

If you're really worried you could call 111, but I think you should go back in and get warmed up under some blankets. Maybe close the door to the room with the fire and open some windows to get rid of the actual smell?

thank you, i have calmed a little but just feel so stressed he didn't read the tin first before smothering the door in this stuff :( I'm guessing it means literally inhaling it and prolonged exposure but i can't help but worry about everything since what happened last year. just feel so irritated now as i know guys don't always over think this stuff but just wish he had atleast warned me because I would have definitley checked the tin 🙈 thanks for being reassuring x

I reckon it's about solvent abuse ie you would have needed to be actually sniffing it or with your head in a bag to cause any serious damage. Don't worry.

Miscarriage is very common (though not so common it's likely to happen twice in a row) and it's completely unlikely to be linked to anything you have done. There are some very supportive pregnancy after miscarriage threads on here somewhere if you would like to join some other ladies in your position.

I had lots of miscarriages and was ridiculously anxious for a long time so I can relate. But multiple miscarriage is really rare, as Bertie says. Get a nice cup of tea or something to warm yourself up

Hopefully your DH will think twice before doing something ridiculously smelly again in future too, that was probably half the problem, those things can make you feel ill at the best of times.

(I also just realised I got caught up in my own fire idea about the wood filler earlier, sorry, of course you don't have a fire going in another room!)

thanks for being so reassuring - i think im just so worried after what happened last time any little thing that is even a slight red flag and I go into panic mode. the minute I smelled it I went straight outside so hopefully my exposure was minimum. I guess I can't wrap myself in cotton wool completely but just such a panicker! it's so crazy when my nan openly admits she used to smoke when having my mum as back then they didn't think it was bad! and here I am worrying about everything 😂🙈 x