AHHH Advice needed is it safe to paint your house when pregnant????

[sweetbean]

Would really love some advice DH has decided to paint are bedroom tomorrow and will be using wall paint, gloss paint, and painting the radiator are there any paints that are not safe when pregnant im 28 wks tommorrow

Any advice would be gratefully recived !!!!!!!!

Just to be safe I'd go to a spa for the day, have a fab meal, stay over and come back when dry......no idea on the paint though!!

Thanks cluckyagain but not sure i will be able to get away with that one i think im supposed to be holding a paint brush !!!! xx

I asked the chap in my local paint shop as I decorated the nursery this weekend and he said it's fine providing you ventilate well. Keep all windows open and you can use a mask if you are very concerned.

He did also mention you can get water based versions of most things too so if you didn't want to take any risks at all, as far as I know there isn't anything that "happens" from using paint but it is one of the unknown things and any research is based on women who worked as painters etc not in the case of a one off.

Oh and it is lead based paint which is dangerous but as far as I'm aware that hasn't been commonly used since the 70s!

I did quite a bit of decorating the month before dd3 was born - window open the whole time and used 'breatheasy' paint. Everything was fine - I even climbed ladders - although I'm not sure how wise that was

MissingMyHeels - if by use a mask, you mean one of the white ones they sell at B&Q - that won't prevent paint fumes - only dust particles.
You can get low odour paint now which is much less smelly

Thanks for all the advise i feel better know i just couldn't remember when it wasn't safe to use paint maybe its just before the babies is born and if your painting the babies room its unsafe for newborns ?

Anyway Thank you all xx