Do you think it is safe to go to the tanning bed while being pregnant?

First of all......you will not cook your baby. If that was the case people that live in very hot climates would not be able to have babies. But on to your question, most doctors recommend that you do not tan, not for fear of hurting your baby, but due to the fact that while pregnant, your skin is more sensitive, therefore you can burn easier or end up with a painful rash. Also, it is rather uncomfortable with a big ol' belly. Hope this helps.

Do you think it is safe to go to the tanning bed while being pregnant?
no
Reply:a big no no
Reply:No way!!!!
Reply:No its not safe. If you want proof. Go to a tanning salon with a hot dog weenie. Put it in the bed for 10 minutes and cut it open. Basically it cooks your insides. Not recommended. Talk to your doc.
Reply:i would say its ok besides a tan hides stretch marks
Reply:NO! DO U WANT BURN UR BABY?
Reply:No, it can get your internal temp up and fry the baby....Its just not worth it.
Reply:No, neither tanning beds or sun are safe. In many books youll find it says it raises up your babies heart beat
Reply:being pregnant the ansewer is no. the heat can mess with you and might have a direct effect on the baby. ask your dr.
Reply:Absolutely not... The OBGYN explained it like this.... It slowly cooks the fetus. It would almost the equivalent to putting your baby in the microwave! Don't do it!
Reply:it burns ur baby hun x it means killing ur innocent baby!. a big biggest NO!
Reply:No, that would be a bad idea. Just talk to your doctor before you go tanning.
Reply:Please just use a sunless tanner.


I just used a great one last night it is called Build A Tan by Neutrogena.
Reply:No No No!!! I knew someone once who did just that and the baby was born without eyes and mentally disabled.
Reply:I can't believe that you just asked this question. Do you not have any common sense? No you don't go tanning while your pregnant your gonna hurt that baby!! You shouldnt even be asking questions like that, I don't want to imagine what kind of mom your gonna be.
Reply:So obviously no, but you can still use self tanner safely. I am 7 months pregnant and I hate it, I am so so white but the baby cant regulate its own body tempeture till later in pregnancy and devn then its like sitting in a hottub that keeps getting hotter and hotter for the baby and even if it cancontrol bod temp it wont matter if the watter is so hot. Also your skin gets more sensitive when your pregnant so you would probably burn really really fats if went to the tanning booth when you were pregnant. So just stick to the spray tan and lotion tans, sucks I know but its the only way youll be tan and prego all at the same time. Either that or be patient and lay out for a few minutes a day. and wait for your tan to develop
Reply:No. For two reasons. One, the heat and two, the ultraviolet radiation.





First, the heat. Women who are pregnant are to avoid any excessive overheating as this is associated with miscarriages. This includes saunas, hot tubs, very hot baths, very high fevers, and tanning beds.





Secondly, the ultraviolet radiation. Medical research has shown a connection between neural tube defects and ultraviolet radiation. The evidence shows that the radiation breaks down folate and puts preconceptional and early pregnant women at higher risk for giving birth to a baby with spinal bifida or other types of neural tube defects. One article, published in 1999 by Jablonski in Medical Hypothesis, concluded that "intense or prolonged periconceptual exposure of women to UV light for recreational or therapeutic reasons should be avoided."





You take Iron in PreNatal Vitamins to help process this Folate to avoid these birth defects. It does not make sense to, by choice, subject yourself to an outside force which hinders this processing and again increases your birth defect risks.
Reply:For the same reason you should avoid 'hot' things like saunas and super hot baths, a tanning bed is a No No. You need to avoid making your temperature go to high.
Reply:Although both doctors are in agreement that they UVA and UVB rays emitted by the bulbs in tanning beds can be as dangerous as the rays of the sun to human skin tissues, those rays do not penetrate far enough into the body to harm a fetus.For the people who said it would harm the fetus. Maybe you should do some research before saying something so silly.If it could harm the fetus by frying it then it would fry your organs duh! But it cant harm your insides. It does raise your body temp which is dangrous in the first trimester when the spine is being formed. According to two doctors, Robert L. Brent M.D., Ph.D. and Gary Zeman, Sc.D, Ch.P, (who conducted a study at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory about pregnancy and tanning beds), mothers-to-be have no reason to be concerned about getting an indoor tan.The overheating of the mother's body (also called hyperthermia) is associated with some spinal malformations. It should also be noted that typically hypothermia develops after the mother's body must be exposed to temperatures of 102 Fahrenheit or more for several hoursFortunately, government regulatory standards in Canada and the United States typically limit the maximum temperature for commercial tanning devices to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, there does not seem to be any reported incidents of hypothermia related to pregnancy and tanning beds.I hope this helps and whoever said you were a terrible person for asking this qeustion is uneducated and maybe should do some research before making statements like that. It is bad for your skin which you should already know!