Should you even Think about Getting a Tan While Going Through Pregnancy?

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February 28, 2010

When you’re pregnant, it can be a struggle to feel pretty. As you watch your gut expand, your ankles swell into sausages, and your knockers blow up like balloons, you wonder if you’ll ever be attractive again. You can do some things to improve your look, which includes lovely clothes and fab looking hair and make-up, but if you’re pregnant in the summer months, you may wonder whether it’s safe for you to do any sun-tanning during pregnancy.

No one wants to hurt their baby, and that is possible even before it is born if you subject it to the incorrect circumstances. Although the majority only focus on the idea of tanning beds being damaging to their developing child, it is really just one of the things to think about before making an attempt to achieve that sun-bronzed glow.

Let’s begin with tanning beds in our discussion of tanning while carrying a child. Although there is no proof that the beds themselves are dangerous to the baby, there is evidence that unjustifiable heat may cause spinal defects. In addition, there have been studies which have linked UV rays with a deficiency in folic acid. Folic acid is extremely important, especially in the first trimester, in forestalling neural tube effects,eg spina bifida.

On top of the things that tanning beds can do to your baby, you also must consider the damage it can do to you. During pregnancy, your whole body chemistry changes. Your skin is more subject to burning and to the development of unsightly dark splotches and skin cancers.

Getting a tan out on the beach or even outside generally has the same risks as those due to tanning beds. Too much heat, delicate skin exposed to the elements with higher chances of bad burns and darkening, and UV rays are just as bad when due to the sun as they are by artificial rays, so it’s best to limit your sun exposure as long as you’re pregnant. Even after pregnancy, you’ll still be wise to avoid the UV rays which cause skin cancer.

After governing out tanning beds and time spent in the sun, that leaves the option of getting a tan from a bottle which seems to be the best alternative if you truly feel you need to get a tan. Even so, many physicians believe that you’re better off waiting at least until the end of your first trimester to use chemical tanning products, because nobody actually knows if the chemicals will penetrate the skin and do the baby harm. Tanning during pregnancy just isn’t the best idea.

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