Hi! I am not pregnant, but my husband and I have been discussing the possiblity of trying. The apartment where we live has some mold in it (some in the bedroom and some in the dining room). We don't plan to stay here long as we will be looking for a house in the spring. But, if I do become pregnant in the mean time, will the mold harm the fetus? I have been hearing so many dangerous effects of some types of molds lately, and I am concerned.
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Mold question
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lesliemarie
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I don't know about an unborn child, but I was watching on Discovery Health channel and mold can cause bleeding lungs in babies.
I can tell you briefly what I encountered. For my first two babies I lived in a home that did not have mold, we moved while pregnant with baby number 3 and had a terrible problem with mold. My symptoms manifested in the area of nursing (I had two more pregnancies while living in the moldy home). I had TERRIBLE reoccurent breast infections like 2 per week and constant mastitis and we later learned that my system showed signs of candida from the mold in the home. We finally moved and I will forever more have problems with nursing the baby because I have so much scar tissue in my chest from all the infections. This is actually the battle that I know is ahead as I am due in December and I greatly fear going through the nursing thing again. I am going to try and wean as soon as possible because I can't handle the infections that I get and I will probably face the mold problems in my system for my whole life. I have to stay away from carbohydrates in the form of any breads, cookies, crackers, pasta, etc and NO sugar, honey, and I even have to be careful not to eat too much fruit due to it's sugar content.
I know this is drastic...but I would move if I were in any situation where there is mold....it is incredibly dangerous and will wreck your system for a lifetime. I am very healthy now....but I have to constantly watch my diet or else the effects still show up. My regret is that we didn't move MUCH sooner. Just an opinion....it's not worth compromising your health.
Briee
I know this is drastic...but I would move if I were in any situation where there is mold....it is incredibly dangerous and will wreck your system for a lifetime. I am very healthy now....but I have to constantly watch my diet or else the effects still show up. My regret is that we didn't move MUCH sooner. Just an opinion....it's not worth compromising your health.
Briee