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Well and Good: What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

Keep yourself (and your little one) safe from mosquitoes, ticks, and other bugs with a pregnancy-safe bug spray.

Well and Good: What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

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February 18, 2025
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Well and Good: What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

Well and Good: What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

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Well and Good: What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

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What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

When you’re pregnant, it’s important to do what you can to ensure a healthy pregnancy. This will involve thinking twice about what you put on your skin and opting to use pregnancy-safe skin-care products—bug spray included.

Certain ingredients found in bug spray—such as DEET—can be absorbed into the skin, and if these ingredients aren’t deemed safe for use when pregnant, it can be potentially harmful to a pregnant person’s developing baby, especially if used in high concentrations. “As a product is absorbed into the skin, it will usually end up in our bloodstream and then get shared with a growing baby via the placenta and/or umbilical cord,” says Sarah Connors, ND, a naturopathic doctor and doula based in Ontario, Canada. “Keeping in mind that any products we use end up getting shared with our unborn children makes it that much more important to be aware of the ingredients in that product.”

Continue reading to learn more, written by Jenn Sinrich, Kayla Hui, and Danielle Calma.

Well and Good: What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

When you’re pregnant, it’s important to do what you can to ensure a healthy pregnancy. This will involve thinking twice about what you put on your skin and opting to use pregnancy-safe skin-care products—bug spray included.

Certain ingredients found in bug spray—such as DEET—can be absorbed into the skin, and if these ingredients aren’t deemed safe for use when pregnant, it can be potentially harmful to a pregnant person’s developing baby, especially if used in high concentrations. “As a product is absorbed into the skin, it will usually end up in our bloodstream and then get shared with a growing baby via the placenta and/or umbilical cord,” says Sarah Connors, ND, a naturopathic doctor and doula based in Ontario, Canada. “Keeping in mind that any products we use end up getting shared with our unborn children makes it that much more important to be aware of the ingredients in that product.”

Continue reading to learn more, written by Jenn Sinrich, Kayla Hui, and Danielle Calma.

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Jenn Sinrich, Kayla Hui, Danielle Calma
Jenn Sinrich is an experienced journalist and content strategist based in Boston. Kayla Hui, MPH, is a commerce writer at Well+Good, where she ideates and reports on the best wellness products in fitness, beauty, home, health, and lifestyle. Danielle Calma is an SEO writer at Well+Good, where she researches and writes stories on topics related to wellness and lifestyle.
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Well and Good: What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

What To Look For in a Pregnancy-Safe Bug Spray, According to Doctors

When you’re pregnant, it’s important to do what you can to ensure a healthy pregnancy. This will involve thinking twice about what you put on your skin and opting to use pregnancy-safe skin-care products—bug spray included.

Certain ingredients found in bug spray—such as DEET—can be absorbed into the skin, and if these ingredients aren’t deemed safe for use when pregnant, it can be potentially harmful to a pregnant person’s developing baby, especially if used in high concentrations. “As a product is absorbed into the skin, it will usually end up in our bloodstream and then get shared with a growing baby via the placenta and/or umbilical cord,” says Sarah Connors, ND, a naturopathic doctor and doula based in Ontario, Canada. “Keeping in mind that any products we use end up getting shared with our unborn children makes it that much more important to be aware of the ingredients in that product.”

Continue reading to learn more, written by Jenn Sinrich, Kayla Hui, and Danielle Calma.

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Jenn Sinrich, Kayla Hui, Danielle Calma
Jenn Sinrich is an experienced journalist and content strategist based in Boston. Kayla Hui, MPH, is a commerce writer at Well+Good, where she ideates and reports on the best wellness products in fitness, beauty, home, health, and lifestyle. Danielle Calma is an SEO writer at Well+Good, where she researches and writes stories on topics related to wellness and lifestyle.
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