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Pregnant, Light Headed. Used Bleach To Clean As Family Has Pink Eye Infection. Will It Cause Birth Defects?

My daughters and husband got pink eye when I first found I was pregnant and I used water/bleach to wash the floors and soaked their toys with it. Then I felt a little light headed even though I don t think it was a lot of bleach. I don t know if I felt light headed because of the bleach or if the smell just bugged me because I m sensitive to smells right now, and felt light headed instead because I was hungry or something. Anyway I m 5 weeks pregnant so I m wondering if I might have caused a birth defect?
Mon, 11 Mar 2013
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Thanks for writing to us.
At 5 weeks of gestation, inhaling the fumes of the bleach are not likely to cause any serious birth defect. You need to avoid any such exposures in the future and get a detailed scan done at 18 weeks of gestation.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. You can consult me again directly through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Rakhi-Tayal
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Dr. RakhiTayal
drrakhitayal@gmail.com
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Pregnant, Light Headed. Used Bleach To Clean As Family Has Pink Eye Infection. Will It Cause Birth Defects?

Hello. Thanks for writing to us. At 5 weeks of gestation, inhaling the fumes of the bleach are not likely to cause any serious birth defect. You need to avoid any such exposures in the future and get a detailed scan done at 18 weeks of gestation. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. You can consult me again directly through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Rakhi-Tayal Regards, Dr. RakhiTayal drrakhitayal@gmail.com