Self tanner?

[pinotgrig]

My first shower is this weekend and I'm a little pale. I plan on wearing a dress and would normally start putting some self tanner on my arms and legs to knock of some of the paleness (will not be going to Oompa Loompa levels . Is this ok when pg? The stuff I usually use is organic but I'm not sure if that matters.

Would you use it or just embrace the paleness?

[smock]

I'm wondering the same thing! Hopefully someone knowledgable will come inform us.

[D2M]

Well, I'm a bad pregnant lady because I didn't even think about this as a potential issue when I slathered on the St. Tropez before going to a wedding last weekend. Google tells me different things. On BabyCenter, a dermatologist says self-tanner is fine. On What to Expect, someone is quoted saying there are no long-term studies on self-tanners, so "the jury's still out." I'm going to go with the quoted dermatologist.

[IndiaInk]

I almost put on some St. Tropez before my shower this weekend, but wondered the same thing. Ultimately, I decided trying to reach my ankles to thoroughly rub it in would be too much effort, so I skipped it. I'm sure it's as D2M read, that there haven't been any studies on it and it's probably fine but who knows. I'm sure doing it once in a while won't harm anything.

[D2M]

IndiaInk, I was out of breath at several points. It was pretty comical. You made a good call.

[purrbox]

I asked my doc about this at my last appointment. He said it's fine.

[smock]

Apr 1, 2014 11:12:06 GMT -5 purrbox said:

I asked my doc about this at my last appointment. He said it's fine.

Phew because I just put some on!

[mannah]

I was gonna also say it's fine--I asked my midwife about some cosmetics stuff at the beginning and she said immune system takes care if anything problematic before it reaches the baby. Especially since it's organic I would use it. Have a great shower! My first one is actually this weekend too!

[pinotgrig]

Great - thanks for all the feedback.

mannah - I hope you have fun at your shower! I'm so excited about it!