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Our skin is the largest organ of the body and being porous it absorbs whatever we put on it. A study in the American Journal of Public Health looked at the skin’s absorption rates of chemicals in drinking water. ²⁰ It showed that the skin absorbed more than 60% of total contaminants. (Brown et al. 1984). There are plenty of natural products on the market which use pure and organic ingredients that you can trust to use on your pregnant body. If you can, switch to a natural deodorant, as traditional deodorants contain aluminum. They also contain some other nasty ingredients that you want to avoid when pregnant, such as parabens which disrupt hormone balance. It really is quite simple to use natural products over toxic ones when there are so many natural brands available.

Environmental toxins have unfortunately become part of the world we live in. Toxic products, medications and foods are all part of clever, yet deceptive mass marketing campaigns aimed at parents from the moment we conceive and onwards throughout childhood. Thankfully, there are natural alternatives for most of these products. Commercial household products can easily be swapped for other items with safer, more natural ingredients.

Many people are becoming aware of how easy it is to avoid such harmful ingredients and are making the change to a healthier lifestyle. Toxic nappies, baby food, baby powder, nappy rash creams – the list is endless, but so is the list of conscious and ethical companies making healthy non-toxic alternatives.