It is best to avoid using pesticides or insecticides, in your
home, on your pets, or in the yard or garden during pregnancy.
Especially avoid them during the first trimester. Even natural
and organic products do not necessarily mean safer. Significant
exposure to pesticides is a concern for adults, children and
particularly expectant mothers. Garden insects, fleas,
mosquitoes, ants and cockroaches are just some of the reasons
that women commonly spray pesticides around their home.
Pesticides and insecticides contain chemicals that are used to
attack the nervous system of the insects, and cause them to die.
During the first trimester of pregnancy, the nervous system is
rapidly developing in your baby, so you definitely want to avoid
any type of contact with pesticides during this time. Are
agricultural pesticides or insecticides safe during pregnancy?
Most studies point out that the greatest risk of exposure to
pesticides is during the first three to eight weeks of the first
trimester when the neural tube deve