Using Regular Hand Soap

In August 2014, the news released the dangers of using Anti-bacterial soap for pregnant women and their unborn babies. Yes, you heard that right. Antibacterial soap and related products, like hand sanitizer. Several antibacterial products contain ingredients, triclosan, and triclocarban for germ killing.

In one study these ingredients were found in urine samples of all the pregnant women they screened. It was also detected in half of the umbilical cord blood samples they found. Some other problems are it that it is rumored to cause superbugs and antibiotics resistance. Shockingly, those products are used in over 2,000 products, toothpaste, soaps, detergents, carpets, paints, school supplies, and toys.

The best advice, use regular hand soap and wash your hands well.

My Experience

At home, we use regular hand soap with warm water and wash our hands well. My kids and I sing a song when we're washing hands so that they wash for a decent amount of time and know how to clean the hands well. We learned the song from my children's preschool, but it totally works, "Tops and bottoms, tops and bottoms, in between, in between, all around our hands, all around hands, now they're clean, now they're clean."

Articles: Pregnant women and fetuses exposed to antibacterial compounds face potential health risks, Antibacterial products may pose a risk to pregnant women and their fetuses

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