As any expecting mother knows, getting a good night’s sleep can be difficult during pregnancy. With the added physical and hormonal changes, it can become increasingly difficult to feel comfortable and relaxed enough to drift off. While it might seem perfectly harmless to use an electric blanket when it’s cold, it’s important to be aware of the potential risks posed by this seemingly innocuous item.
It’s important to understand the potential risks of falling asleep with an electric blanket, particularly when pregnant. In this blog post, we’ll be discussing the potential risks associated with using electric blankets while pregnant and tips to help you get a good night’s rest without compromising your safety. We’ll also discuss how to use an electric blanket safely, if you choose to do so. Pregnant women should be especially careful when using electric blankets, so read on for more information about this important topic.
What Makes an Electric Blanket Unsafe for Pregnant Women?
Where there is electricity, there are electromagnetic fields. The negative effects of exposure to this invisible field on the human body are still being researched. One of the factors that makes mobile devices risky to carry around in your pockets for an extended period of time is the existence of an electromagnetic field. The same is the case with an electric blanket. It is thought that the baby might suffer from the blanket’s overheating.
Thank you MummytoMog for the information. I’ve read a lot of conflicting information online regarding the connection between using an electric blanket and birth defects in children like brain tumors and autism. I could not stop worrrying. Your information help me relaxed and less stressed myself. Tks friend.
I spent about an hour unintentionally sleeping on my stomach on an electric blanket. I’m concerned that the electro-magnetic fields emitted by the blanket will have harmed the fetus because I was about eight weeks pregnant at the time. I was just curious if anyone had knowledge of any conclusive research regarding EMFs and pregnancy.
Yes brettgirl you are. Just seconds before I entered, DH thought he was being helpful by turning it on full blast. And after an hour of slowly roasting me, he forgot to tell me what he had done.
Good luck with your pg! No, just dealing with a newborn and a toddler and not using the computer as much as I used to when I was working.
Electric blankets shouldn’t be used during pregnancy, in my opinion, due to the potential for overheating. This has nothing to do with electromagnetic fields, which are, as Brettgirl points out, present everywhere. There are electrical cables under your floor, running through your walls, etc. We’d all have to stay in yurts in the Sahara desert if they posed a threat to unborn children!
Even though heated blankets, which have electrical heating wires and can get quite hot, have been found to pose little risk to pregnant women who use them, exceeding 101 degrees Fahrenheit in your core body temperature can be harmful to your growing child. It’s crucial to avoid utilizing a heated blanket for too long or on a setting that’s too high. (For this very reason, hot tubs and saunas are unsafe to use while pregnant. ).
To prevent overheating while you sleep, be careful not to put your heated blanket on. If you’re concerned that you might unintentionally fall asleep wearing your blanket, you can warm up your bed before bed and then turn it off once your sheets are toasty.
Electromagnetic fields (EMF) with very low frequency are produced by blankets that are heated electrically. A few other home appliances, power lines, computers, TVs, cellphones, and other electronics are similarly true. The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the available data do not demonstrate any health issues associated with exposure to low levels of electromagnetic fields.
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According to a study, using an electrically heated blanket during conception and the first few weeks of pregnancy may be slightly more likely to result in a miscarriage than using one between eight and sixteen weeks of pregnancy. As a result, it is best to refrain from using a heated blanket while trying to conceive and at the start of your pregnancy.
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