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hey everyone. Went to the baby clinic on Monday like i have been doing for the past three months to get phoebe weighed. As i went to put a clean nappy on her i did my usual routine of baby wipe, powder, nappy cream when the health visitor told me i shouldn't use talcum powder in the nappy area because it has been linked to cervical cancer! i also shouldn't use it on myself, which i do all the time. She said it so seriously i didn't know what to say. How come no-one else has said this to me? I'm actually really angry because that is something i should have been told when she was born! Has anyone else been told this?
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Talcum powder is a staple in our house and my mum's and her mum's.
Gonna google it!
Not sure how to do this as a link but this is short and sweet bit of info on the matter :
http://www.canceractive.com/page.php?n=220
Wouldn't worry too much tho as things change all the time.
I use talc as I have found it the best way of keeping nappy rash away and am just careful I don't spray it all over the place!
On a similar note my hubby got stopped by someone we know the other day when he was buying johnsons baby wipes (sensitive non fragranced ones), she told him that they contained hormones and that we shouldn't use them and that she worked at a nursery where they had been told to only use these really basic wipes. So he came home with them and they are pretty rubbish and quite rough so I am not very impressed! I have looked on the net and can't find anything about warnings to do with baby wipes?! Anyone else heard this? x
Talc and ovarian cancer risk
Several epidemiological studies have reported an association between ovarian cancer and perineal talc application (talc is a mineral compound that consists of magnesium silicate and is the principal component in baby powder and cosmetic talcum powders). However, many of the studies were small and no consistent relationship between talcum powder usage and increased risk of ovarian cancer has been reported.
A systematic review has been conducted to attempt to clarify the evidence regarding this potential risk factor. Sixteen papers contributed data to the meta-analysis (a total of 11,933 subjects from 15 case control studies and one cohort study). Overall results showed a statistically significant increased risk associated with talc use, RR = 1.33 (95%CI 1.16 to 1.45). However, further inspection of the data failed to show any clear relationship between dose and response, and therefore the authors of the review concluded that this association is likely to be spurious and due to uncontrolled confounding or selection biases
L x
This is a slightly longer article......!
I saw on tv something once to do with hormones and lavender I think it was..something to do with lavender being used too much in boys giving them boobs! This sort of thing seems to get overreaction due to a very few occurances.
Only thing I've heard of with baby wipes is to not use them on new babies as their skin is more sensative and they can react to them.
I can't see why there weould be hormones in wipes!!
Im going to have a proper read of it all later.
Liz I love your new pic, he is sooo cute!! Will have to try and get a new one of Holly up.
I use pampers sensitive wipes.
A friend recommended a song to use in the background and it is called Magical Child and I think the artist is Graham Nash. Nearly makes me cry every time I hear it with Brendans photos up! It's unbelievable how much we love our lo's isn't it?! x
We're doing cracking jobs for our los and we know them better than anyone! Keep up the good job!
professionals just don't seem to give you advice do they, how many of us were told you need to support babies neck when handed to you in hospital, it's just assumed you know, which we porbably did but why chance it!
waiting4baby- I was told about ebm its 3 days in the fridge at a certain temp and 8 days at a lower temp. Apparently the guidelines had just changed though! 24 hours sounds a bit long for out of the fridge though.. I asked on the bf forum and someone said 10 hours.
Y~ou are right though - they don't give you sensible advice like supporting babys neck and watching for the soft spot on their heads and all that. It really is like throwing you in at the deep end if you have had no experience isn't it!
waiting4baby- I was told about ebm its 3 days in the fridge at a certain temp and 8 days at a lower temp. Apparently the guidelines had just changed though! 24 hours sounds a bit long for out of the fridge though.. I asked on the bf forum and someone said 10 hours.
Y~ou are right though - they don't give you sensible advice like supporting babys neck and watching for the soft spot on their heads and all that. It really is like throwing you in at the deep end if you have had no experience isn't it!