The Baby Blog: manicure

By Al Romeo, RN, PhD, MotherToBaby Utah Mother’s Day will be here soon, and as a mom or expectant mom you might get a gift certificate for a nail salon. But if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, you might wonder if it is safe for you to go to the nail salon. After all, there are chemicals in nail treatments, and (let’s face it) nail salons often smell like they could be toxic! But are they? What’s in nail treatments? And could they be harmful if I’m pregnant or nursing? Common nail products …

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