“I have perfume allergies that cause skin rashes […]
and I think […] if I can do as much as possible to make sure
nothing unnecessary crosses over to the baby, which may cause health
problems later in life, I think as a parent, you would always do that.”
(P6)
One woman told how she had always thought of her pregnant friends as
prudish, as they were very aware of avoiding perfume and
hormone-disrupting ingredients. However, when she got pregnant herself,
she could better relate to that feeling: