Re: Carribean Vacation/Pregnant

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You can use sunscreen.. use lots because bad sunburn with a fever won't be good for you or the baby. I've heard to avoid water skiing and such because water can be forced into the vagina and upward. However, swimming should be fine. I did a "Swim with the Sting Rays" out in the ocean off Grand Cayman.

The other serious concern besides mosquitoes, and the one that is harder to control, is your food purity. Be very careful what you eat -- don't drink any unsealed water or eat any fruit that you don't peel yourself. Try to eat in resorts that cater to Americans and avoid buffets.

Despite all these precautions, but you should have a great time and be fine. Be safe traveling -- I don't know when your original post was, but if you're still going in light of the events this week, I wish you the best.

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Meredith

At Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Anonymous wrote:
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>Before going, I would definitely find out what they use to control the
>mosquito population.  In hot humid areas in the Carribean and Pacific
>they typically have problems with mosquitos.  When I was 15-16 weeks
>pregnant my husband and I went to the Club Med in Tahiti.  Every evening
>they sprayed for mosquitos and now I am worried bout the possible harm
>my exposure to the pesticide could hace caused my baby.  I called a
>pesticide info.  line and I was basically told that the harmful effects
>of the spray can still linger in the air even after the smell has gone
>away.  Of course it depends on the chemicals that are used and your
>degree of exposure but if had known that they were going to spray every
>night and potentially put my baby in danger I wouldn't have gone.  God
>luck to you.
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