Does the smell of Baygon smell harm the fetus?
Dr Irwin Ziment
Professor of Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Professor of Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Q: I am around 23 weeks pregnant. Currently there is a menace of cockroaches in our bathroom. So we sprayed Baygon before going to bed, in the bathrooms. When I used the bathroom the next morning I could get a strong smell of the spray still lingering in the bathroom. Is the spray harmful to my baby since I inhaled it? Should we avoid using the spray in future? Please advise.
A:Every drug, inhaled or otherwise, can harm if used or experienced in sufficient amount. Transient exposure to inhalants does not damage a fetus whereas cigarette smoking can. Housemite dusts and their extermination will not harm the fetus.