https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:00:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594192 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:08:36 +0000 MaryM 2594192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been using an Off family formula because I didn't want to use DEET. It's worked just fine </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594191 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:08:30 +0000 Mrsbells 2594191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just bought some off deep woods too, and hopefully that should do the trick . I usually get a lot of bites each summer but havent gotten any this year as far as I know. Usually mosquitoes bite me 10 times more than they bite DH but nothing this year. well I'll still use the repellant just to play it safe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594156 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:45:16 +0000 littlebug 2594156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: That's what we use and it's magic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594149 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:41:31 +0000 snowjewelz 2594149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been using this - </p> <p><a href="https://sawyer.com/products/picaridin-insect-repellent/" rel="nofollow">https://sawyer.com/products/picaridin-insect-repellent/</a></p> <p>And try not to be out at dawn/dusk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594146 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:39:31 +0000 jape14 2594146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go big with Off Deep Woods. I am a mosquito magnet - during my first (summer) pregnancy, I used it basically every time I went outside. My OB said it was fine. DS is almost 2, no ill effects that I can see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594135 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:21:17 +0000 Mrsbells 2594135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone i'm at the grocery store now and will pick up some deet </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594123 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:05:36 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2594123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/pdfs/fs_mosquito_bite_prevention_us.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/pdfs/fs_mosquito_bite_prevention_us.pdf</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594122 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:05:14 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2594122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pdfs/zika-pregnancy.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pdfs/zika-pregnancy.pdf</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594121 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:04:57 +0000 catlady 2594121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think DEET is the way to go. (Full disclosure, I haven't been using anything, but I live in MA. If I lived further south, I'd use DEET). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594119 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:03:09 +0000 Maysprout 2594119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far I haven't been using anything, I'm 27 weeks, and made it fairly bite free. I don't have my dinners outside in the evening unless we're at the pool. A fan pointed at us if we're outside works fairly well too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594117 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:00:24 +0000 MrsSCB 2594117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB says to use bug spray with deet, and that unfortunately a lot of the more "natural" options are not effective against the mosquito carrying it :-/ I've mostly just tried not to be outside for prolonged periods, and the few times I was, I did go with the deet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594116 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:54:36 +0000 looch 2594116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not sure if it's safe for pregnant women, but another widely available option is a formula with picaridin.</p> <p>eta: it seems DEET and picaridin are labeled safe for pregnant women. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594114 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:52:14 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2594114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: They were investigating some possible cases in South Florida but I haven't heard anything confirmed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594111 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:46:23 +0000 Mrsbells 2594111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: thanks i just posted about zika too as that's why i'm looking. So far i havent been using anything but my mother is really anxious about zika. So far no one has gotten it from being bitten by a mosquito in america i believe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594109 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:42:55 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2594109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This summer because of the Zika risk, I had to go with Deet. Nothing else cuts it in our crazy yard. Some natural stuff helps but with being pregnant I didn't want to take the risk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mosquito-repellent-whilst-pregnant#post-2594108 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:41:57 +0000 Mrsbells 2594108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What do you use that's safe during pregnancy but also effective? </p>