Ceramic Glaze Pregnancy

It is too early to make it an official announcement please no congratulations there are still a few weeks to go until we can safely start celebrating.

Ceramic glaze pregnancy.

14 99 unicorn spit 5770013 gel stain glaze weathered daydream 4 ounce bottle grey 172. Ceramics and pregnancy am i ok. I have been working in a ceramics studio for a few hours a few nights a week and was wondering if i should be concerned. I am quite superstitious and i thought i would turn to this forum as a safe place instead of telling my ceramics teacher in person for now.

The matter of glaze ingredients is more tricky. I haven t glazed anything and the glazes are not mixed in the facility so there is no barium and lead just laying around but i m just wondering if there s. Arrange for someone else to mix all of your glaze materials and clean your studio during the term of your pregnancy. Poisonous to the mother will also be poisonous to the child in utero.

There are four 4 large groups of hazards pregnant or nursing women must face in the world of ceramics and crystalware making biological hazards chemical hazards ergonomic hazards physical hazards. Pregnancy and ceramics possible hazards concerning pregnant or nursing women. This is because as most of us know the inhalation of glaze chemicals especially the heavy metals such as copper and cobalt can have various adverse effects on your health. I m 17 weeks and didn t start until well after my first trimester was over.

Alone a pre pregnant woman to avoid clay for her child s sake.