Maternal use of hot tub and major structural birth defects

Overview of attention for article published in Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, June 2011

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They say not to sit in a sauna or jacuzzi while pregnant...

User Actual-Peak-6358, in the Baby Bumps subreddit, 27 Jun 2026

They say not to sit in a sauna or jacuzzi while pregnant for two main reasons. 1. Potential for infection 2. Unlike a bath…

The risk is associated with raising your internal body...

User dks2008, in the Fit Pregnancy subreddit, 27 Feb 2026

The risk is associated with raising your internal body temperature, and it’s worst in the first trimester. [Here’s a study](https…

I don’t have a specific study but after googling for 2.5...

User missviz2020, in the Fit Pregnancy subreddit, 08 Nov 2025

I don’t have a specific study but after googling for 2.5 minutes I found [this](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21648056/) one.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21648056/

User rufflebunny96, in the NewParents subreddit, 06 Nov 2024

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21648056/

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