27-05-2010, 15:16
congrats! I wouldn't worry too much about it, women do much worse things during pregnancy and since you are discontinuing the massage oil now i wouldn't think the risks are very great. From researching xenoestrogens (chemical estrogens like BPA that mimic our bodies estrogens), the critical time the fetus is affected by excess hormones is around the 10-12th week or so, when the genitals are forming. Pregnant women encounter many foreign estrogens every day at low doses, in the air, the water, cleaning and beauty products, i would say a little external exposure to phytoestrogens will not put you at greater risk than the general population. 