My husband and I have been TTC for a few months now. We will not know if we are successful or not until Dec. 24th (at the earliest). My husband's family is Finnish. We are going there for Christmas (on Dec. 23rd) They do not have baths or showers they have a sauna (one indoors and one outdoors). Will it be safe for my baby to sauna while I am there if I keep them short, if I keep the temperature moderate, and I stay on the lower benches (slightly cooler)? I have read a lot of conflicting studies on this the finnish studies say that Fins have a VERY low incidence of birth defects compared to other countries and Finnish women use the sauna from conception through delivery - saunas use to be used as delivery rooms! And most studies agree that our internal temp does not flucuate very much (about 1 degree) in a sauna because our bodie are so effcient at regulating temperatures. So why do North Americans studies say women should avoid the sauna?
2006-12-11
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