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Living in the basement while pregnant: okay or bad?
Dear ladies,
I've been trying to research if basement is a good place to live while being pregnant. I haven't found any really negative information, but also not much positive either. I don't like basement also because it's much darker although it does have windows. It's colder in summer and much colder in winter... Do you have any experience/advice/suggestions to share? Or anyone else is having the same concern?
My mother thinks that being pregnant in the basement is not a good idea. It's dustier, darker, colder, and the air is not as good as upstairs, etc.
Thanks!
We just started trying to conceive!
8 Answers • 10 years ago
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Its not the best place to be. The ventalation is not the best, nor the mold. Mold is very bad for anyone, mostly pregnant women. Basments have a lot of mold due to ventalation, cold and damp. If you had to live in a basement make sure you keep all window cracked for fresh air. dehumidifier to take the moisture out of the air(helps reduce mold) and make sure you get out everyday for sunlight.
10 years ago
Depends what you mean by "basement." A friend of mine's place is like a second house - full kitchen, bath, etc. so if it's a finished basement in a newer home, it should be fine, esp. if it has sliding doors or lots of windows. If it's an older home and an unfinished basement, it can be bad for you. In that case, I agree w/ everything Edwina says. It all depends on your circumstances (if you have nowhere else to live) and the condition of the basement as well as how much time you spend there.
10 years ago
Thanks for your replies!
@Tryn4#4amIcrzy? I definitely don't want to have a baby in the basement after it is born BUT we might have to. But right now, until I get pregnant and while I am pregnant we don't have a choice but live at my husband's parents' house in the basement. The kitchen is upstairs, we don't have one down here. So, I'm not always in the basement, but I do spend a lot of time here. AND especially sleeping... it's important to sleep in a healthy place. I always have windows open. I don't think we have mold, plus we live in a dry state. However, my other concern is that there is a laundry area right in the family room of the basement, and I hate it. My hubby and I are exposed to all the detergents,etc. If it was my house I'd never have a laundry so close to living area.
@edwina2021, I agree, the ventilation is not the best and I hate it. It is also so much darker, colder , and dustier here. You dust the furniture every day! lol
10 years ago • Post starter
Have to agree with the other poster - if you're living in someone's basement, you are not financially ready to take on a child deliberately. If you got pregnant unintentionally, that's different. Why not wait until you can afford your own place, privacy, etc.? I can't imagine the stress involved with adding a child into the mix when you don't even have your own place. Just something to think about...
10 years ago
I know! I agree. And this is another concern of mine. We do have all the support though, and could do it while living in the parents' basement, I just don't know if it's healthy enough. Maybe also emotionally as well, I agree. I really wouldn't want other people around. But we have a reason to stay here for a while AND we can't afford WAITING until we have everything we need. There can always be a reason to wait until this and that... I am going to be 30 this year, I can't afford waiting any longer for the first child. You know what I mean? We are planning on moving to a different state in a year and half, and if we move out and rent something out now, we won't be able to save and move to a better place. I agree, it is stressful enough here without having a kid! Ah, I don't know what to do. I really want to get prego as soon as I can, but I also don't wanna live with in-laws in the basement! I simply can't postpone biological clock to wait until we have it all.
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