when I asked my obgyn about pregnancy safe skincare/make up, he just told me to avoid hydroquinon, mercury or any ‘whitening’ products and retinoids. I never knew that chemical sunscreen, salycilate, hydroxy acids are not pregnancy safe. so you have no idea how grateful I am to find your blog, I read it religiously and how amazing you are for taking time and answering questions. you’re the best!

In pediatrics we get training on this, I’m not sure how much OBs learn about it unless they’re interested? I think it varies by residency program. But Peds we LOVE to talk about nursing, and the during pregnancy stuff is an extension of that and comes from talking to moms about their new pregnancy while seeing the older kiddo. We just love talking to moms 🙂

oh I see.. thank you for your time anyway doc! I swear talking to you somehow is more informative than my obgyn lol

Those are more “trade” names for sunscreens, they’re using the chemical names here. Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate (octinoxate or Eusolex 2292) and Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane (Avobenzone) are both in this formulation. It took me a long time of checking many products before I could just recognize a sunscreen, sometimes I’ll see a chemical I don’t recognize and it just “feels sunscreen-y” to me, so I google it and it is LOL I have some issues though

well I’m gonna give the lotion to my husband then. which one is the chemical sunscreen anyway? because I only know oxybenzone, octinoxate, octisalate, avobezone as chemical sunscreen.
is it the methoxydibenzoylmetane?

This has chemical sunscreens, so it’s ok for nursing but not pregnancy. I would act as if I’m already pregnant while TTC.

Water, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Triethanolamine, Dimethicone, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Perfume, Petrolatum, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Juice, Cyclopentasiloxane, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Disodium EDTA, BHT, Propylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Trideceth-9, Bisabolol