Is use of computers or smartphones safe during pregnancy? - Dr. Teena S Thomas

We are in a generation where smart phones are a part of the life of every young person. So to tell them to get away from all this for 9 months without this, it is not possible. There have been various studies and it has been shown that smart phones have no effect on the health of the baby or the mother as such. But these are all short term studies. To get into more evidence based studies, we need more time and researches have been going on in that . As we know that smart phones or mobilephine emit low levels of radio waves called as non-ionizing electromagnetic radiations. These non-ionizing electromagnetic radiations are also given out by fridges, microwaves, other electric items and these non-ionizing electromagnetic radiations are not harmful to the person as such and mobile phones also emit the same and they are not harmful to the person as such. The ionizing radiation that come out from the x-ray, CT scan etc. And they are harmful. So ionizing are harmful and non-ionizing are not harmful. So smartphones are not harmful but we know that these are radiations and in pregnancy, we overcorrect ourselves to avoid any problems caused by these things. So when it comes to diet, we avoid eating outside food, we correct the oil we eat. We may not exercise lifelong but in pregnancy, we tend to start to walking. So there are many things that we do to avoid any problems to the pregnancy as such. So for that reason it is better to avoid keeping the smart phone near to your body. They should be kept away. Keep it on some place on the table. When the phone rings, answer it. It should not be part of your lifestyle. Maximum, try to use landline phones or message it and keep it away. These are the small things that you can do to prevent radiations. While sleeping do not keep in on the bed. Keep it away has ear, the precautions that you can take. There are some small studies that show hyperactivity in children. They are all short term things they have seen a slight developmental delay in children, but may not be attributed to smart phone, maybe other reasons. But better to prevent and keep these things away from our routine life, 24 hours using mobile phone for talking, chatting. So that will bring down the amount of nutritional food that you are eating, the exercise, so all that it affects. So these are the effects of smart phones in pregnancy. As for now there is no long term data available that clearly says about this.