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Can pregnant women soak in epsom salt to help with pains?
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Yes - not hot tub.: Soaking in epsom salts is fine - provided you do not stay for any period of time in hot water. You see, heat is a known teratogen that can cause open neural tube defects in the first trimester.
Answered 10/25/2015
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