
{"id":3490,"date":"2020-05-20T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/why-is-there-no-lab-coat-for-pregnant-women\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:30:09","slug":"why-is-there-no-lab-coat-for-pregnant-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/why-is-there-no-lab-coat-for-pregnant-women","title":{"rendered":"Why is there no lab coat for pregnant women?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><i><span style=\"color:#333333\">Editorial Note:<\/span><\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#040000\">This article was originally written in Korean by Jeong In Yun on her <a href=\"https:\/\/brunch.co.kr\/@blueanred\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a><\/span><\/span><u><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"color:blue\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#040000\"> <\/span><\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#040000\">This translated version has been republished here with her approval.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">I was confirmed to be pregnant and started experiencing bouts of morning sickness. However, I was still conducting experiments in a lab. After confirming my pregnancy, the first thing I did was to disclose\u00a0this fact to my lab supervisor and colleagues. &#8220;I am pregnant!&#8221; I said. Normally, in the early stage of pregnancy, as there are many possibilities of miscarriage, most women do not reveal the news of their pregnancy for a few weeks. But\u00a0I chose to announce\u00a0it\u00a0right after a\u00a0blood test. Why?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">The reason was simple. I am a scientist who conducts experiments in a laboratory, which could be very hazardous. Especially since I am an organic chemist, I need to work with lots of reagents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toxic labelling reagent bottle\" class=\"media-element file-default\" title=\"\ub3c5\uc131 \ud45c\uc2dc \uc2dc\uc57d\ubcd1 \ub77c\ubca8\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Yoon_pre_1_350.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">Bottles of some reagents I use in the lab<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">[Image source]\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:blue\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brunch.co.kr\/@blueanred\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\">Jeong In Yun<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brunch.co.kr\/@blueanred\/2\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\"> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">Several of the materials I work with have hazard warnings, such as with a skull and crossbones, fire warnings, or inhalation toxicity labels.\u00a0Sometimes, I need to operate equipment that emits radiation or high magnetic fields. Thus, when I discovered that I was pregnant, I realized that I would need the help of my colleagues who worked together to protect me. Even if I wear a mask and put on a lab coat, if someone uses a toxic substance outside of a laboratory exhaust system, I have no choice but to be exposed to that toxicity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Why is there no lab coat for pregnant women?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">The most concerning aspect is the unique smell in a chemistry lab. No matter how well-equipped a laboratory is or if it has an exhaustive ventilation system, there is always the odd and nasty smell of reagents that lingers. Besides, there was no lab coat for pregnant women to protect me and my fetus. A lab coat is the final defense line that keeps scientists from harm, such as cuts, burns, or exposure. However, I found no lab coat that would fit a pregnant scientist.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">As my baby bump was getting bigger, it was impossible to find a lab coat that fit me. At first, I managed by wearing a larger lab coat for several months. But six months later, I could not even button it up!\u00a0So\u00a0I tried on a men\u2019s lab coat, which was too long for me. Eventually, I gave up wearing a lab coat and wore an apron during the last month of my pregnancy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\uc784\uc2e0\ubd80 \uc5f0\uad6c\uc790\" class=\"media-element file-default\" title=\"\uc784\uc2e0\ubd80 \uc5f0\uad6c\uc790\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Yoon_pre_2_260.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Gulim,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">I could not find any lab coat that would fit\u00a0me during the last month of my pregnancy<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">[Image source]\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><u><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:blue\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brunch.co.kr\/@blueanred\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:blue\">Jeong In Yun<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">There are maternity uniforms for soldiers, flight crew, and bankers, but why is there no lab coat for pregnant scientists? Is it because there are no researchers who say they need it? I was insecure there was nothing to protect me.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">Where is the toxicity information for pregnant researchers working in labs?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">Lab safety education was also an area of great concern. Of course, the environment of laboratory workers has changed a lot over the years. As the awareness of laboratory safety education has increased, every lab researcher\u2019s standard attire includes a lab coat, goggles, mask, and gloves. Some also use fume hoods, so the risk of respiratory toxicity is relatively low. However, I find that there is still a lack of awareness of safety culture in laboratories, especially regarding the toxic substances that researchers might likely be exposed to while working in a lab setting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">In fact, after informing a supervisor about my pregnancy, one of the first things I did was to check the toxicity information about the reagents and solutions I used. It was hard to find any toxicological information for pregnant women. The lab safety guideline did not specifically mention information about reagents that could negatively affect pregnant researchers. And I found that only a little information was available about genomic toxicity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">Most importantly, I realized that all toxicity information seems to be created bearing adult males in mind (although recently there is some information for females). As most of the information in the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) is based on adult males, I was very anxious during my pregnancy. So\u00a0I did all possible medical tests and after the baby was born, tried to closely monitor his development. Thankfully, my son is growing well and is full of energy, though being an SGA (Small for Gestational Age) baby, he has to undergo regular growth tests.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">If someone asks me how inconvenient it is to find the MSDS to check the toxicity of each and everything I use in the lab, I would say that it is like having to change one hundred thousand dollars to one cent coins and count these coins one by one. How many researchers can spend this kind of time and bear the inconvenience of inspecting information individually? Fortunately, my laboratory is well-equipped and there were no reagents that could be problematic when inhaled. But I was annoyed that I had to find information on each one by myself. I hope that this changes in the future, and researchers who are pregnant have a well-established system for ensuring laboratory safety\u00a0so they can easily access information about hazard solvents or reagents during pregnancy with just one click.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Pregnancy, childbirth and&#8230;the life of a mother scientist goes on<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">Still, it was rather easy to find out and cope with the things related to my body. The big events that I needed to prepare for were figuring out how graduate students (who don&#8217;t have any leave) use maternity leave and parental leave to manage childcare once the baby is born.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">So, I did not have enough time to undergo any special prenatal education for my child. If I were to pick out one thing I did while I was pregnant, it would be lab meetings and seminars! I can say that when my child was in my womb, he spent his time studying the beautiful mechanisms of total synthesis and organic chemistry in journals like <i>Science<\/i>, <i>Nature Chemistry<\/i>, and <i>Organic Letters<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">My child also loves listening to the English language. Perhaps this is because when he was a baby I would take him to the laboratory on weekends, and a few foreign researchers took care of him. In fact, I have never given a serious thought\u00a0to the concept of prenatal education, but it seems to make sense to me now, considering the behavior of my child these days. Without any coercion from me he is becoming a \u2018big fan of science\u2019, setting up his laboratory where he studies wet tissues for himself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Science kid\" class=\"media-element file-default\" title=\"\uc0ac\uc774\uc5b8\uc2a4\ud0a4\ub4dc\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Yoon_pre_3_365.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color:#333333\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">My son at his own lab at home<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; margin-right:0cm; margin-left:0cm\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">[Image source]\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><u><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brunch.co.kr\/@blueanred\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:blue\">Jeong In Yun<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Note:\u00a0This article was originally written in Korean by Jeong In Yun on her blog. 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