So it would be safe to say that a woman of child bearing years would go through six menstrual cycles during that time thus reducing the risk of birth defects? Hum… interesting. How dose the research and pharmaceutical community come up with that determination as to the ear mark or low risk of birth defects?
Someone said that Topotecan worked better when combined with thalidomide -- don't know much more about it than that, although when I have chemo again (when the Arimidex doesn't hold my counts steady anymore) they are threatening me with topotecan next.
Just saw a class action suit on tv against Zofran during pregnancy saying of your baby is or was born with a heart defect or birth defect to call them..I was prescriped yesterday for this medicine and took one today. Has anyone else taken them?
How does birth defects happen is it in the family blood? Or what you eat or if you get hurt? I'm suppose to have my very first baby check up Aug 1 I'm 7weeks tomorrow and I just don't want nothing happening to my baby I'm scared to death I'm pretty sure it's to early to determine the baby has birth defects since I'm not to far along but I'll be 13 weeks when I see the doctor.
Ladies im really concerned and cant get excited because im scared ive caused birth defects to my baby. Before I knew I was taking chinese herbs and also had a typhoid inj as I was goin to bali. I stopped the herbs at 4 weeks but wudda been after implantation. I had the vax the day before ovulation but heard the vax stays in ur system for 14 days. Anyone else worried about medications they been taking or have any advice? I just cry and cant b happy.
Her surgerian told me whenever i was to get pregnant again i had to drink a higher dosis of folic acid to prevent birth defects, my ob prescribed me folic acid in pills which i have to take 4 of them every day im not taking no vitamins since he didnt prescribed none to me. I have to say im really concern about this pregnancy im so worried. Idk if any of you ladies had gone through something similar to this.
Yeah, milk is definitely not necessary for anyone to drink. If you're worried about calcium Google "foods high in calcium" and you'll see many other options. As the ladies said above, soda isn't necessarily going to cause birth defects, but high sugar intake is not nourishing for mom or baby. I looked it up once and 4gms of sugar is about 1 tsp so one can of Mountain Dew, with 46gms of sug has ELEVEN teaspoons of sugar in it. One can! It's crazy!
m 11wks tomorrow and by the end of next week I will be having the test where they test for birth defects or down syndrome. A little confused but what can I expect the test to be like? I'm scared my baby will be harmed or that I can loose it since I was threatning to miscarry at 5 wks... just looking for a peace of mind anything will help ftm!
What I am saying is that inadvertant exposure to these medications during pregnancy has never been shown to cause birth defects. One notable exception to this rule is
Thalidomide which is a medication that should NEVER be used, and probably NEVER is used.
I suspect that your doctor has valid reasons for his/her recommendation and I would encourage you to discuss your concerns with him/her if possible.
I hope all goes very well for you!
I can see no connection between your taking Bendectin and your Daughter now having Breast Cancer since birth defects were at the time the main concern regarding the drug rather than far reaching complications.
For your information in case you were not aware the drug has been approved by the FDA and is returning under a different name after being discontinued some 30 years ago.
Have any of you ladies ate mcdonalds during your pregnancy and your baby came out fine? I'm hearing about mcdonalds having ingredients in their food that can give your baby birth defects /: and I loveee mcdonalds especially their Mcdoubles Fries & egg Mcmuffins. Is this truee?
There is VERY little evidence that the hormones in the birth control pill will cause birth defects. The birth defect hype came from the drugs that were given to women who were ALREADY pregnant, to stop miscarriages. Don't stop taking the pill until a pregnancy is confirmed. It will not damage the zygote.
When I was pregnant with my first the hospital gave us free 3D ultrasound pictures. We loved them. Now that we are pregnant again I sorta want to have them. Only no free ones. Wouldn't it show favoritism later on between the kids? Do for one do for all, right? Ir am I stretching? What do y'all think?
t smoke while I was pregnant, but morning sickness medications do not have a good history. The drug Thalidomide was recalled after causing wide spread birth defects. Very dangerous stuff!
It explains everything from conception to birth and everything that can go wrong in between, including birth defects in baby and problems with mom. It is by far the best informational book ever. I've read what to expect when you're expecting and a couple others like the mayo clinic book too but this book hands down is the best for unbiased information and facts. Plus it has the most amazing pictures!
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