Today is may 14th and I am 5 weeks and 1
day prego! I am so excited but I am kinda
worried that my health might effect the
baby I have a really bad cold stuffy nose,
sore throat, stuffy ears, bad cough, and I
am having period like cramps. I have been
taking tylenol cold. Do you think that
the babies health is in danger ?
Also I have this pregnancy book when
they say you are 5 weeks pregnant is that
5 weeks and 3 fetus or 7weeks and 5 fetus?
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steen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 1797 Location: Upper Midwest
Posted: 05-14-05 21:01pm
The cold shouldn't affect the embryo or
fetus. And tylenol is considered safe
for pregnancy. Though medications always
may affect things in unknown ways.
As for confusion about the dating, you
have run into the problem that the ob/gyn
field has created.
The date of your pregnancy begins at last
menstrual period. The age of the
embryo/fetus itself is two weeks after
that, at the actual time of conception.
The ob/gyn counts the two weeks prior as
well, as some of the changes are an impact
on your body.
So the age of the pregnancy is alwasy
about two weeks more than gestational age.
