First Trimester of Pregnancy Question Posted: 01-07-06 16:20pm
Hi doctor,
My question for you is i just found out i
was pregnant on the 5th of january. I went
to the dr. the following day and got
confirmed. They said i was about 4 or 5
weeks. My first day of my last period was
on the 9th of december. On december 16 -
19 i was in the ER because i was having
painful stomach pain and throwing up so
they put me on IV and some nausea medicine
along with morphine while i was there.
They also made me take a cat scan to check
my stomach and did ultrasounds. They didnt
really find anything other than a small
cyst. But before they did the cat scan
they said they took a urine test to rule
out pregnancy. I didnt think at the time
that i could be pregnant because i just
had my period. When they discharged me
they gave me vicodin (i took like 1 or 2),
some kind of enema to stop nause ( i didnt
use that), and a pill that they told me to
take that started with a "p" to help the
stomach pain (i only took that once). When
i went to the dr. on the 6th i told her
all of this and she didnt really tell me
anything other than the cat scan was
either going to kill the baby or not do
anything at all. But shes also not going
to be my dr. throughout the pregnancy
because she doesnt deliver, so she
reffered me and i made an appt for the
17th of this month. Im so worried that
something is going to happen to the baby
after going through the whole er thing. Im
also on zyrtec d-12 which i take twice
daily to prevent my allergy attacks which
get really bad to a point where i cant
function and wont stop sneezing. She said
to stop that for now until i see that
other dr. So since ive taken zyrtec d-12
pretty much all of my pre-teen - now life
does that affect the baby. I also dont
take vitamins but i was told to start
taking prenatal vitamins so im going to
get some today and start taking. Is there
anything i can do to or should ask the dr.
when i see her. Because my family is all
so worried that with all the medications
ive taken both recently and throughout my
life that its will all affect my baby. And
theyre talking about getting rid of it
because of the possibility that it could
be mental retarded or have sme kind of
disorder with the brain or body. I dont
believe in abortion but if a dr. told me
that my baby could turn out with something
i dont know if i could handle that. If
theres anything you can tell me it would
be greatly appreciated. Thank you for
time.
Sincerely,
Tanya
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First Trimester of Pregnancy Answer A95 Posted: 01-10-06 11:13am
“Zyrtec” (ceterizine) is not
recommended during pregnancy ,except if
the potential benefit to the mother
justifies the potential risk to the fetus.
In your case, you can stop taking that
medicine now. To summarize, it seems
that you probably conceived between the
20th-22th of December. You report that a
pregnancy test was negative during your
treatment in the ER (from the 16th-19th of
December). And now, you have confirmation
of pregnancy. Therefore, let us discuss
possible negative "outside effects" during
the first 3 weeks of pregnancy (stadium of
egg)... Your doctor is correct to state
that there is a rule of “everything or
nothing”. A baby will either die or
develop normally if the external
environment cannot support development.
Further, genetics dictate that a fetus
will either come to term and be born, or
will self-destruct. In other words, a
fetus whose genes are too "disrupted" (out
of synch) will automatically abort, and
the growth process will be cut short. In
addition, there exist several regular
ultrasound checks during pregnancy to
monitor development. If and when a fetal
anomaly is detected (perhaps caused by
your medical history), you can decide
whether or not to proceed to carry the
fetus to term. Thus, it is not possible
to predict the effect that your medical
history will have on an unborn
fetus...this is something that can be
analysed in time.
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