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Re: I'm 17 weeks pregnant, when should metaformin be discontinued?
From: Shinta (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:36:00 -0500 (CDT)
I stayed on glucophage throughout my entire pregnancy, i have a healthy
3 month old, i am breastfeeding and still eating my glucophage.. i am
not telling you that you should take it, but i dont agree with Jo when
she says that it is too dangerous in pregnancy and it caused a
miscarriage. Statistics and research show that it reduces miscarriage
and gestational diabetes risks significantly and my doctor felt that
this outweighed the still unknown or unproven risks. Yes but you should
discuss with your doctor before you decide either way.
At Sat, 19 Apr 2003, Jo wrote:
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>>From personal experience i would say stop taking it.
>my dr did explain why it should not be taken during pregnancy and has to
>do with lowering your blood sugar levels and its too dangerous in
>pregnancy.
>cant remember the details.
>but i took it with my 1st pregnancy and yes it ended in a miscarraige.
>so please see your dr before deciding.
>something like that shouldnt be advised from a message board.
>
>At Fri, 11 Apr 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>At Thu, 6 Mar 2003, JennInSeattle wrote:
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>>>My doctor hasn't mentioned stopping it at all. Does anyone know when it
>>>should be discontinued and why?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>Jennifer
>>>
>>Jennifer,
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>>I am ten weeks pregnant and have researched the topic well as I have
>>PCOS. Please do not stop the Met just because you are pregnant. Did
>>you know that in studies that no Met taken in pregnancy gave women with
>>pcos a 56% of miscarrage and when taking the met only a 7%. I had to
>>educate my own doctor on why I would not stop taking it, even when he
>>wanted me to. Also I cant spell but it has been shown to prevent
>>gestational diabeties in late pregnancy. If you do not control your
>>insulin levels. They may be passed onto the baby which can cause
>>problems with development, at birth and after delivery. This is my
>>opinion, everyone has the right to choose whats best for them. I would
>>strongly recommend visiting the website http://www.soulcysters.com and read
>>their pregnancy message boards and see what others with pcos have to say
>>about the subject, there will also be links for documents that you can
>>take to your doctor and have the latest information on pcos, met and
>>pregnancy.
>>
>>Good Luck and may you and your baby be healthy and happy.
>>
>>Baby Dust
>>
>>Grey
>>xxx
>>>
>>>--
>>>EDD 8/13/03
>>>Expecting #1
>>>
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