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Re: i think i took too many meds, 3 weeks pregnant, scared of birth defects

From: stephanie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:42:28 -0600 (CST)


At Tue, 27 Feb 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>when i was 3 weeks pregnant i came down with a severe toothache that
>lasted about 2 weeks. during that 2 weeks i took motrin IB on 3-4
>different occasions (no more than 400 mg. each time) and tylenol quite
>a bit (about 650 mg. twice a day, every other day, at the MOST). i
>hear that tylenol is only safe after 10 weeks, and motrin is not safe at
>all. now i'm extremely scared, i dont have an appt. for another 7-9
>weeks, and i dont even have a doctor yet. but i have been taking
>prenantal vitamins. does anybody have any advice to ease my worries or
>give me an idea of what kind of "birth defects" i might be looking at?
>this is my first pregnancy and i'm only 18.

I am not a dr but wanted to tell you that I took tylenol arthritis..2 650 mg tablets for the first few weeks of my preg. due to some extreme back pain I had. My ultrasound looks great at 18 weeks. Good luck to you.




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