PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for October, 2001: Re: So Puzzled - In terms of medication what's the best thing to do to avoid the risk of chromosome problems or other birth defects?

Re: So Puzzled - In terms of medication what's the best thing to do to avoid the risk of chromosome problems or other birth defects?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:52:20 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Krista wrote: >
>1. I have read from this site that typically with medication the
>waiting period of 3 months means 3 complete cycles. But is it the best
>to wait for 3 cycles after the last pill before trying again, speaking
>of class c medicine? If the day when the last pill was taken was at
>mid-cycle, do you have to count the next cycle as the first cycle of the
>3-cycle waiting period?
>2. I read from webmd.com the caution for taking a class c drug which
>says: use contraception while taking it and continue to use
>contraception after finishing the last pill until it has been 2 months
>at time of ovulation. So is it suggesting a 2-cycle waiting period? But
>the same caution is not seen for other class c drugs and strangely one
>week later when I went back to the site again the above caution was no
>longer there. new findings?
>3. I also read from this site that you can try 1 or 2 days after being
>off the meds; but I also read that the egg you will conceive with has
>started growing two months ago then isn't the egg already exposed to the
>meds? So I'm so puzzled as to what's the best thing to do in order to
>conceive a baby with no chromosome problem or any other birth defects.
>I really appreciate your answer to clear up my mind!

Mark the date of the last pill on a calender and wait 3 calender months before trying... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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