How does robitussin help you get pregnant?

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At Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Jody wrote: >
>I'm sitting here just freaked out! I took Robitussin DM back when I got
>pg with ds (almost 4). I received improper info from somewhere on the
>net that the "DM" was the kind I was supposed to use (now know this
>isn't right).
>
>I'm just so freaked because my son was born with hydrocephalus. My
>question is, I read that a PREGNANT woman taking dextromethorphan may
>(according to the chicken embryo study) be placing her baby in greater
>risk of birth defect, but when you use the stuff to GET pg, you use it
>before implantation even occurs (around ovulation). Can THAT really
>cause birth defects? How? Does it somehow pass through the cervical
>mucous and into the sperm's DNA or the egg?
>
>TIA,
>
>Jody

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