Can I keep the baby if I took cold medicine during pregnancy?

You cannot take any medicine during pregnancy. If you take cold medicine during pregnancy, it will affect the normal development of the fetus and cause the occurrence of malformations. However, if a pregnant woman takes cold medicine, whether the child can be kept or not, it is best to go to the hospital for examination. If the examination shows that there is no problem with the fetus, there is no need for an abortion. However, it is best to pay attention to not taking medicine in the future, mainly because taking medicine multiple times during pregnancy will increase the rate of fetal malformations.

Within 3 weeks of pregnancy, a small amount of medication does not have a particularly big impact on the fetus, because at this stage. The fetus has just implanted and all its organs have not yet begun to develop, so don't worry too much. However, it starts from the first month of pregnancy. All the organs of the fetus will begin to develop and function, and the impact of medication will be more serious at this time. A Down syndrome screening can be done between 15 and 20 weeks of pregnancy to check the intellectual development of the fetus, and a four-dimensional color ultrasound fetal abnormality examination can be done between 22 and 26 weeks of pregnancy to find out whether the fetus has any deformities.

In the early stages of pregnancy (embryo period), especially around ten weeks after menstruation, the effects of drugs on the embryo are most serious. The same drug will have a slightly smaller effect when used in the late stages of pregnancy than in the early stages. Some drugs still cannot be used in the late stages. The principle is that everyone should use as little medication as possible. If necessary, take medication under the guidance and advice of a doctor. For some common diseases during pregnancy, pregnant women can use medication reasonably under the guidance of a doctor.

The teratogenic sensitive period in embryonic development can be divided into three stages: insensitive period, sensitive period, and hyposensitive period.

Insensitive period: half a month to one month after the last menstrual period, which is within two weeks of pregnancy for female friends. At this time, it will either have no effect on the embryo or may cause miscarriage in female friends, but it generally will not cause fetal malformations.

Sensitive period: 29-70 days after the last menstrual period, that is, within eight weeks of pregnancy. The ears, limbs, etc. differentiated during this period. The embryo at this stage is also more sensitive to drugs and can easily have serious deformities.

Low-sensitivity period: 11th week to 40th week after the last menstrual period, during this period, most tissues are likely to have disorders. The effects of the drug may involve growth and function, such as affecting the baby's mental development and reproductive system development.

To sum up, now we should know whether we can keep the baby if we take cold medicine during pregnancy, right? If you take a little cold medicine during the first half month of pregnancy, it will not have a big impact on the embryo, so don't worry too much. But if you take it after one month of pregnancy, it is very likely to cause the baby to be deformed, so we also need to conduct Down syndrome screening afterwards.