What to do if you take medicine during early pregnancy

Women in the early stages of pregnancy are generally not allowed to eat or take medicine randomly, because the fertilized egg in the uterus is not yet completely stable in the early stages of pregnancy, and it is easy to cause miscarriage if you are not careful. During pregnancy, you should try your best to protect your body and not get sick. Even if you are sick, you should follow the doctor's advice to take medicine and not take medicine randomly. So what should you do if you take medicine in the early stages of pregnancy?

What should I do if I accidentally take medicine during early pregnancy?

During the development of the fetus, there is a teratogenic sensitive period, which is from 33 days after amenorrhea to 12 weeks of pregnancy. During the teratogenic sensitive period, the various organs of the fetus begin to differentiate. If the expectant mother takes medication, it is likely to cause serious harm to the development of the fetus's organs. For example, if the fetus is affected by drugs during heart development, it may cause congenital heart diseases such as atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect.

Pregnant women who take the wrong medicine during the teratogenic sensitive period are in a high-risk pregnancy and should receive prenatal eugenics counseling and prenatal diagnosis. These examinations include B-ultrasound screening in the first trimester (11-13 weeks) and color Doppler ultrasound examination in the second trimester (20-24 weeks). Early and mid-life screening for Down syndrome. Chorionic villus sampling was performed at 7-10 weeks. Amniocentesis is performed between 16 and 20 weeks. After 20 weeks, cord blood can be drawn for examination. These late measures can effectively detect many fetal malformations or developmental abnormalities, and expectant mothers can consider whether to keep the fetus based on the diagnosis results and doctor's advice.

After 12 weeks of pregnancy, the effects of drugs on the fetus will be smaller than during the teratogenic sensitive period, but the fetus's nervous system is still developing and will continue until birth. Therefore, the use of drugs by expectant mothers after 12 weeks may still have a certain impact on the fetus. Therefore, expectant mothers must not take medicine without authorization and must follow the doctor's advice.