Getting pregnant on antidepressant medication ?

Question

i have recently seen my dr who has reassured me that it is safe to get pregnant while on my antidepressant tablets, now my dr has been an ob for quite along time as he is middle aged and he says his senior consultant above him still has said that there is no problem with this im just wondering if anyone here has had a normal sucsessful pregnancy while on medication ?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

WOW, Ok so I'm not going to be of any help it seems here, as I was told I shouldn't be on any when ttc incase pg does happen, hmmmm, I don't know but I would be asking your doc to show you the medical meds book which has all the drug ratings on medications, (A, B or C) etc and if it's not 100% safe I would take it. I went off mine when TTC #1 and haven't been on them since (that was 6 yrs ago), I prefer to use relaxation music (Medicine Woman is my fav) to calm myself down, a few minutes everyday does wonders, Does this mean you will start TTC again??? Fingers crossed for you darl

(((Hugs)))

Answer 3

it will have no effect on your baby at all, it wont make him/her cry more or effect him/her moods.

i was put on them again when i was 6months pregnant and we are both doing just fine! believe me we were trying for 4 years for our little man and if i thought for one second they would harm him, i would not be on them

Answer 4

No, but if you take them the last 3 months of your pregnancy, they could cause your baby to cry more because their body will have to get used to not having the drugs. Like when I was on Effexor Xr, if I didn't take them for a few days, I would feel like c**p. I always felt like when I turned, my brain would turn like 5 minutes later.

So pretty much, your baby would be going through withdrawals for maybe a week or 2 (I don't know how long it takes to get over it).