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Pregnancy is a very sensitive condition and it is important to know about taking medications and what effects they have on your baby. Everything a pregnant woman takes into the body is passed onto the baby through the blood. Pregnant women for that reason should not take unprescribed drugs; such medication is extremely dangerous especially during the first seven weeks of pregnancy.

During this time medication should be avoided because it’s at this time that the fetus is forming and developing body systems such as the heart and the brain.

Safe drugs can however be prescribed by a doctor to a pregnant woman.Anti depressant medicines are the most commonly used drugs by common women. With a doctors advice on a certain prescription there may be need to take it, because in some cases lack of these drugs will greatly affect the mother and put the baby in a vulnerable state.

Some women have had complications and heavy bleeding during child birth because of taking the aspirin drug. Some drugs, however, affect a baby depending on which part of development the baby has reached. For this reason doctors have categorized prescription drugs for pregnant women in the stages of pregnancy.

Drugs like thalidomide are hazardous because they are known to cause limb problems in the baby and in some cases heart disease. There are safe medications that are given to a pregnant woman because the effects are known. Vitamins are very vital necessities for a pregnant mother and most of them are purchased over the counter. Your doctor should, however, examine you before you embark on taking the medication. Some herbal supplements are also safe to be taken by a pregnant woman, check with a doctor and let him notify you if the medication is really necessary.

There are cases whereby a mother was under some form of medication before she became pregnant. Such a mother should check with her doctor to help her see if there is a need to continue with the drugs or not. Some pregnant women get allergies which do not need medication from the doctor, some of these allergies can be treated with nasal saline which is a mixture of water and salt and it has no effect on the baby. All in all it is advisable not to take any medication unless it has been prescribed by a doctor. It is also important to inquire about herbal supplements before taking them at home.