chlordiazepoxide and pregnancy

[kim]

im new ere just wondering if anyone has took this medication during pregnancy and what was the effects on your baby,im only on 5mg a day,would love to hear from you[?]

[Meg]

Kim,

I've answered this in your other post

Meg

[kim]

hi meg thanks for getting back to me,ive tried redusing them before and trying to come off of them but as im an epileptic aswell i suffered from a seizure aswell trying to come off them,if its possible to stay on them i would like to,but i want to know if the baby would be ok?

[Meg]

If you're on anticonvulsants too and the Obs are happy for you to get pregnant on those then this will be fine,

It's a caution not a contraindication .


Meg

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[kim]

thanks meg your a big help,theres one more question on the next reply for you.cheers

[kim]

could you answer me one more thing please meg?is there any possible side effects to the baby when its born,and if so do you know what they are please?

thanks meg

[Meg]

Kim,

This is really a question you need to ask of your GP /epilepsy specialist/ obstetrician so you can make an informed choice with the information they give you.

As you know they really prefer you not to even take simple painkillers for headaches when pregnant and so when they have ladies who are on medication for concurrent conditions they like to go through it all and assess any potential risk .

If you see an epilepsy specialist at all, I would strongly recommend you discuss it first with them and if he feels the need, he can confer with his obs colleagues but he will have seen this combination before and can talk with bags of experience which I cannot in any shape or form as I avoided midwifery like the plague.