| You may have concerns about how prescription | | | | safe treatments. |
| medication and over the counter drugs may | | | | Whenever you seek health advice, whether from |
| affect your unborn baby during pregnancy. As | | | | a doctor, dentist, pharmacist or other health |
| with everything else in your diet, your baby is | | | | adviser, always be sure to tell them that you are |
| particularly vulnerable to the effects of any drugs | | | | pregnant. They will then be able to give you their |
| you may consume. | | | | best advice based upon the balance of any |
| By using the term 'drugs' I mean to include any | | | | possible risks to your baby against your own |
| medicines, tablets, inhalants, suppositories, oils or | | | | health needs. |
| ointments bought from a pharmacy, prescribed | | | | Be sure to check with your doctor, a pharmacist, |
| by a doctor or other health professional, or | | | | or a qualified herbalist before taking any herbal |
| purchased illegally. | | | | treatments, medicines or tablets. The herbal tea |
| Your baby's body is developing very rapidly during | | | | and fruit tea that you can buy in a supermarket |
| your pregnancy term and is therefore very | | | | are generally safe to drink during pregnancy. |
| sensitive to poisons and toxins in his or her | | | | However, you should be careful about any |
| environment. It's therefore important that you're | | | | preparations brewed by your friends or family, |
| very aware of what you're taking whilst you're | | | | and any of the more unusual teas you may find |
| pregnant. So here are a few tips to help out. | | | | for sale in health food shops. |
| You should never buy any drugs or medicines for | | | | Finally, always check things out with a doctor, |
| yourself over the counter at a chemist, drug | | | | pharmacist or a qualified practitioner before you |
| store or pharmacy without first checking with | | | | use any aromatherapy treatments, homeopathic |
| your doctor, midwife or a pharmacist. If you drug | | | | remedies or massage oils. |
| you seek is likely to harm your baby they may | | | | Hopefully you can see that the key here is to ask |
| be able to recommend an alternative or other | | | | first to prevent any problems later. |