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I've seen many lists of teas that are NOT safe during pregnancy. Does anyone know which ones are safe? I'm not terribly concerned about caffeine. I'll ask by Dr next time I see her, but I'm look for a short list for the meantime.
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People often greatly exaggerate the degree to which tea is unsafe during pregnancy. The main issue with tea (pure tea, or true tea, like your regular black breakfast tea, green tea, etc.) is the caffeine. But the caffeine levels in tea are low, and the body is pretty resilient.
There's an article on a site that I run that explores this in detail, and cites several authoritative medical bodies and their recommendations:
http://ratetea.com/topic/tea-and-pregnancy/19/
Basically though, 3 cups of tea a day are TOTALLY within safe levels for caffeine for pregnant women. And unless it's really strong tea, 5 cups of tea might still be within those levels.
Tea is not like smoking or heavy alcohol use. Those things will harm your baby and increase the risk of all sorts of complications if you do them. There is some evidence that very heavy caffeine use may increase the risk of miscarriage by a very slight amount...but that's all. There's no evidence that moderate caffeine use (3 cups of tea or less) can cause any harm.
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About herbs...this really depends on the concentration too. If you're drinking a single cup of an herbal tea for beverage use, it's really like a food, not a medicine...don't worry about it. I would avoid strong medicinal teas though, and I'd avoid large volumes of one type of tea. Example: chamomile tea can act as a blood thinner when you have a lot of it, so I wouldn't drink it every day or drink many cups of it. But for a single cup of one thing, or blends containing many herbs in small amounts, that's fine.
Stop worrying! Just practice moderation.
People often greatly exaggerate the degree to which tea is unsafe during pregnancy. The main issue with tea (pure tea, or true tea, like your regular black breakfast tea, green tea, etc.) is the caffeine. But the caffeine levels in tea are low, and the body is pretty resilient.
There's an article on a site that I run that explores this in detail, and cites several authoritative medical bodies and their recommendations:
http://ratetea.com/topic/tea-and-pregnancy/19/
Basically though, 3 cups of tea a day are TOTALLY within safe levels for caffeine for pregnant women. And unless it's really strong tea, 5 cups of tea might still be within those levels.
Tea is not like smoking or heavy alcohol use. Those things will harm your baby and increase the risk of all sorts of complications if you do them. There is some evidence that very heavy caffeine use may increase the risk of miscarriage by a very slight amount...but that's all. There's no evidence that moderate caffeine use (3 cups of tea or less) can cause any harm.
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About herbs...this really depends on the concentration too. If you're drinking a single cup of an herbal tea for beverage use, it's really like a food, not a medicine...don't worry about it. I would avoid strong medicinal teas though, and I'd avoid large volumes of one type of tea. Example: chamomile tea can act as a blood thinner when you have a lot of it, so I wouldn't drink it every day or drink many cups of it. But for a single cup of one thing, or blends containing many herbs in small amounts, that's fine.
Stop worrying! Just practice moderation.
What drugs are usually safe to take during pregnancy? Anti-depressants? Ambien? Konopin? Tylenol? etc?
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I'm on Wellbutrin, which I know I need to talk to my doctor about before i get pregnant. But I am so afraid that just going off of it will make my depression come back even worse. And with all those hormones swirling around, woohoo!! Also, I have bad allergies and asthma, and chronic insomnia for which I take Ambien for. I presume that I will have to learn how to live without these drugs for awhile? Sometimes they say that the mother taking drugs can sometimes outweigh the risks of going off the drugs. With my history of depression and anxiety, I have a feeling I might be one of those people....but I definitely would not want to cause any harm to my unborn baby. I know I should talk to my doctor, and I will, but I wanted to hear any of your experiences with this kind of situation?
Thanks in advance!
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No one one here can give you a safe enough answer. Talk to your doctor. Talk to another doctor too to get another opinion. Talk to your pharmacists, or a variety of them from different stores that have pharmacy's you can contact people at. Get the answers from people who work in that type of field and deal with those important questions. Make a list of medications (perscribed, AND over the counter meds)/foods/mulitvitamins that they tell you are unsafe...a make a list of the ones they tell you are safe. Ask if they have lists already made up.
Anti-depressants are usually a no no. But in some cases they may be nessesary. Don't forget your moods throughout the pregnancy will have an impact on the child. This is something you have to talk to your doctor about, and something you may have to make the best educated choice.
Most drugs have a potential for harm (unless we know for sure otherwise), as we do not know if they cause harm or not....you can't very well test pharmacutical medications on a pregnant women like you can on mice.
Also something else you might want to take into consideration. Keep an eye on the things you eat...as any chemicals contained within the food maybe transfered to the growing child. Breating air in the city (all the exuast, and smog), is very unhealthy for the babe.
Best of luck.
No one one here can give you a safe enough answer. Talk to your doctor. Talk to another doctor too to get another opinion. Talk to your pharmacists, or a variety of them from different stores that have pharmacy's you can contact people at. Get the answers from people who work in that type of field and deal with those important questions. Make a list of medications (perscribed, AND over the counter meds)/foods/mulitvitamins that they tell you are unsafe...a make a list of the ones they tell you are safe. Ask if they have lists already made up.
Anti-depressants are usually a no no. But in some cases they may be nessesary. Don't forget your moods throughout the pregnancy will have an impact on the child. This is something you have to talk to your doctor about, and something you may have to make the best educated choice.
Most drugs have a potential for harm (unless we know for sure otherwise), as we do not know if they cause harm or not....you can't very well test pharmacutical medications on a pregnant women like you can on mice.
Also something else you might want to take into consideration. Keep an eye on the things you eat...as any chemicals contained within the food maybe transfered to the growing child. Breating air in the city (all the exuast, and smog), is very unhealthy for the babe.
Best of luck.
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