By: Kirstie Perrotta, MPH and Becky Spencer, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, IBCLC, PMH-C, FILCA Shannon was newly pregnant and had been referred to MotherToBaby by her doctor. She was taking 50 mg of sertraline per day for general anxiety and her doctor thought that she may need to wean off the medication now that she was 5 weeks pregnant. Shannon had been taking the medication for 3 years and was feeling great on her current dose, so she had some concerns about this plan. On the MotherToBaby website’s …
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Page: Interactive Tool: Critical Periods of Pregnancy
Use the MotherToBaby pregnancy calculator and chart below to determine how far along you are and see how your baby develops during pregnancy. This interactive tool shows when the baby’s body parts could be most sensitive to exposures, and is best displayed on a desktop. Please click on each part of the chart below to learn more about the different terms and colors included. If you need help interpreting this chart or have additional questions about an exposure of concern, please contact a …
Baby Blog: Birth Defects Prevention Month Series: Making Medication Decisions in Pregnancy Doesn’t Have to Be Lonely
By Ginger Nichols, Licensed Certified Genetic Counselor at MotherToBaby Connecticut With Birth Defects Prevention Month in full swing, it’s time to focus on Tip #2 for Preventing Birth Defects: Booking a visit with your health care provider before stopping or starting any medicine. Callers to MotherToBaby often wonder why it’s important to talk with their health care provider before stopping or starting a medication. My most recent caller to MotherToBaby asked this very question. Maria …
Page: MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies
Ongoing Studies: Providing Better Information on Medication Safety in Pregnancy MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies provide much-needed information on medication and vaccine safety in pregnancy. Our studies are observational; women who are pregnant are not asked to take any medications or change their current treatments. We simply follow women who are pregnant who have – and who have not – taken a medication of interest until they deliver their baby, and then follow their babies for a period of …
Baby Blog: A Not-So-Silent Night: Restless Legs Syndrome and Pregnancy
By Patricia Markland Cole, MPH, MotherToBaby Massachusetts I heard the pregnant mom on the phone say, “I get this miserable feeling at night with my legs. I feel this constant urge to move my legs and it feels like ants crawling all over. It only happens at night and I just cannot rest like I want to. What can I do?” Although I haven’t had many calls like this in my years with MotherToBaby, every now and then I get a call with a mom describing this condition with her legs and how miserable it …
