has anyone had a baby after taking anti-depressants throughout the pregnancy?
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at
8:56 pm
my councelor thinks i need to go on anti-depressants even though i am pregnant. he says that prozac is safe and a few others are safe. i just don’t know though. i know i need something… i am a complete mess most days. but i am fearful for my baby.
i am just trying to get responses from women who have actually gave birth after being on anti-depressants to get an idea of whether i should or shouldn’t get on some to help me out.
anyone have any input? thanks in advance
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I don’t think that you should take an anti-depressant during pregnancy. There can be unknown birth deffects. I haven’t been pregnant, but wouldn’t you rather be safe than sorry?
I’ve been on Zoloft during pregnancy. I did ‘wean down’ in the later months for two reasons: 1. Babies have been know to have ‘withdrawl’ symptoms after the birth. 2. There are some reports of complications in late pregnancy with Zoloft.
I don’t know much about Prozac… it may or may not have the same issues. I do know Zoloft works well for me and has caused no complications in the two pregnancies I used it in the early stages of.
In the end I would do my own research before taking the medicine just because ‘doc says’… but I would find *something* you can take for at least part of the pregnancy. Hope that helps some!
my daughters sister in law took paxil, the baby was born early, had muconium staining and RDS, he is nearly two now, still under weight and very passive .. guess we’ll see what that means later on..hope he’s ok but i dont think he is going to be the wrestler or football player his father fantasizes about it.maybe the flute we’ll see…
Yes- I took Zoloft from 10 weeks on and everything went great. The results of stress and depression can also have effects on the baby just like an anti depressant can. If I had to do it over again I would do the same. I was such a mess until I got on the Zoloft.