- Be cautious with medication
Today’s Parent reported:
“Yoel Abells, medical director of the Forest Hill Family Health Centre and a family physician practising obstetrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, suggests that all women have a pre-pregnancy checkup with their doctor to discuss specifics, including which meds are safe and which to avoid.”
There are many medications out there that can cause birth defects, such as the acne drug Accutane.
Most medical experts will want you to continue medications for “long-term health problems, such as asthma, epilepsy and diabetes”, according to Today’s Parent, as well as, mental health drugs to treat depression and anxiety.
Dosages may differ after you have conceived, so you will want to see your doctor again after you have your little one to consider.