Just been prescribed something that says it could affect my baby - opinions please!

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I'm just back from an excruciating trip to the docs (but that's another story) and I've been prescribed this cream. I just read the leaflet and it says:

If you are pregnant
Even at the usual dose, the possibility of a very small risk to the development of a baby in pregnant women canot be entirely ruled out. As with most medicines, the risk is likely to be the greatest in the early stages of development (first 3 months.)

So here's the thing, doc knows am pregnant (am 11 weeks tomorrow) and I assume she knows what she's doing.

But reading that is a bit scary! Dunno what to do, really need the stuff but don't want to do something awful to fetus.

Help!

call the docs - they should call you back and say if ok or not

Ring and check.

Can you?

call the docs and pharmacist

what's the cream .. easy enough to look up

Something I recently found out is that antiobiotics in pregnancy can damage the baby's teeth. My ds2 has a small hole in a front tooth and the dentist said it was something from the womb when the teeth were developing I had 2 lots when I was pregnant due to waters breaking early and the dentist told me that would be the most likely reason.

Phone the docs and a pharmacist and see what they say.

I believe that a lot of the info put on packaging are disclaimers as the product isn't tested on pg woman, so they don't really know either way what the side affects are - iyswim?!

Oh and it's not a cavity.

Yes def call them and find out if it's ok.

oh god - I've also just been prescribed anti biotics for a kidney infection.

Will phone now and check.

BB - yuo've probalby checked it out by now but just wanted to pass on what i as told when i was pg and took something. my gp said you/they had to weigh up the risk of the treatment against the risk of the illness to the baby. i rememebr not using an eye cream i was given as i knew it would clear eventually on its own but i did take some tablets as i knew that me being ill could also affect the baby.
hope you've been able to find out, and your kidney infection gets better soon.

Thanks everyone!

I called the pharmacist back who double checked with the doctor. Apparently she wasn't worries about it - but it's hard not to be when you read soemthing like that!

Thank you for all the replies.