Is Evening Primrose Oil safe to take whilst pregnant?

[pie]

...thats all really.

TIA!

As far as I know I don't think it is. Most products state that pregnant or lactating women should avoid or contact there doctors before taking certain products and I'm sure Eve Prim. is one of them.

I stopped taking it when I was pg so must have read somewhere that it wasn't safe.

Same - I stopped taking it. It has an effect on your hormones I think - I used to take it for breast tenderness. And there's so much going on hormonally anyway that you wouldn't want to add to the mix. Incidentally once I got pg all that tenderness disappeared and it's never come back. Hadn't realised that til you made me think about it...

Thanks, I thought is wasn't safe, but I had read that it was good for cervix ripening and I know is good for eczema and as mine is really bad at the moment I thought I could kill two birds with one stone...

I used to take it for ecezma too. Why don't you call a midwife and ask? What's your EDD pie?

EDD was 16th October, but will probably be in a week or so as I'm being induced. Don't have a m/w all my care is done by OB, don't fancy trying to get a doctor on the phone...I'll just sit it out!

pie my ds bday is 16th October

I only know one libra fio, my brother, he is so laid back that his teachers used to write on his school report 'If he were anymore laid back he'd be horizontal'

Can I hope for a chilled baby then?

GOD NO he is on all the time, a real little terror. He was 8 days early though so I think he should have been a scorpio....He has always slept well though.

You could tell me a big fat fib?????

sorry