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Cranberry in pregnancy?

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Lizzietow · 02/02/2012 20:32

Hi- until I found out I'm pregnant, I was taking cranberry extract every day to prevent cystitis, as I've had terrible trouble with it. I was just reading online that te extract isn't recommended during pregnancy as there's no evidence to suggest it's safe.
The juice is safe- but they all seem to have sugar/water to make up the carton. Can anyone recommend a decent juice, and also how much I should drink per day?
Thanks!

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surfmama · 02/02/2012 21:37

hello i am taking cranberry caps, mw said it was fine and am taking every other day - they are only equivalent to about 10 cranberries so can't really see they would be a problem to the baby... but check with your mw and make sure they are happy. all the juice is rubbish imo.

eachpeach80 · 02/02/2012 22:23

I'm also taking the cranberry caps as have had recurrent UTIs this time - ok'd by MW and OB but best run it past the MW/GP. Not sure if they have had any effect yet but I was sick of drinking the juice and "wasted" sugar intake!

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