Had lemsip this week - didn't realise I wasn't meant to!

[Magda16]

Any advice? Am worried I've totally screwed up. Am 10 weeks pregnant, and have felt terrible this week with a cold. Have had 1 or 2 lemsips every day since Tuesday. Didn't even occur to me I wasn't meant to, but just googled and apparently it stops blood flow to the placenta? Am now very worried that I've really messed up. Any advice?

I wouldn’t worry about it, it’s done now and stressing about it is probably more harmful to baby. You’ll have a scan in a couple of weeks which will reassure you all is ok.

A one off lemsip is incredibly unlikely to have had any effect whatsoever, except on your cold. Please don’t worry about it. You would be amazed how much alcohol, nicotine and medication my parents’ generation consumed whilst pregnant and the vast majority of us were absolutely fine. Your single lemsip cannot compare 😊

Your placenta doesn't really do much til around 10-12 weeks so I wouldn't worry!

Depends if it was lemsip with decongestant or just the one with paracetamol

I doubt you will have done harm but I'd avoid it from now on. Make a drink with honey and lemon and take paracetamol to be safer

Agreed with pp, placenta is in early stages and still establishing so you're probably fine, just don't have any more. Bring it up with your midwife if you're worried, but I don't think you'll need to be xx

Thanks for your messages everyone
I won’t have anymore but will try not to stress about it. Hadn’t thought about the fact that placenta is only just getting going at this stage. This is my second pregnancy and in my first I felt totally on top of everything - this one I can barely remember how many weeks I am!