I took cough medicine and found out I was pregnant

Before a woman prepares to have a baby, she must go through a period of preparation and conditioning her body before getting pregnant. The purpose of doing this is to have a smart and healthy baby. But some women may not plan to have children, and there are cases where they find out they are pregnant after taking cough medicine. What should they do? Cough medicine is not suitable for pregnant women, so it is best to listen to the doctor's advice on whether to terminate the pregnancy.

If a pregnant woman has a cough, she should try to take some medicines that will not harm the fetus. If the cough is caused by external factors, she can take some Chinese herbal medicines for treatment, because the side effects of Chinese medicine are relatively small. It is best not to use antibiotics for treatment. Antibiotics will have a certain impact on the brain and bone development of the fetus, so pregnant women should not use antibiotics indiscriminately.

In daily life, you can make some medicated food, which is also effective in treating diseases. If pregnant women often cough, they can stew pears with Fritillaria cirrhosa and take it every day for three days. The symptoms of cough will not be so serious. Pregnant women's cough needs to be treated slowly. Do not take a large amount of drugs, which will harm the mother and fetus. Although the effect of treatment through medicated food is relatively slow, it will not have a bad effect on the body of the pregnant woman.

Honey also has the effect of moistening the lungs. If pregnant women always cough, they can drink honey water every day, which can help them moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. For coughs caused by dry weather, drinking honey water is still very effective in treating them.

If a pregnant woman has a cough, diet therapy will be effective. Taking medicine frequently will definitely be harmful to the fetus. Pregnant women can boil white radish into water and drink it every day, which also has the effect of moistening the lungs. If there are symptoms such as persistent coughing, dry mouth, and phlegm in the throat, drinking white radish water will be effective.

Taking medicine during pregnancy may cause certain harm to the fetus. In this case, it is recommended to take folic acid tablets in time and do Down syndrome screening at 15 to 20 weeks of pregnancy to check the intellectual development of the fetus. Perform four-dimensional color ultrasound to check for deformities between 22 and 26 weeks.