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Safe Remedies for the Common Cold in Pregnancy
With cold and flu season upon us, our providers want to share their list of remedies they recommend for you while you are pregnant. At this practice, our first suggestion to any pregnant woman will be the "non-medication" options. Whenever possible we want you to avoid taking any medications, even "Over the Counter" medications available without a prescription at your pharmacy to minimize exposure of any potentially dangerous agents to your fetus. Symptoms of the common cold
Emergency Contraception
Emergency contraception can help keep you from getting pregnant if you had sex without using birth control or if your birth control method did not work. Emergency contraception is also called the “morning after pill.” But you do not need to wait until the morning after unprotected sex to take it. There are two types of FDA-approved emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs). Some ECPs can work when taken within - five days of unprotected sex or when your birth control does not work
