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scarletuba t1_isv9bwc wrote

Reply to comment by dogownedhoomun in Has anyone else caught a fall cold lately? NH seems like it's lighting up at the moment. by deadpeasant2

Oh of course he didn't say that. But like, what can he give me that won't risk the (wanted) fetus? It's tea with honey, cough drops, and mucinex... and trying to talk as little in my job... as a TEACHER.

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dogownedhoomun t1_isvakhm wrote

This really bothers me! You need a new dr

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scarletuba t1_isveooi wrote

okay, I'll clarify a bit further because no I don't:

He had me come in to an "urgent" appointment so he could make sure I didn't have pneumonia/was getting enough oxygen in my blood.

Once established that I was not in danger, just miserable, we have to accept that there are basically no safe medications for alleviating cough/colds in pregnancy. The only "acceptable" pain medication is acetaminophen, and it is now being linked to poor brain development (autism, ADHD), so it isn't recommended except to reduce fever, which I don't have.

Other medications have been linked to negative outcomes in animal trials, so they won't even try them on pregnant humans. Antibiotics are not recommended when it is probably viral, and even if it might have been bacterial, they are not recommended at my stage of pregnancy, again, unless my life/longterm health are at risk.

So what would you have my doctor do?

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