Posted by Allibum on June 29, 2001, at 14:29:04
In reply to Re: Klonopin and Pregnancy, posted by grapebubblegum on June 29, 2001, at 7:41:55
Thank you sooooooooo Very much for posting your experience. I have suffered from 3 m/c's and the last one was 2 weeks ago. I have had Panic disorder for 10 years now, since I was 20. I take Klonopin 1mg 2x/day. With this last m/c they wanted me off of it no questions period...So like a good sport I stopped taking it and found myself having one attack after another EVERY DAY! My husband and I are getting ready to go to a fertility specialist and I wanted to be able to tell them that without the medication, I beleive it is worse than being on it! I don't know if me getting off it caused the m/c but I do know that as sson as I get pregnant again, I will be taking the meds.
I just needed a "validation" if you will that I am not being a bad mother by taking the risk of using Klonopin during pgncy. I to have stopped caffine, fortified sugars, fast food, I don't even drink non-caffinated sodas, so if the only risk is me taking Klonopin, then I think I am doing ok ya know!
It's funny how you said that OB's don't have rolaids in there office! I was reading my baby book that my mom did before and after I was born and there are things in there that the "new" OB;s would spit nails about. In fact, my mom fed me the baby cereal at 5 days old and I was on solid foods (Gerber of course) by the time I was eight months old. She took cold medicine, drank a couple of glasses of wine, and even smoked an occassional cigarette while she was pregnant with me.
I am not saying that what she did was right but back when I was born....People didn't FREAK out about a pregnant woman living her life normally and of course there was no interne so ya know nothing for her to say "I am an awful mother" which she is in no way a bad mother! I am rambling....SORRY! I guess my point is, I already have panic disorder....Why in the world do I need to stress out about pregnancy,,,people do it all the time and have healthy babies RIGHT? Thank you for your response! I feel Validated!
Alli
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