In a haze of pregnancy nausea and extreme fatigue, I did something incredibly stupid. I had run out of my prenatal vitamins and fishing around in my cabinet, came across the fertilaid I had from awhile ago when trying to conceive. IbdonI even know why I bought this stuff, I barely took it back then. Anyhow, I looked at the back and saw it has vitamins I need like folate and a quick Google search of "fertilaid prenatal" broighy me to their webpage where skimming info in my fatigue, I read that it can be used as a prenatal vitamin. I failed in my fatigue to read fine print that it should not be taken during pregnancy or pay attention to what herbs it contains.I didn't take it every day and rarely took all three pills.
It has Red Clover, Vitex, PABA, Siberian ginseng, ginko biloba, all of which are contraindicated in pregnancy. The red clover is concerning me the most as it contains isoflavones that could have affected my baby girl right when her reproductive system was developing.
My only hope is that the amount of herbs in the pills are negligible compared to the amounts fed in the limited animal research showing negative effects and that I didn't take it long enough to have any individual herb build up sufficiently.
I did notice more nausea the past few weeks now resolving since I stopped taking these a couple days ago. Unsure if that was just pregnancy and I'm feeling relief now that I'm finishing the first trimester or if the pills were making things worse...
I'm terrified that I harmed my baby girl.
It has Red Clover, Vitex, PABA, Siberian ginseng, ginko biloba, all of which are contraindicated in pregnancy. The red clover is concerning me the most as it contains isoflavones that could have affected my baby girl right when her reproductive system was developing.
My only hope is that the amount of herbs in the pills are negligible compared to the amounts fed in the limited animal research showing negative effects and that I didn't take it long enough to have any individual herb build up sufficiently.
I did notice more nausea the past few weeks now resolving since I stopped taking these a couple days ago. Unsure if that was just pregnancy and I'm feeling relief now that I'm finishing the first trimester or if the pills were making things worse...
I'm terrified that I harmed my baby girl.
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