took doxycycline during first trimester

would love to know how your pregnancy and babies heath turned out as i am in the exact same position as you were now..Any info u can share would be greatly appriciated

hcf wrote:

OMG! I am 9 weeks i didnt know. i was taking doxy for the first 6-7 weeks. im freaking out!!! i want my baby to be healthy and with all of its limbs...help! how do i know ???<quoted text>

If you read the FDA information on this drug t says it has side effects of discolored teeth when you take it in the thrid trimester... that is its only warning to pregnant women.

I must add, the baby will have discolored teeth ***

I just went to Honduras for a short term missions trip and my doc prescribed doxycycline as an antimalarial drug. Check out the cdc's website for others, but yes, it is common.

geraldine wrote:

My husband (marine engineer) has just been posted to work in Abijan and has to take Malaria precautions. His Doctor prescribed doxycycline.
I was wondering if this is the usual medication for preventing Malaria.
Would any one know, as my husband had cancer 3 years ago (mouth cancer). Thanks.

My wife has been on doxycycline for the past 2 months. When she realised that she was pregnant for the first week she stopped taking it. Could it affect the foetus? HELP ME KNOW PLEASE. I'M SCARED. It might be my first born.

Doxy is not recommended even in the first trimester...I know cause I have been through it with my last prenancy and I am now pregnant again. I am prone to kidney infections, some caused by MRSA. Doxy is one of the main medications that can help the infection being that I am allergic to almost everything else. The doctors were scared that the kidney infections would cause me to miscarry, buth they refused to be put me on doxy and that would not at all. Now I am preganat again and just found out that I have another kidney infection. The dr prescribed doxy, but once they found out that I was pregnant they adviced me not to take it and are now trying to figure out what other medication to give me. I was seen by specialist at the U of I hospitals and clinics and they wouldn't even prescribe me doxy, so I don't think that it is safe under any circumstance. I have had more than one doctor work on my case because it is complicated, but all have been in agreement about the doxy. Do NOT take.

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geraldine wrote:

My husband (marine engineer) has just been posted to work in Abijan and has to take Malaria precautions. His Doctor prescribed doxycycline.
I was wondering if this is the usual medication for preventing Malaria.
Would any one know, as my husband had cancer 3 years ago (mouth cancer). Thanks.

yes it is written right on the leaflet you get from the pharmacy --common uses for this drug etc,

manda wrote:

would love to know how your pregnancy and babies heath turned out as i am in the exact same position as you were now..Any info u can share would be greatly appriciated
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yes similar situation i may be approaching

alright everyone..i'm a dad of 2.. i just had sex w/ my wife.. and i'm taking doxycycline 8th day already for 10 days.. and i just read that fathers taking it and would be having a baby may affect the fetus if wife would come out preggy.. woud it really>?

I am planning to get pregnant, but my doctor has prescibed doxycycline for me for 2 weeks bcos of an infection that was detected in urine. Will taking the drug prevent me from getting pregnant quickly

just wondering how can doxy can help women get pregnant?

Hi, can you please let me know if you dont mind how your pregnancy turned out? I am going through this as well and i would really appreciate the help. Thank you and God Bless you!

My doctor gave me doxycycline when I complained about pelvic and lower abdominal pain. She thought it was a urine infection. They also did a pregnancy test and it was negative. I took 4 100 mg tablets then discovered 4 days later that I was pregnant. I'm not more than 4 weeks. The doctor told me about the side effects. I was here losing my mind until I came across this forum. I am particularly encouraged by sue ( July 2010) and Sara ( oct 25, 2011). I can now relax because I thought all pregnancies with exposure to the drug in the early 1st trimester all produced malformed babies .
I will be sure to report the results of my baby so I can help others when they freak out the way I did. We should probably post this blog in clinics because it took me a while to find it.

Joe wrote:

My wife has been on doxycycline for the past 2 months. When she realised that she was pregnant for the first week she stopped taking it. Could it affect the foetus? HELP ME KNOW PLEASE. I'M SCARED. It might be my first born.

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Maria wrote:

Hi, can you please let me know if you dont mind how your pregnancy turned out? I am going through this as well and i would really appreciate the help. Thank you and God Bless you!

Please visit this site for some comforting information but, call your doctor tomorrow so you can discuss with him/her and get this off your mind! http://www.otispregnancy.org/files/tetracycli...

Rachel wrote:

I am 14 weeks pregnant and took Doxy during the first four weeks and when i found out i was pregnant i freaked out!! My doctors gave me loads of information about the drug and assured me that it is completely safe in the first 16 weeks. I had my 12 week ultrasound and everything was fine... all limbs seen.

now that your baby is born would love to know if all is well. I'm in the same predicament. As you were.

Can you please help me. I am freaking out. Where additional test r monitoring done to you during your pregnacy and when you gave birth to your baby?
PLEASE I NEED HELP!

Sara wrote:

I took doxycycline at the beginning of my last pregnancy, and stopped shortly after i found out I was pregnant - at about 6 weeks. I was on it when I conceived also.
My 2 year old boy is perfectly healthy except for an allergy to dairy. Whoever wrote that first post sounds full of it. Just relax! I always heard that the biggest concerns were tooth discoloration if taken later in pregnancy.

NURSEBETTY Thank you for your post but can you please help me. I have read sooo much and i am freaking out from reading other posts.

NurseBetty wrote:

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Please visit this site for some comforting information but, call your doctor tomorrow so you can discuss with him/her and get this off your mind! http://www.otispregnancy.org/files/tetracycli...

hi i am 20 and i was given doxycycline and was on it for roughly 3 weeks and after i stopped taking it i found out i was roughly around 8 weeks preg if that maybe and i am now 29 weeks preg with a baby boy who has spina bifida so yes doxycyling can affect the fetus but it is uncommen in early pregancy......