Can I take guaifenesin while I am pregnant or trying to conceive?
Pregnancy, trying to conceive, and guai are situations you should discuss with your gynecologist. Dr. St. Amand says it is safe to take 1200 mg. twice per day during pregnancy and conception attempts, but during pregnancy, the advice is always: Use nothing you don’t absolutely have to. Most obstetricians allow resumption, or beginning use of guaifenesin after the sixth month when the baby is fully formed. Breast feeding has no seeming effect on babies whose mothers take guaifenesin. However, you MUST clear everything with your OB-GYN. In about the third month of pregnancy, the adrenal glands enlarge to much greater size than during the non-pregnant days. This seems to provide sufficient cortisol (cortisone) to cut way down on symptoms of fibro, although not for the most advanced cases. Two or three days post-partum however, the glands shrink down and that is when many have had sudden, formidable flare-ups in the FM cascade. Dr. St. Amand believes post-partum blues and depression are bu
