To give birth to a healthy crumb is often the woman's most cherished desire. But on the way to the goal she has to undergo many courses of antibiotic treatment, since infections and foci of inflammation in the female genitalia can become a serious obstacle to pregnancy. Therefore, wishing to start the process of conception, women are interested in when you can get pregnant after taking antibiotics.
Planning pregnancy after antibiotics
Antibiotics are substances of natural or semi-synthetic origin, which have the ability to suppress the vital activity of living cells (eg, bacteria). The time when you can plan pregnancy after taking antibiotics, depends on some factors. The fact is that antibiotics have the property of accumulating in the body and influencing not only the organs, but also the sex cells, for example, an egg in a woman. In the planning of pregnancy after antibiotics, one should also take into account the fact that due to taking medications the spermatozoa of men become not only inactive, but also have pathologies. Conception, which involved pathological sex cells, often leads to spontaneous miscarriage in the future. That's why it is possible to plan to become pregnant after taking antibiotics at a time when a woman passes at least one menstrual cycle. If a man used antibiotics, conception should occur no earlier than, in 2-3 months, when the semen will be updated. Thus, pregnancy after antibiotics is quite possible and without negative consequences. The main thing is not to rush, and the first few months after treatment will be protected.
How does antibiotics affect pregnancy?
It happens that a woman in the situation became infected with an infectious disease, and the doctor prescribed antibiotics to her. And she is very worried about the effect of antibiotics on pregnancy and the possible consequences for the fetus. Such fears of the future mother are not groundless. These drugs can really have a negative effect on the fetus. Especially dangerous is the intake of antibiotics in the first weeks of pregnancy: embryonic pathologies can occur that cause spontaneous miscarriage.
The following preparations are prohibited for pregnancy:
- tetracyclines (eg, doxycycline) that affect the liver and bone system;
- sulfonamides (sulfademitoxin), leading to multiple defects;
- aminoglycosides (amikacin), they have a toxic effect on the hearing;
- fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxocin, nolycin, ciprolet), damage the joints.
It is clear that not every pregnant woman can manage without illnesses all nine months. There are such diseases when antibiotic treatment is simply necessary, for example:
- with urogenital infections (pyelonephritis, cystitis, chlamydia, etc.);
- with respiratory diseases caused by bacteria (pneumonia, sore throat);
- at pathologies of pregnancy (polyhydramnios, hypochlorism);
- diseases that endanger the life of the mother.
But what antibiotics can be used during pregnancy?
- Future mums are allowed antibiotics of the penicillin group (ampicillin, amoxicillin, amoxiclav).
- Do not have harmful effects on the fetus preparations of macrolides (erythromycin, rovamycin, vilprafen).
- To the permitted antibiotics in pregnancy include and cephalosporins (cefazolin, supraks, ceftriaxone, cefepime).
- Some antibiotics in the early stages of pregnancy are prohibited due to violations in the laying of the fetal organs. In the second and third trimesters, when the organs are already formed, their reception is quite possible (trichopolum, metronidazole, flagel, furadonin).
In any case, future moms should not self-medicate. Remember that only a doctor can prescribe any medicines, which should be known about the patient's pregnancy. It is he who prescribes a suitable antibiotic for a particular disease, and a woman in the situation will only have to strictly adhere to the prescribed dosage of the medicine, without decreasing or increasing it.