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Is there anything I can take for D when pregnant? I am about 4 weeks pregnant and I usually take Imodium when not pregnant but I think you can only take it occasionally when pregnant and it should be when you are further along.
SO I’m wondering what I CAN take? TUMS?
What about iron and calcium? Is it safe to keep taking the calcium when pregnant?
I’m hoping soon things will slow down on their own but who knows. I have a presentation to give today and I’m nervous.
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dinah
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Calcium is usually safe in pregnancy, you and the baby need quite a bit of it and it is hard to get enough from diet alone. I think LNAPE finds the pills like Caltrate more effective than a chewable like Tums.
Iron can also be constipating.
Of the anti-diarrheals avoid anything that has bismuth (Pepto Bismol and others). Imodium hasn’t been proven safe in pregnant woman, but is not harmful in animals and almost none of it leaves the colon. If it doesn’t get into your blood stream it can’t effect the baby.
K.
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