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During your pregnancy, unless you want to catch you a cold. Not only because they can questions about the health of your baby, but because just during your months of pregnancy, taking cold medicine can be counterproductive. Here we tell you what you can do in case of a cold when you’re pregnant.

When you’re pregnant, your whole body adjusts to create a new life. These adjustments may mean that you are more prone to get sick from colds or colds, for example. The reason is very valid, your defenses are lowered so that your body does not reject the baby, and for that reason are less protected against certain viruses and infections. So, you’re more susceptible to a stuffy nose, congestion, cough, headache and other discomforts.

The cold is annoying by nature, and even more when you’re pregnant. Not because it affects your baby, because fortunately a cold will not harm your health, but rather because it is not recommended that you take medications that are commonly used to combat cold symptoms such as aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) and herbs, among others. And what of acetaminophen (Tylenol)? This medicine has fewer health risks for pregnant women and the baby, but must be used with caution and never without first talking to your doctor.

So my advice is if you get a cold while pregnant, immediately call your ob-gyn, to make him or her that you indicate what you do to manage the symptoms and what you can take, but is sold without a prescription.