Posted by roolight on March 13, 2003, at 21:23:19
In reply to Effexor and pregnancy, posted by ChristinaG on October 23, 2000, at 16:10:39
I read these posts in January 2002, prior to making my own decision to take Effexor during pregnancy. They made me think hard about my decision to take Effexor during the pregnancy, but I want to testify that my baby came out perfect...no problems. When I found out I was pregnant, I was lucky that I had just started taking Effexor and could easily stop taking Effexor during my first trimester. In my fourth month, I worked my way back up to 150mg of Effexor XR and continued to take it to the end of the pregnancy and even now through 6 months+ of breastfeeding. The decision to take the Effexor was not advised by my prescribing psychologist but ok'd by my OBGYN. I was having terrible mood swings and I felt I had no choice but to take it. Reiterating, my baby is very happy and healthy, has never had colic, was a very healthy 7 lbs, 11 oz...I truly feel continuing medication was my best decision.
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