Certain antibiotics could be linked to birth defects.
Based on the research available, it's mainly pregnant women in their first trimester that should try to avoid these medications. But it ultimately should come down to a discussion of the risks and benefits with your doctor.
“Based on the evidence available, moms should not be overly concerned,” Dr. Clark says. Because the evidence is so mixed, we don't know exactly how likely it is for either of these drugs to actually cause birth defects. Unfortunately, this is often the case with medications given during pregnancy, which is why it’s important for doctors to weigh the risks and benefits of a drug before prescribing it, she says.
If you have a UTI during pregnancy , your doctor should give you a urine analysis to determine the best treatment for your infection. So it’s “probable” that some of the prescriptions in the CDC report were “clinically appropriate,” Dr. Ailes says. “It is also possible that health care providers prescribed these medications to women before either the provider or the women themselves knew that they were pregnant,” she says. And, unfortunately, the antibiotics might also have been prescribed by a health care provider who wasn’t up to date with ACOG’s latest recommendations, Dr. Ailes says.
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