Patient's question:
Doctor. Currently 46 days pregnant, I took health supplements without knowing I was pregnant. I started taking them around the 10th day of pregnancy and continued for about 20 days, taking them whenever I remembered and forgetting when I didn't. During this period, I took two packs of cold medicine. Yesterday's ultrasound showed a normal fetal pole and heartbeat, but low progesterone and fluid accumulation. Under these circumstances, can the child be kept? Will there be health issues? Thank you very much for your explanation.Doctor's answer:
These are health supplements, which fall into the category of functional foods. They generally do not have the teratogenic effects that some medications can cause, so there is no need to worry. If the cold medicine used is a pure traditional Chinese medicine, there is no evidence to suggest it would increase the risk of fetal malformation.Now that there is a fetal heartbeat, it proves that there has been no severe impact, and the fetus is still growing and developing. You can focus on carrying the pregnancy forward and undergo regular prenatal check-ups to monitor the fetal condition.
Progesterone levels in early pregnancy are pulsatile and have a wide fluctuation range, which holds little significance for assessing fetal health. If the levels are low, they are low, but since the fetus has a heartbeat, there is no need to pay attention to this.