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What Are The Effects Of Taking Unwanted 72 During Pregnancy?

dera sir, my wife pragnency is confirmed by doctor(1.5month) . and we have done a scan and the report tells normal but we have one problem.



we had first intercorse without any precautions after 4 days again we had intercourse and she taken unwanted 72 in the monrning but after one half month it is confirmed by doctor she is pragnent. and doctor says evnthough she took unwanted 72 this pragnency may be obnormal and doctor says they cant give gaurentnty for the normal baby and they are giving only 5% gaurenty for healthy baby.

so wht should we do either to to clean or we should have kid. kindly suggest......
Thu, 12 Feb 2015
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OBGYN, Maternal and Fetal Medicine 's  Response
Hi, I have gone through your problem. You need not worry so much because
there is very rare chances that unwanted 72 (containing levonorgestrel) cause any adverse effect on the fetus.
The limited data on teratogenic effects come from a relatively small number of reports in which treatment was not successful, and the woman elected to continue the pregnancy. No evidence exists of a specific syndrome of anomalies or an apparent increase in the incidence of anomalies. It is important to recognize that no studies have investigated teratogenic effects associated with the use of oral emergency contraception. Numerous studies of the teratogenic risk of conception during the routine use of oral contraceptives, including the older, high-dose preparations, found no increase in risk.
Hence, I would suggest your wife to continue the pregnancy with full reassurance. Get ultrasound done at 11-13 weeks (called NT/NB scan) and a detailed one at 18-20 weeks of pregnancy to rule out any major congenital malformations with the fetus.
Hope your question is answered.
Wishing you both good health.
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What Are The Effects Of Taking Unwanted 72 During Pregnancy?

Hi, I have gone through your problem. You need not worry so much because there is very rare chances that unwanted 72 (containing levonorgestrel) cause any adverse effect on the fetus. The limited data on teratogenic effects come from a relatively small number of reports in which treatment was not successful, and the woman elected to continue the pregnancy. No evidence exists of a specific syndrome of anomalies or an apparent increase in the incidence of anomalies. It is important to recognize that no studies have investigated teratogenic effects associated with the use of oral emergency contraception. Numerous studies of the teratogenic risk of conception during the routine use of oral contraceptives, including the older, high-dose preparations, found no increase in risk. Hence, I would suggest your wife to continue the pregnancy with full reassurance. Get ultrasound done at 11-13 weeks (called NT/NB scan) and a detailed one at 18-20 weeks of pregnancy to rule out any major congenital malformations with the fetus. Hope your question is answered. Wishing you both good health.