For some reason, this remedy does not work on boys.
When a woman discovers that she is expecting a child, she becomes the most cautious creature in the world – to the point of paranoia. She will ask the doctor ten times if she can take this or that remedy, re-read the instructions and study the reviews on the Internet. But it is not always possible to play it safe. Indeed, sometimes we find out about pregnancy not in the first week. Rather closer to the fifth, or even to the eighth. Some even manage to reach the very birth, unaware of their situation. And they manage to eat or drink something wrong.
But it turns out that even those funds that are considered to be practically harmless may not be so harmless. For example, paracetamol. This medication is one of the safest analgesics for pregnant women. It is, of course, also undesirable to accept, but if the need arose, then where to go. Physically, paracetamol will not harm an unborn child. Or can it still be?
Recently, a study published by the journal appeared online … It is dedicated specifically to the effect of paracetamol on the health of the baby. Specialists monitored the condition of 754 women from the 8th to the 13th week of pregnancy, and then the development of their children under the age of two and a half years.
“The daughters of those women who took paracetamol six or more times in the early stages learn to speak more slowly. But paracetamol had no effect on the development of speech in boys, ”he quotes authoritative medical publication.
It turns out that it is better not to take an analgesic at all? But how to replace this medicine is not yet clear. But scientists reassure: the main thing is to survive the first trimester. Taking paracetamol later in pregnancy is completely safe for the fetus. Unless, of course, the dosage is violated.