If you havedifficulty sleeping during pregnancy, you may want to learn about treatment options.
It is important to understand how the safe use of medications during pregnancy is determined.
Discover what medications are safest to use to treat sleep disorders in pregnancy.
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For those suffering from insomnia, a treatment withcognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi)may be effective.
Even in RLS, a variety ofchangescan lead to relief without resorting to medication.
In severe conditions, some medication must be used with caution.
The concern is that many medications have not been tested in large numbers of women.
No one wants to cause a birth defect.
Drugs that do so are called teratogenic (literal translation is “monster forming”).
Nevertheless, experience and studies in animals have given us some guidance on medication safety in pregnancy.
However, an individuals risk with the use of any drug may still result in unacceptable consequences.
These conditions include insomnia, RLS, narcolepsy, and parasomnias.
You will want to consider the severity of your symptoms.
Do you even require treatment or will the condition pass on its own?
If possible, you should first try non-pharmacological treatments including lifestyle changes.
you’ve got the option to be your best advocate, both for yourself and your unborn child.
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