Natural Treatment of Yeast Infection during Pregnancy
Natural Treatment of Yeast Infection during Pregnancy Any treatment, whether natural or drug, during pregnancy requires careful consideration of the risk versus benefit to the mother and baby. Some drugs and natural treatments are capable of being absorbed and crossing the placenta to the baby. Thus, you should be concerned about negative effects on the baby. There are no published reports of the effects of natural remedies on the baby in the uterus. Vaginal yeast infections during pregnancy can be helped by making changes in eating patterns, as well as in the environment that is allowing the yeast to thrive. In the last three months of pregnancy, after the entire baby's organ systems have developed, there is less risk to the baby from drug or natural treatments.
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Using a treatment that is applied to the skin of the area, during the last three months of pregnancy, is low in risk to both the mother and the baby. Because of concerns for the b...