I understand that the herbal supplement Ginkgo Biloba assists in easing depression and promoting mental acuity. Information I’d reserached even supported taking the herb during pregnancy to encourage prenatal brain development. I had been taking 2 capsules (120mg) regularly prior to my pregnancy, but recently, I cautiously took only one and only once. Now I’m finding information that actually cautions against taking the herb during pregnancy. What major harm and/or symptoms typically result from taking Gingko Biloba while pregnant? Could I have already done any irreparable damage? Thanks.
Thanks much for the heads up, Danielle. Don’t worry, I wouldn’t imagine putting my or my unborn’s health in the hands of a public forum. I have slightly more functioning neurons than that.

I usually just pop in every now and again with a concern or two in between visits, or if I’m looking to weigh outside perspectives, or if I just generally have a question mark that pops into my head about something or other. As a busy senior switching institutions, I don’t always find time to extensively research topics, in addition to the ones I’m bound to for a grade.

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Aggression, anxiety, Asperger syndrome, depression, attention-deficit disorder, and attachment disorder are all diagnoses which describe a(n):

A)
chromosomal deficiency.

B)
consequence of prenatal drug exposure.

C)
biological anomaly.

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If anyone has advice I’d greatly appreciate it as I’ve been losing sleep over these darn prenatal labs!

I got them done last Thursday its now mid tuesday .. is it safe to say that if something was urgently wrong and they needed to see me ASAP I would’ve already been notified. I’ve been told 24-48 hours on average.

Can anyone help put my mind at east, my anxiety is just sky high! Its my first pregnancy and I’m just nervous about EVERYTHING!

My wife has been suffering from this of what I’ve been reading. She has OCD even when she’s not pregnant. She’s 6 & 1/2 months pregnant now & she has an overwhelming fear of harming our 2yr old. She has horrible nighmares, she has horrible panic attacks where she says she feels like she can’t breathe, she’ll throw up & she’s losing weight instead of gaining it. She’s kind of small by nature anyway. Has any other women out there experienced something like this before? What can be done for this?