You are in first three months of your pregnancy and you have developed a sore throat or you have developed a urinary tract infection and you are worried. Can I take antibiotics? Is it safe in pregnancy? So actually pregnancy is a long time. 9 month is a long period and the woman falls ill once or twice in that duration. Antibiotics are supposed to be safe in pregnancy but there are different category of drugs. So category A, B, C, D and X have been designated by the company and the other authorities to tell us which antibiotics are safe in pregnancy and which are not. The category A type of drugs which have been experimented on the humans and are found to be safer for the baby are the safest in pregnancy versus category X where the medicines have shown to have very bad effects on the baby leading to various malformation and are absolutely contraindicated. So your doctor will actually decide based in the need whether you actually need an antibiotic and then which antibiotic to use. Generally the antibiotic falls into category B or C, which is still safe but which has to be done under the supervision of a doctor. Don’t take any antibiotics without asking your doctor like over the counter how you were doing before you were pregnant. Antibiotics are safe but not all the antibiotics. Few can be really harmful for the baby, which are not allowed in pregnancy at all.
