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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a synthetic estrogen drug in the 60s/70s that was meant to prevent miscarriage but ended up causing birth defects. What you (and many others, including myself) are put on by their REs or OBs in early pregnancy is natural estrogen (i.e. estradiol, as in Estrace and generics of it). I've been told by an RE it is fine in pregnancy, and the category X thing is outdated, still based on that 1970s problem. [b]Do you really think your OB (and all the REs who also do) would prescribe this if it was harmful to your pregnancy??[/quote][/b] NO I do not, but you can imagine my confusion when I read it was category X in many places. I was just confused. I wanted an explanation. So the difference between estradiol and the old estrogen that was bad was that it was synthetic? Is that the only difference? Is that was makes it safe?[/quote]
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