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echinacea

I just found out I'm pregnant and also just got a minotr cold and was wondering if it would be ojay to take echinacea to help boost my immune system!  Does anyone know if this would be okay?
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Ask your doctor!
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Hi!
If you were my patient, I would advise you that there is no good data on most of the herbal preparations in pregnant women.  Because there are no good studies to say it is safe, I usually advise my patients to avoid the herbal products.  Your ob doctor might have a different opinion--many people ware more liberal than I am
Good luck!
Dr B
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I would ask your doctor because a lot of things in medicine can harm your baby. And in the first and second trimester the babys growth is the most important. I would ask your doctor before doing so to make sure its safe
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