Gastro and Metformin during pregnancy?? help...

[stickybaby]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew if I should continue to take my metformin as I have a pretty nasty gastro bug at the moment and I wasnt sure if Metformin stimulates the bowel or not....????
Without anoying my doc AGAIN I thought I might just post the question here and some lovely ladies may be able to help!!
Other than taking panadol regularly to keep my temp down, and gastrolyte to keep fluids up, is there anything else I could do??
Am I better of to not eat at all? The cramps after I eat are so painful, up there with labour pain!
Thanks a lot!

[minyma]

Can you ask your local Pharmacist, the Hospital Pharmacy (if you're booked), or a 'medicines in pregnancy' type phone line?

[butterfly_warrior]

It depends on the reason you are taking metformin while pregnant.

I had to keep taking it during first trimester to help reduce the risk of miscarriage, and there was no way in hell I'd stop taking it for any reason then! If I threw up the tablets, I'd take an extra... But it was fairly obvious that it was a big risk for me when reducing the dose of metformin in my first pregnancy coincided with the death of my baby.

I'd stick with the panadol and gastrolyte and keep the metformin going... If you get too sick, definitely bother your doctor again.

BW

[stickybaby]

Thanks a lot, I guess I am not thinking straight, the reason for metformin is to prevent miscarraiage too, so thanks a lot.

[butterfly_warrior]

Pregnancy muddles the brain. Being sick muddles the brain. Combine them both and I'm surprised that any thought processes are happening at all! Don't be too hard on yourself! Relax, take care of yourself and your baby and keep doing what you're doing.

Hope you get well soon.

BW