Pregnancy is considered as one of the most delicate conditions of a woman. She must be extra careful in choosing the products that shell use as well the types of activities she will do because all of these can have an effect on the growing fetus. The goal in pregnancy is to have a safe delivery both for the mother and child with less or no complications if possible. Situations like the occurrence of birth defects will be beyond the mothers control even if she complied on all the health instructions and the family, especially the parents, have to deal with the condition. For most congenital anomalies, the definitive cause(s) is unknown but there are risk factors identified. One of them is taking medications that may have a direct effect on the babys development.
Women taking Zoloft, an antidepressant, should take appropriate precautions because it has been associated with the development of birth defects and serious medical conditions in new-borns.
