Re: colds when preg/now codeine

[Guest guest]

I am amazed that codeine, etc are given out here without a

> prescription and that I was offered some in the maternity

> ward without anyone checking on my medical history.

My MIL downed the stuff for years for her bad cough (life long

problem stemming from TB as a teenager) and realised after a

while that she was craving it - then discovering the 'opiate'

aspect and reluctantly gave it up!

Incidentally I had a very bad food poisoning problem when I

didn't realise i was preg back in '99 and she gave me some stuff

called 'Brownes mixture' which did the job of curing the vomiting -

but I think actually killed the foetus (it was a blighted ovum and

this was only discovered at 11 weeks). This is why I am so

paranoid about taking medicine during preg. I did get so bad last

night that I finally took 2 paracetomol and I have had some

antibiotic eye drops earlier in the month - but i am praying I won't

need anything else.

Caroline