Today is world patient safety day, highlighting safe maternal and newborn care. Women who are pregnant sometimes need medicines. Sometimes the reason is a headache, an allergy or a chronic illness. Sometimes health problems start or get worse in pregnancy, like diabetes, morning sickness or high blood pressure. But often there is not enough evidence to give the woman trustworthy information about how her particular medicine might affect the fetus. To bridge the knowledge gap, we are now calling women and their doctors to contribute data by reporting medicine use in pregnancy!
The ConcePTION project will build a system where women will be able to report medicine use in pregnancy. With all that information about pregnancies and medicines we can learn about miscarriages, stillbirth and malformations, and how children develop. Every report counts! If you are pregnant, or used a medicine during your pregnancy, you can ask your doctor or midwife to report for you. If you want to know how to report a pregnancy, have a look at our webpage on pregnancy and breastfeeding.
By Josepine Fernow