? for you pregnacious ones

[DCJenn]

So I guess it would be OK to try during labor but not during pregnancy.

It definitely helps with menstrual cramps which is why I brought it up in the first place. I'm not all that comfy with the sheer amount of pain mgmt meds I have to take to get through the day for those ever fun 7 days. (yes, 7!)

Jenn

[Momo]

Have you ever looked into Endometrial Ablation?? I'm tellin' ya, if I were in your shoes, and it was a viable option, I'd be all over it!

[DCJenn]

I consulted Sally, does that count?

Jenn

From Wikipedia

Quinine and pregnancy
In very large doses, quinine also acts as an abortifacient; in the United States quinine is classed as a Category X teratogen by the Food and Drug Administration, meaning that it can cause birth defects (especially deafness) if taken by a woman during pregnancy. In the UK, the recommendation is that pregnancy is not a contra-indication to quinine therapy for falciparum malaria (which directly contradicts the US recommendation), although it should be used with caution; the reason for this is that the risks to the pregnancy are small and theoretical, as opposed to the very real risk of death from falciparum malaria. Futher research, conducted in Sweden's Consug University hospital, has found a weak but significant correlation between dosage increase in pregnancy and Klebs-Loeffler bacillus infections in neonates.

[Rapunzel]

So, that would be a "No" regarding if I can try it out right now.

[DCJenn]

Guess I don't have to worry about malaria...

Jenn