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Minocycline while 7 weeks pregnant

I was taking minocycline for about a month. I went to my Obgyn and found out I was 7 weeks pregnant. Could being on minocycline for a month when I was 7 weeks pregnant affected my baby?
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Hope all is well.  How are your babies doing now?
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It can cause shortening of the limbs and blackening of the teeth, but you can't tell about the teeth until they come in. My doctor said not to worry about that at all though.  And youre welcome! I spent months freaking out about this too until my specialist told me everything was fine!
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Thank you so much, I am 14 weeks now and my last ultra sound apt came back completely normal, I was just afraid that it could cause any type of birth defeats other then low birth rate.
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I was on minocycline for acne for just as long as you have been. The truth is yes it can have effects but the risk is very very very low. I was put on special fetal growth monitoring, and had to see a specialist. Im now six months pregnant with a perfectly healthy baby. They said it's really a low chance because i wasnt on it very long but they still wanted the monitoring, and took me off of it two weeks ago because baby is so healthy!
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