Anesthesia During Pregnancy: A Patient's Experience with Cystoscopy
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last period 25.aug.2004
i have been experiencing ongoing bladder infections for the last few months and i visited a urologist about two weeks ago to treat the problem. he decided a cystoscopy was necessary. for the procedure i had to have a general anesthetic. procedure duration was about 1.25 hours. diagnosis was fungal infection inside the bladder. he prescibed antibiotic 'ceroxim' and anti-fungal 'sporanox'. i took these drugs and the problem appears to be correcting itself. however, three days after the cystoscopy i found out i was pregnant after doing a urine test for pregnancy, as requested by my gynaecologist.
my question is: could the baby's health be in any way endangered by the anesthetic or by the subsequent drugs?
AnswerIf you have a normal 28 day cycle and the first day of your last period was August 25, then you would have ovulated on September 7. I doubt that the anesthetic agents cause any harm to an embryo. You would not be more than a few days pregnant at the time of the cystoscopy. In any event, both medications are safe for use during pregnancy. Don'tworry.