[Cindy401]

Yes can someone help me find out if my daughter is taking percocet for headache while preganant if that could make the baby's heart rate to drop and then go back to normal, she was taking it pretty regular becaused her head hurt so much[:I]

Cindy Freeman

[holycow99]

Percocet is in the FDA pregnancy category C. Which means it has no known side effects to an unborn fetus. But, that's because it hasn't been tested on unborn fetuses (because it obviously can't be). However, I believe when they put a drug in this category it means that many pregnant women have taken it without any ill effects to their babies. I had surgery at 7 months pregnant and took percocet for the pain after. My little guy is now 3 months old and very healthy. However, I don't know if being in the third trimester as opposed to the 1st or 2nd has any less effect on the baby since it will obviously be more developed in the last trimester.

[holycow99]

Sorry, I didn't even answer your question. I meant to put in that in my first trimester my baby's heart rate was always in the 130's, in the second trimester in was in the 150's and in the last trimester dropped back down into the 130's again. Has she seen a pattern like this or is she newly pregnant? Because it could just be a coincidence.