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Clotrimazole vaginal cream during pregnancy ??? Is it safe to use???

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Has anyone been prescribed clotrimazole vaginal cream for an infection/fungus Im supposed to inject the cream directly into the vagina for 7 days at night time but im afraid to use it. Does it affect the baby? What should i do?

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Cheekymonkey85

It's perfectly safe hun, don't worry. Lots of women need it through pregnancy xx

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Claire2225

I’m like you struggled through my 1st pregnancy with thrush and wouldn’t use anything but in this pregnancy I gave up couldn’t handle the pain I used the pessary was great xxx

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Major2116

It's safe hun. Thrush is so common in pregnancy. I had it twice n used the cream. I put it around n slightly inside n our boy was fine. It doesn't harm baby at all :) xx

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