Muscle relaxers

Hey y’all I wanted opinions, I was in the hospital early and they prescribed muscle relaxers. Now I am 35 weeks pregnant and the muscle relaxers are for pain in my left pelvic muscles ( extreme to the point I can’t walk to the bathroom) now the pharmacist stated there wasn’t enough study’s stating if it’s safe or not to take during pregnancy and I wanted to see if anyone has experience taking any?

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This would really depend on what specific muscle relaxer it is

Talk to your OB/midwife, look on MothertoBaby, and see what the drug's label says under the "pregnancy" section (though the label is what the pharmacist used to say what they said about the lack of studies)

also be careful because they made me extremely constipated even when I wasn't pregnant

I suggest taking them rarely due to that or get in contact with the og or midwife and see if they are okay

I would check the ingredients in it and do sun research obviously you want to make sure you can walk but don’t want to do anything to the baby also look at herbal teas and herbal remedies, theres a lot that help with this specific issue. I’ll see what I can find and send some over

I’m all for herbal medicine

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