Webinar: Taking medicines during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Join us as Professor Dame Lesley Regan speaks to: Professor David Williams, obstetric physician at University College London Hospital (UCLH) and honorary Professor of Obstetric Medicine at University College London (UCL); midwife and bestselling author Leah Hazard; and Professor Asma Khalil, Consultant in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine and Vice President for Academia and Strategy at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). They will share information and advice on:
- Whether medicines used in pregnancy and breastfeeding reach the baby
- How to assess the risks vs benefits of using different medicines
- Whether regular medicines, including antidepressants and weight-loss injections, should be stopped or continued when trying to get pregnant, during pregnancy or breastfeeding
- How paracetamol can be used safely in pregnancy, and the importance of treating pain and fever when pregnant
- Which vaccines are recommended during pregnancy, and why
- How vaccines given during pregnancy can protect your baby after birth
- Reassurance that there is no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy, or getting vaccines, causes autism in children

Have a question for one of our speakers? Email education@wellbeingofwomen.org.uk before the event and they’ll do their best to answer your questions during the session – but please note that the panel won't be able to give personal medical advice or address individual cases.

The webinar will be recorded, so if you’re unable to attend it live, you can watch it back at a time that suits you. Register for the event and you'll receive an email with a link to the recording after the webinar.