Ambien during pregnancy...HELP

[melaine010903]

At my 34 week check up I was prescribed ambien my doctor to help me sleep at night. I am 37 weeks now and still occasionally take them, (i usually take one pill at bedtime but sometimes i skip it) I've been dizzy all day and I've been lightheaded all day long too. Is this caused by the ambien? Now I am hallucination and can't think stragiht and about to pas out....is ambien causing all these problens? sorry if it isnt spelt right but I can't see very well
I took it when I was pregnant before with my daughter and never had this drastic as symptoms before.

[capncrombie]

Ambien is some pretty bad stuff, I took it for awhile and I was fine (not pregnant though). My friend took it and she would sleep walk and one time her husband caught her eatting a tub of butter w/ a spoon in the middle of the night. She was sleeping the whole time and has no memory of it. I do not think I would take it while being pregnant. My doctor prescibed me phenegran to to help with the nausea while pregnant and that knocked me out and he also told me I could take benadryl. I would maybe get a second opinion about taking it while pregnant.

[ladypam]

Each pregnancy has its own symptoms and effects on medications taken.

If the ambien that you are taking right now is causing problems, then I suggest you avoid taking them, especially if it is only just to make you sleep. Then, you can think of other ways that would help you sleep, instead of taking medications. If you are having these side effects, don't you think your baby is feeling the same way? Its only a few weeks more until you give birth so its just a few weeks before you can sleep normally again.

Hope this helps.

[tfitz1017]

Pam is right. Call your doctor and stop taking the Ambien. You report way too many side effects even if you weren't pregnant.
Good luck!