Many women of childbearing age take medicines for minor illnesses or go for X-rays for physical checkups organized by their units, only to find out that their “period” has been delayed after the due date of menstruation. When you go to the hospital for a checkup, you are told that you are unexpectedly pregnant. This is really a joyful and frightening news! Why are they scared? It is because there is a big question that will bother them: if they have taken medicines or X-rays in early pregnancy, will they be able to have the baby? X-rays or medication in early pregnancy can either lead to miscarriage or have “no effect at all” Go to the hospital and ask the doctor, if you meet an irresponsible doctor, he will probably suggest aborting the baby without even thinking about it; if you meet a responsible doctor, he will usually think to check the instructions of the medicines, but the instructions of the medicines in China usually only indicate “prohibited”, which means the baby is not to be used. But in China, the instructions for medicines are usually labeled “prohibited” or “use with caution”, and these warnings do not mean that the fetus will be deformed if the pregnant mother eats these medicines, but sometimes the doctor may suggest that the pregnant mother who has eaten these warning medicines to abort the baby in order to protect herself. Is this really the right thing to do? In fact, a large amount of clinical evidence abroad shows that the use of drugs or X-ray exposure in early pregnancy (note: this refers specifically to the period before the fourth week of pregnancy, that is, from the first day of the last menstrual period and counting back 28 days), the baby in the womb will only have two results: the first result is that the baby receives all the adverse effects, natural miscarriage; the second result is that the baby has not been adversely affected, the natural and normal growth. The second result is that the baby is not adversely affected and grows normally. This is the internationally recognized “all or nothing” theory of early pregnancy. In other words, if you use medication or take X-rays before the fourth week of pregnancy, you will not give birth to a deformed baby, which is what people are worried about. This is because in the early stages of pregnancy (i.e., before 4 weeks), the sperm and egg have just united and are busy settling in the uterus. At this time, the fertilized egg only undergoes simple cell division, achieving an increase in the number of identical cells, but it has not yet differentiated into different cells, tissues and organs. Since it has not yet differentiated into organs, it is not possible to talk about the formation of malformations in the organs, and therefore it will not give birth to a baby with malformations, which is the concern of the people. In addition, the embryo has a self-correcting function during cell division. If the cell division goes well, the fetus will grow on healthily, and if the cell division does not go well, the baby will be eliminated naturally. Many people, including some medical personnel, do not necessarily understand this reasoning. As soon as they heard that the embryo was aborted after taking medication or X-ray in early pregnancy, many human tragedies arose. Many pregnant mothers, in order to be on the safe side, followed the doctor’s advice to abort the fetus, but in fact, what they aborted was a healthy fetus. Some people’s bodies recover after aborting the fetus and can conceive a baby again, but some are very unlucky and will probably never be able to conceive again. It is important to emphasize that in this case, if you have taken pills or had an X-ray before the 4th week of pregnancy, and if the embryo was not aborted spontaneously, you can consider keeping the baby under the “all or nothing” theory. However, for couples who are planning to get pregnant or preparing for pregnancy, in order to avoid spontaneous abortion due to medication or X-rays, it is important to take a pregnancy test before taking medication or X-rays to make sure that the baby is not pregnant before taking the X-rays. Also, to be on the safe side, you should avoid pregnancy for 3 months after the X-ray, for both men and women. Does the emergency contraceptive pill not cause fetal abnormalities? Everyone in life will encounter this or that kind of bad, take the birth of a child for example, some people want a baby, all day long looking forward to their own pregnancy, and sometimes even have to take medication to treat infertility, and the baby does not come for a long time; while some people do not want a baby, but took emergency contraceptive pills can not prevent the baby to come to the door. Clinically, there are often women who take emergency contraceptive pills after intercourse, but the result is still pregnant, so the baby can be? Before answering this question, let’s first understand what the emergency contraceptive pill is. The main component of the emergency contraceptive pill is the progestin levonorgestrel (such as the well-known Yutin). This type of pill mainly works as a contraceptive by inhibiting ovarian ovulation, preventing sperm from combining with the egg, and preventing the fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. It should be taken as early as possible within 72 hours of intercourse, followed by a second tablet 12 hours later, or two tablets (1.5mg) taken together. Currently, 1.5mg tablets of emergency contraception, such as Yohtex, are available on the market and can be taken once. If vomiting occurs within two hours of taking the pill, you should take a refill immediately. People who get pregnant even after taking Yuk-Tin often wonder if they may have taken a fake pill and how they can still get pregnant after taking the pill. In fact, the contraceptive success rate of this type of drug is not 100%, but around 80%, so there is still a 20% chance of pregnancy after taking this type of drug. If the medication is not successful in suppressing ovulation, preventing the sperm from binding to the egg, or preventing the fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus, then, according to the “all or nothing” theory of early pregnancy mentioned above, the baby conceived in this case can be retained if it is not miscarried. This theory sends us a message: if you are not taking medication that is clearly contraindicated during pregnancy, don’t take the decision to terminate your pregnancy lightly, but let nature take its course and wait and see what happens. This is because even if one is worried in case there is something wrong, it can be subsequently ruled out by means of medical exclusion testing. Obstetrics testing is now quite sophisticated, and fetal development can be monitored through ultrasound, amniocentesis, and various other tests. It is not too late to terminate the pregnancy if there is a problem with the development of the fetus, and it is important not to take a death sentence or give up on a life so easily.