Can Cytotec Affect My Baby?

Cytotec may endanger pregnancy (may cause abortion) and thereby cause harm to the fetus when administered to a pregnant woman. Cytotec may produce uterine contractions, uterine bleeding, and expulsion of the products of conception.

Is Cytotec safe for baby?

Babies may sustain birth injuries as a result of uterine hyperstimulation, uterine rupture, placental abruption, maternal hemorrhaging, and other side effects of Cytotec use. Birth injuries resulting from the use of Cytotec as a labor-induction agent include: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)/birth asphyxia.

What birth defects are caused by misoprostol?

The most typical malformations associated with misoprostol use are Mӧbius sequence, a rare disorder of cranial nerve palsies associated with limb anomalies and craniofacial defects, and terminal transverse limb defects (da Silva Dal Pizzol, et al., 2006).