Has anyone taken this during the third trimester? I have a dental appointment next week. It is for something that cannot wait. My dentist said to ask OB if nitrous is safe for me to take. My doctor isn't a real doctor (he is fresh out of medical school) and of course he didn't know. He looked it up, and couldn't come up w/ a definitive answer.

I have read mixed things online, but would love to hear of any personal experiences. According to Storknet it is okay: Anesthetic During Pregnancy at the Experts Corner at StorkNet

I'm not sure what to do yet.

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Not to make you nervous but they think my emergecy root canal may have contributed to my water breaking, so you may want to pre-med with antibiotics to prevent ANY infection

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Sarah & Natalie

I don't know about the nitrous oxide though...They kept me awake and pumped me so full of novicane

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Sarah & Natalie

I've heard both...that it's okay and then another source says it's not. If it were me, I'd avoid it just to be safe and get the local freezing instead.

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Oh man, now I'm scared Sarah. I have to go to the dentist on Monday for a broken filling. I hope nothing happens.

Heather, I'm sorry I don't know about the nitrous oxide thing. I hope you get a definite answer somewhere. Good luck!!!

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Definately call your OB. I had to have a root canal when I was 8 months pregnant with my DS and they just used novacaine. They gave me tylenol 3 for paid after wards but I didn't need it.

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Ann-Marie-
No worries. it wasn't the actual root canal. I broke a tooth, they rebuilt it, it got infected THEN i had to have a root canal.
So it may have been the infection from the abcess that MAYBE got into my bloodstream.

I'd ask your OB about pre-medding just in case

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Sarah & Natalie

Thats a tough one.... SInce your doctor is fresh out of Med-school, and doesnt seem to know, I would recommend maybe asking someone in his practice, or maybe if you called L&D and spoke with someone there, they could tell you.
Hope you find the info you need!

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Im not exactly sure. When I went for my cleaning, I needed to get a couple fillings and a root canal. My dentist said to get the ok from my ob first. I talked it over with my ob and he said it was fine. Now I havent gotten the root canal yet, I am going to wait until after the baby is born. I have had a couple fillings done, and the dentist did clean out my bad tooth and fill it with some medicine to get me through until after the baby gets here. I hope you can get an answer. Is it something you could get a local with?

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