Root canal at 34 weeks?

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Anybody had a root canal done in the 3rd trimester? I’m really worried reading that Novocain/carbocaine crosses the placenta. But my tooth is really bad & I don’t know if i can last 6 more weeks with it - risking a big infection...... 
so stressed out. I have it scheduled for tomorrow but am scared for baby’s sake!

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Just had one last week at 35 weeks. The pain I was in was too much to wait and I didn’t want to have to continue taking Tylenol for pain.

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**Long comment**
My oral surgeon refused to take my two teeth that have been killing me!! He said he didn’t have any way to monitor the baby through the procedure so he turned me away and told me to schedule surgery after my little girl is born and didn’t give me anything to help with the pain or anything. I was going on 4 months of excruciating pain where I couldn’t eat, drink or sleep cause I was in so much pain. I finally went to the Er and told them they were my last hope cause I didn’t know what else to do cause I was only 32 weeks and there was no way I could go 7 more weeks in the pain I was in I couldn’t! They gave me numbing pain medicine shots around my top and bottom molars that were causing the pain and it was like day and night it helped me! The next 2 days my mouth was sore from the injections which i will state the shots were very uncomfortable but at that point I didn’t care cause I needed the pain to go away! But the Er doctor sent me home with antibiotics and Tylenol 3 and I’ll be 36 weeks Saturday and my mouth has been pain free ever since I went to the Er! It’s sad that my oral surgeon couldn’t of done what the Er did which blew my mind cause you’d think it would be their job to think of a back up plan if you can’t have your oral surgery because of risk.

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Hello. I believe its totally safe. It’s only administered in low doses locally so it shouldn’t cause any issues. Its probably a lot more dangerous to leave an infection and not have the tooth fixed. Dental checks and any necessary work is very much encouraged during pregnancy as decay and infection can be harmful to a foetus. Your dentist can advise you if you have any worries :) x

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Good luck!

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I have had two wisdom teeth pulled and two other teeth pulled. They can’t give you a lot of numbing meds or gas. My oral surgeon is a god. He was able to do everything with very little pain and no complications afterwards. I was in my second almost third trimester.

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My OB told me it was perfectly safe to have a root canal in the third trimester.

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I’m putting mine off till post baby even though the pain is awful. 
I would prefer to do it now but can’t. Im more worried about how the procedure will affect BF

Root canal at 34 weeks?

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