About Kelly Brogan

KELLY BROGAN, MD, is a holistic psychiatrist, author of the New York Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own, Own Your Self, the children’s book, A Time For Rain, and co-editor of the landmark textbook Integrative Therapies for Depression.

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    Antibiotics are cellular toxins causing oxidative stress in addition to slaughtering bacteria - good, bad, and indifferent.A signal is being raised to implicate antibiotics in pregnancy with "small for gestational age."These babies may inherit altered bacteria from their mothers, leading to a higher risk of obesity and inflammatory disorders in childhood.Antibiotics are for life and death only, in my opinion. Use probiotics prophylactically, and d-mannose (the active ingredient in cranberry) for pregnancy-related UTIs.

Read the entire study on why you should try not to use antiobiotics in pregnancy.