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Fetal SSRI antidepressant exposure and infant sleep: Findings from the MPEWS pregnancy cohort study. N Engl J Med 356(26):2684-2692. If you suspect the baby has any symptoms, such as being irritable or sleepier than usual, contact the child’s healthcare provider. [Accessed 12/19].

U.S. Sertraline use during pregnancy and effect on fetal cardiac function.

2020. BMJ. 350:h1798. Some of the conditions that sertraline is used for, including depression, might increase the chance of miscarriage. Br J Clin Pharmacol.

I need to take sertraline throughout my entire pregnancy. However, when studies look only at pregnancies in women who have depression (or other mental health conditions), they find similar rates of birth defects when sertraline is used during pregnancy and when sertraline is stopped before pregnancy.

A brand name for sertraline is Zoloft®. 2014. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol. For more information, please see the MotherToBaby fact sheet Paternal Exposure at https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/paternal-exposures-pregnancy/.

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National Pregnancy Registry for Psychiatric Medications: There is a pregnancy registry for women who take psychiatric medications, such as sertraline.

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