Did your mom take Tylenol when she was pregnant?

[marylander1940]

For the record, Tylenol became available in 1950

Would you recommend a pregnant woman to take it? 

Edited September 24 by marylander1940

[BuffaloKyle]

Who would have thought Tylenol is now a political issue? 💊

[+ Charlie]

Tylenol hadn't yet been invented when my mother was pregnant with me, so I can't use that as an excuse.

[marylander1940]

Ibuprofen, Tylenol or doing nothing.... 

[Nightowl]

Because trained medical professionals say it is safe, yes, I’d recommend it.

[samhexum]

My mom didn't need to... knowing she was carrying such an amazing little human kept her happy, smiling, and pain-free for her entire pregnancy.  

She's been gone 20+ years so this is an educated guess that I am unable to confirm.

Edited September 24 by samhexum
for reasons you are not capable of understanding

[Danny-Darko]

8 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

For the record, Tylenol became available in 1950

Would you recommend a pregnant woman to take it? 

Interesting! I wonder why I never heard of Tylenol and Ibuprofen till the 70's? Till then my family used good old-fashon aspirin and St. Joseph's chewable orange flavor aspirin for us children. I remember my mother did have Midol in her medicine cabinet and my father told me it was something just for ladies.  🤒 

[mtaabq]

Please. My mother continued to smoke and drink when she was pregnant with me. Which explains a lot. Tylenol would have been mild in comparison. 

[Km411]

I don’t know if my mom smoked while she was pregnant, but she smoked in the car with the window barely cracked for most of my childhood. She wondered why I always got car sick. I loved her, but damn.

[Becket]

My mom smoked. My mom drank. My mom threw us in the back of the station wagon with no seatbelts. We ran around barefoot all summer, and swam for hours in a dirty river. How we survived I'll never know. But I figured it out. It was her always hugging me, telling me she loved me, that must have made me gay. Of course all that female affection sent me straight to the dick. Thanks, Mom.

[picitup]

Hi from the UK 🤣

 

I have no idea if my mum took Tylenol in pregnancy.  Over here, we call it Paracetomol. Having no medical qualifications myself, I rely on others to tell me what is and isn't safe.  I'd hang my hat on a the medical professionals who say it's safe during pregnancy rather than  a politician I consider to be a raging conspiracy theorist with an agenda who thinks an option for mothers is to 'tough it out'.

Of course, the medical profession don't always get it right,  I was born in 1959, around the time that Thalidomide was given to pregnant mothers for morning sickness.  I'm guessing my mom didn't take it as we're all fine.  For the younger members, Thalidomide caused birth defects, notably very short limbs, so by chance, I certainly dodged a bullet there.

Keep Smilin'

 

Steve

[mike carey]

G'day Steve, welcome to the forum.

We've had considerable push-back in the media here from health professionals and academics. Take-way from what they said is that there is no evidence of any links between paracetamol (tylenol is a brand name, here the most common brand is panadol) and autism. Furthermore, there is apparently no evidence from any properly conducted randomised double-blind studies of negative effects on children from maternal paracetamol use during pregnancy. One thing that has been mentioned as being an established risk, although not for autism, was from a fever during pregnancy, something for which paracetamol is a recognised treatment.

Here, over-the-counter sales from supermarkets, and from pharmacies without the a discussion with qualified staff, are limited to packs of 20 capsules or tablets. Overdosing of paracetamol is a known danger and can be fatal, so there are reasons for caution with its use, but not for the reasons that are being discussed in public at the moment.

[+ nycman]

Did my mom take Tylenol?

I’m sure she did. I mean what with all the hangovers from the smoking and boozing.

How the hell do you think she got pregnant in the first place?

Thanks Parliament, Jack Daniels, and Tylenol for making me the man I am today!

grin

 

[BSR]

Perhaps they’ve recently changed their recommendation, but as of 2017 even the manufacturer recommended against pregnant women taking Tylenol …

 

[Km411]

Did some additional AI research on this: Tylenol maintains it never advised pregnant women not to use Tylenol, and the 2017 twitter post was in response to a consumer inquiry and taken out of context. The original post to which Tylenol responded, has long since been deleted. So, not sure how Tylenol can claim it was taken out of context.

In any event, its labeling has been consistent (including in 2017)—pregnant or breastfeeding women should ask a health professional before use.

[marylander1940]

On 9/25/2025 at 6:12 AM, BSR said:

Perhaps they’ve recently changed their recommendation, but as of 2017 even the manufacturer recommended against pregnant women taking Tylenol …

 

Because of potential risk of autism? 

Most pregnant women are suggested not to take any medicine whatsoever unless it's absolutely necessary. 

That also told to eat healthy. You are what you eat! It's a matter of personal responsibility!