23/09/2025
It can be distressing to watch the news. Being a mum is hard and mum guilt is real (trust me, i know !) but its super important to ensure we dont take on guilt when we shouldnt.
So should we feel guilty that we took paracetamol when pregnant if our kid is autistic?
To that we say, no way !
Sunny Steps wanted to remind our mums Australia’s therapeutic goods administration has reaffirmed that paracetamol is safe for use in pregnancy
We have seen the claims by Donald Trump that it “causes autism” but here at Sunny Steps, we follow the peer reviewed scientific studies that utilise evidence based methods and have been corroborated and tested.
And that evidence shows no causal links
We encourage all our mums to ask the questions you need, do the research and follow trusted medical advice.
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Robust scientific evidence shows no causal link between the use of paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD, with several large and reliable studies directly contradicting these claims.