Pregnancy and semaglutide — the active ingredient in GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic for Type 2 diabetes and Wegovy for weight loss — don’t mix. But what about breastfeeding?
Women should stop taking Ozempic and Wegovy at least two months before they plan to get pregnant to clear the medication from their body, according to the prescribing information.
If a woman discovers she’s pregnant while taking Wegovy, she should stop taking the drug because it may cause fetal harm, the manufacturer notes. Ozempic should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus, according to the manufacturer.
But when it comes to breastfeeding, the risk — if any — to a new mom or her baby while she’s taking one of the drugs is less known.
At the same time, there's “significant interest” in resuming or starting semaglutide among women who’ve just given birth, says Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, an obesity medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
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