Parasites in Pregnant Mom & 3 young children "HELP US PLEASE"

Here is one article I found from an experienced midwife:

http://www.naturalchildbirth.org/natural/resources/prebirth/prebirth26 .htm

Pin worms are contracted usually by young children. They get them from biting their finger nails, eating dirt, etc....Your children probably crawl iinto your bed and that's how you became infected. The pin worms crawl out of the rectum to lay eggs at night. I do not believe they will affect your fetus, but I am not a doctor. What you can do is talk to your pharmacist....They will know what meds you can take and what not.

Pinworm medicine is not recommended for use by pregnant women, breast-feeding women, or by children younger than 2 without talking to a health professional about the risks and benefits of medicine. These groups are advised to use measures to prevent reinfection rather than using medicine.

For people with pinworm infections, home treatment is very important to prevent reinfection and the spread of infection to other members of the household. Good home treatment includes the following measures:

Wash hands carefully and often. Frequent hand-washing by all family members, especially before eating and after using the toilet, is very important in preventing the spread of infection. Hand-washing will help remove eggs that may have stuck to the hands. Scrubbing your hands and fingernails for 1 minute is recommended.

Control scratching. Itching around the anus caused by a pinworm infection usually occurs at night. Wearing gloves, pajamas, and close clothing may help prevent scratching.

Keep fingernails short. Pinworm eggs can get under the fingernails when the person with a pinworm infection scratches. Cutting the nails short may help prevent eggs from sticking under the nails.

Discourage thumb-sucking if your child has a pinworm infection.

Wash clothes and bedding. Washing underwear, pajamas, and bedding and drying them in a heated dryer on the first day of treatment may help prevent reinfection. Changing and washing underwear and pajamas at least once a day may also help prevent reinfection.

Bathe carefully and every day. Make sure the skin around the anus is cleaned when bathing. This will remove pinworm eggs. Showers may be more effective than baths because there is less chance of getting water that contains pinworm eggs into your mouth.

Do not fan the bedding of an infected person. Fanning the sheets and blankets of an infected person can put pinworm eggs into the air. Airborne eggs can be swallowed when you breathe through your mouth.

Some doctors recommend extra housecleaning, such as frequent mopping and vacuuming and cleaning the toilet seat after each use, to prevent the spread of pinworms, but others do not believe that these measures are very effective.

Preventing the spread of infection is especially important in households that include children younger than 2 or pregnant women because they should take medicine for pinworms

Sorry, I forgot to say, this works because the pinworms life cycle is 2-6 weeks, so as long as you do not become reinfected you will be over it in 2-6 weeks.

There is medication for the kids to take but you need to get a prescription from their MD. I'm not sure you can take it but ask your MD(not GYN if you don't want to wait) and he may know or be able to reference it for you. Have you gone online to other sites to search?