What are the risks to a baby if the mother continues getting Depo Provera shots while pregnant?

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My sister is 7 weeks pregnant, and she just got her first depo shot 3 weeks ago. She vistited a Planned Parenthood, and they did not administer a pregnancy test prior to the injection. In researching the effects I came across these web sites, which needless to say make us a little more comfortable, at least until she goes to the doctor.

http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/psafe/0,,midwife_3pkb,00.HTML  

http://www.otispregnancy.org/pdf/Depo_Provera.pdf

Hope this helps! Belows answer scared the bleep out of us!!    

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Well considering a doctor would never ever give someone this needle while she was pregnant, you have to get a pregnancy test done before each needle. The result of taking depo while pregnant could possibly cause deformities or even worse be fatal. This should never be a concern though for a woman if she has a good doctor, and if you feel you are pregnant then you should definitely go in and get checked.
But not all doctors will do a test, unless you have mentioned to them as having unprotected sex in the past, depo causes high risk premature births
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