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My fiance has epilepsy, after we're married will we have a healthy child? will pregnancy affect her wellbeing? |
My fiance has epilepsy, after we're married will we have a healthy child? will pregnancy affect her wellbeing? Women who have epilepsy and become pregnant have a higher risk for complications than women who don't have epilepsy. More than 90% of women who have epilepsy have normal, healthy babies. But there are some risks. Babies of mothers who have epilepsy have a higher risk of being stillborn. They might also have a slightly higher risk of developing seizures as they get older. There is also more risk for problems such as bleeding, early birth, and delays in development and growth, as well as the possibility of birth defects caused by the medicine you take. However, the risks of not taking your medicine are much higher for your baby. These include physical injury, developmental delay and even death from your seizures. You can read about this in more detail at these sites: http://familydoctor.org/243.xml... http://w3.ouhsc.edu/neuro/division/cope/... http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/mar252002/7... no it will not affect your wellbeing You will need to have her talk with her doctor and see what he says about getting pregnant and talk with an ob-gyn as well they should be able to give you advice. Not sure how she reacts to them.It certainly isn't gonna hurt your child and being pregnant will not hurt her.She may hurt herself if not being watched if she has bad spells with it.My friend is like that she has 4 children and everyone of them are healthy.And she isn't as bad as she was either.Hope this helps.Enjoy your wife and family when they come. It's ironic this topic should come up. This subject has been in the news lately. Here is the article: Menstrual Cycle May Impact Epilepsy 04.06.06, 12:00 AM ET THURSDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Menstrual cycles appear to influence seizure frequency in women with epilepsy, a U.S. study finds. In women with epilepsy, having a shorter or longer menstrual cycle reduces ovulation, and a lack of ovulation boosts the frequency of seizures, the study authors found. The findings were presented Thursday at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, in San Diego. "Ovulation rates are much lower among women with epilepsy than in the general population," study author Dr. Andrew Herzog, of the Harvard Neuroendocrine Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, noted in a prepared statement. "It has been suggested that these lower ovulation rates may be due in part to menstrual cycles that are longer or shorter than normal, and that lack of ovulation may in turn correlate with increased frequency of seizures, but prospective data are lacking in this population," Herzog said. Researching further, his team conducted a study of menstrual cycle length, ovulation occurrence, and seizure frequency in women with epilepsy. The researchers compared frequency of seizures during cycles with ovulation and cycles with no ovulation in women who had at least one of each cycle during the study. Ovulation occurred in 90 percent of 26- to 32-day cycles but sharply decreased in shorter or longer menstrual cycles. For example, ovulation occurred in less than 40 percent of 23- or 35-day cycles. On average, seizures occurred every four days in ovulatory cycles and about every three days during cycles with no ovulation. "These results support the hypothesis that seizure frequency is affected by ovulation and ovulation is correlated with cycle length," Herzog said. http://thefertilityshop.com Just like any pregancy there is a small amount of chance. I have Epilpsy and had to take my medication during my whole pregency, but my daughter had no troubles. It is important to talk to the Neruologist before deciding to get pregnant because he/she my decide to put her on another medicine that is safer for the pregancy. It is very dangerous to change the medications after the pregancy has started. Also it is extra important to take extra Folic Acid before and during the pregancy. |
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