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Epilepsy, pregnancy and giving birth

Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:14

Good morning,

I am very curious to hear the experience of women while they were pregnant, and during labor & birth of a child. 

How did the pain, stress affect your epilepsy, and was it easy to manage seazures? I am trying to figure out how to deal with the actual birth process, and I am seriously considering a c-cection, where I would like to be under total anesteshia. I would love to go through the natural birth, no epidural or pain med, but I am worried that the pain of labor will give me seizures. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.

By the way, I am not taking any meds for epilepsy, as my seizures are only about once a year...and I know the trigger, so I avoid doing things that I know could trigger the seizure.

 

Thank you all so much,

Sonja C.

Comments

Re: Epilepsy, pregnancy and giving birth

Submitted by mishi on Fri, 2009-05-08 - 05:25
I was diagnosed with epilepsy when i was 3 days old, my parents expected it because my dad and grandmother have epilepsy, i have been on tegretol CR ever since i was 13. my husband and i have recently decided to have a baby and the symptoms are there but we waiting for alittle while before we can visit the dr but i have great concern because im afraid my baby will also suffer from epilepsy, is there any way for me to prevent this from happening?

Re: Epilepsy, pregnancy and giving birth

Submitted by woolyjulie72 on Sun, 2009-08-02 - 20:01

Hi everyone ,

When i fell pregnant with my son 13yrs ago before i had him my seizures were regular as clockwork then when i fell pregnant i never had a single seizure till a few weeks after my son was born .

There was alot of worry would i be ok but because i was seizure free the doctors were so surprised but need less to say when i had the seizure after he was born they were back with vengance , i have never found out why it happened like that some people say it was hormonal but if that is the case then why do the medical profession not do more to help women who are more pron to seizures when they are due their periods .

I have little recollection of my pregnancy but the nite befor i remember being put in a room and then i was on a cloud watchin over the hosp the next thing i was walking to the door and opened it to my health visitor what else can i say but i promise it is true , all i will say is my son is fit and healthy and when i was pregnant it was the healthiest i have ever been .

Hi everyone ,

When i fell pregnant with my son 13yrs ago before i had him my seizures were regular as clockwork then when i fell pregnant i never had a single seizure till a few weeks after my son was born .

There was alot of worry would i be ok but because i was seizure free the doctors were so surprised but need less to say when i had the seizure after he was born they were back with vengance , i have never found out why it happened like that some people say it was hormonal but if that is the case then why do the medical profession not do more to help women who are more pron to seizures when they are due their periods .

I have little recollection of my pregnancy but the nite befor i remember being put in a room and then i was on a cloud watchin over the hosp the next thing i was walking to the door and opened it to my health visitor what else can i say but i promise it is true , all i will say is my son is fit and healthy and when i was pregnant it was the healthiest i have ever been .

Re: Epilepsy, pregnancy and giving birth

Submitted by butterfly17 on Thu, 2011-09-22 - 10:41

hi ya

 I just read your message, and it looks to me your son safed you from your epilepsy :0) I had a fit after my birth why is that?

 

 

hi ya

 I just read your message, and it looks to me your son safed you from your epilepsy :0) I had a fit after my birth why is that?

 

 

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