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Epilepsy, pregnancy and giving birth
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:14Good 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.
I've had epilepsy all my life
Submitted by karisma on Sat, 2017-12-16 - 02:02
I've had epilepsy all my life. I felt very similar to how you do. Taking epilepsy prescribed meds is actually more beneficial during the pregnancy than not. I myself am very happy I had my c-section. The healing process after wasn't so bad. You just really need someone to assist you during the sleepless newborn nights to keep your stress and epilepsy balanced.