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Tegretol & Pregnancy
Sun, 03/04/2007 - 04:05Comments
Re: Tegretol & Pregnancy
Submitted by jannybh99 on Thu, 2008-05-15 - 15:11
HIYA
To put your mind at rest im 34yrs iv been on tegretol since i was 14yrs 200mg a day i have 2 sons aged 16 and 14 nearly 15 years old, i had no problems whot so ever i beast feed them both with no problems the only problem i did have was being told that my baby might be born with downs which at the time i had already had a scan and been told that my baby was 100% fine, which the consultants reply was he could have a face deformaty a hair lip? so i spent the rest of my pregancy worried about my baby.......there was nothing wrong with my baby , either of them, im pregnant again with baby number 3 im 29 weeks and had all my tests and scans and this babys fine to, i have been told to be put back on folic acid because of the tegretol im taking and the so say risks involved but i wasnt on it before at this latter time in pregnancy, dont ever be afraid to ask or question docs , hope iv helped i was looking up about folic acid in pegnancy while i came across this website and read your question i was worried to ..
HIYA
To put your mind at rest im 34yrs iv been on tegretol since i was 14yrs 200mg a day i have 2 sons aged 16 and 14 nearly 15 years old, i had no problems whot so ever i beast feed them both with no problems the only problem i did have was being told that my baby might be born with downs which at the time i had already had a scan and been told that my baby was 100% fine, which the consultants reply was he could have a face deformaty a hair lip? so i spent the rest of my pregancy worried about my baby.......there was nothing wrong with my baby , either of them, im pregnant again with baby number 3 im 29 weeks and had all my tests and scans and this babys fine to, i have been told to be put back on folic acid because of the tegretol im taking and the so say risks involved but i wasnt on it before at this latter time in pregnancy, dont ever be afraid to ask or question docs , hope iv helped i was looking up about folic acid in pegnancy while i came across this website and read your question i was worried to ..
I started having seizures at
Submitted by hodginsh on Thu, 2017-03-23 - 13:19
I started having seizures at 15 years old. Was put on regular tegretol. Worked ok, but must have been having break-through seizures and vision disturbances bc the Mayo Clinic Neurologist switched me to Tegretol XR when I was 17. Been on it since. I will be 41 years old soon. Tried to come off before I got pregnant. Neurologist said not a great idea for me. Got pregnant last year about this time. They thought it was a molar pregnancy so I had a D&E. Just became pregnant again. Went for my visit. They saw a baby with a heartbeat-very early on! I found out though that last year's pregnancy was NOT a molar pregnancy, but an early miscarriage. I was never informed of this until today. Happy about this pregnancy, but worried due to the Tegretol XR. They started me on a baby aspirin and vaginal progesterone to help this pregnancy out. Go again for 2nd ultrasound in April.