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newly epileptic and pregnent HELP
Sun, 12/11/2005 - 03:44Topic: Women With Epilepsy
Hey everyone,
I am a 20 year old female who 4 months ago had my first seizure, well 3 seizures in 24 hours. Before i had the seizure i had a "warning" or "aura" then i lay down to sleep and next thing i woke up a day later spewing at the hospital. It was creepy and amazing, all my life i had cronic migraines and before i had them i got a warning, but it stopped when i was in my early teens - now its turned into epilipsy. Its all very new to me and my family and we are only just getting used to it. Im on lamictal and tegretol morning and night and have had no seizures since.
approx 7 weeks ago my partner and i found out we're pregnent, we are thrilled but at the same time so scared. The whole fact Im 20 doesn't bother me, our family is full of little ones and i know i would be a wonderful mother. But im so scared of having a seizure im reduced to tears at least once a day. A couple of weeks after i found out I started getting the start of these "warnings", i landed myself in hospital for the day but they werent really strong and there were no seizures. Ive been getting so tired which my doctors says "is one of the biggest ways to bring on a seizure." im terrified.
everyday goes on and i feel my body changing and loving every second but im scared of having seizures as i know something serious could happen to bubby or myself. i cringe taking my meds knowing what it could be doing to her. Im stuck between a rock and a hard place, ive spoken to doctors, one says have it, the other says dont. I need real help and real stories. What do i do to lower the risks of seizures? whats the chance of having a baby with a sickness or being abnormal? what do i do if i get a warning? ... i need anyones help, anyones opinion, im really stuck and the longer i wait the bigger she grows.
Please help, Thank you for listening!!! xoxoxo
im jeff and my wife who has
Submitted by mindy1999 on Wed, 2006-02-08 - 15:11
im jeff and my wife who has had severe epilepsy since she was 6mos old.she was on a 3 med coctail to try and control her.when she got pregnant we did some investigation into her meds and birth defects.all 3 were known to cause somekind.at17weeks we had astage 2 ultrasound which told us everything was fine.my wife has 8-10 month seizures and went through a period of bed rest.there are some complications but it was more than worth it. our daughter is 4 and we have a healthy and more than a hand full bundle of joy.don't let your disease stop u.just take all precautions u can.my wife is now on tegxr and lamictal.we were told that for women of child bearing age that lamictal was the preference.as a precaution we had a c-section to reduce the risk of problems.i hope this helps.jeff '[email protected]'