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Trileptal during pregnancy?
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 11:54Comments
Re: Trileptal during pregnancy?
Submitted by isabelles9 on Wed, 2009-05-20 - 14:43
My name is Brandi and I have epilepsy.
I am not trying to scare you, only to make you aware.
In my case, my daughter had a brain hemorrhage 17 hours after birth. The doctor I had did not communicate to me that I needed to be taking vitaman K, to prevent bleeding in the baby, in the last trimester of my preganacy. This is something that every pregnant mother on seizure medication needs to be aware of. I had many seizures during my pregnancy also, but they seemed to get better towards the end of my pregnancy. I was on depakote for the first two months and then they changed me to trileptal and dilantin. I also have tonic-clonic seizures. It was a very odd combination and I am going to be more aware this time. I am trying again this summer. I am nervous, what happened to Isabelle (my daughter) was heart breaking, it could have been prevented.
My name is Brandi and I have epilepsy.
I am not trying to scare you, only to make you aware.
In my case, my daughter had a brain hemorrhage 17 hours after birth. The doctor I had did not communicate to me that I needed to be taking vitaman K, to prevent bleeding in the baby, in the last trimester of my preganacy. This is something that every pregnant mother on seizure medication needs to be aware of. I had many seizures during my pregnancy also, but they seemed to get better towards the end of my pregnancy. I was on depakote for the first two months and then they changed me to trileptal and dilantin. I also have tonic-clonic seizures. It was a very odd combination and I am going to be more aware this time. I am trying again this summer. I am nervous, what happened to Isabelle (my daughter) was heart breaking, it could have been prevented.
Re: Trileptal during pregnancy?
Submitted by asiazdere on Fri, 2008-12-12 - 20:49
Hi sjmac
My wife who is 18 weeks pregnant is having similar problem of oincreased seizures during her onset of pregnancy now our doctor has added Keppra but the partial seizures are still there, please let me know what worked for your case.
My wife is 25, has complex partial seizures with secondary generalization.
Hi sjmac
My wife who is 18 weeks pregnant is having similar problem of oincreased seizures during her onset of pregnancy now our doctor has added Keppra but the partial seizures are still there, please let me know what worked for your case.
My wife is 25, has complex partial seizures with secondary generalization.