PREGNANCY AFTER STROKE

[chynadoll29]

I AM A 29 YEAR OLD STROKE SURVIVOR I HAVE LEFT SIDED WEAKNESS NO USE OF MY LEFT ARM AT ALL.I HAVE NO CHILDREN AND I'M WONDERING WHEN AND IF IT WILL EVER BE OK TO THINK ABOUT HAVING THEM AND WHAT STEPS WILL I NEED TO TAKE

[Laiching]

Hi,

I want to give birth.  Adoption is not really an option. I want biological children.  The high risk OB/GYN says I don't have a blood clotting disorder he's just treating me like I have one.  When I went to the hospital there were women pregnant worse off than me.  Some in motorized wheelchairs.  I walk with a 4 point cane.  The  OB/GYN  says just call me when you are pregnant.

[FallenAngel83]

If your doctor feels that your risk is that high, by all means listen to him/her! Is it worth having a child if you aren't there to take joy in it? To raise it? Adoption is always an option! You love them JUST as much, I have a 3 year old step-daughter and could not love her ANY more if I had given birth to her.

[FallenAngel83]

I am 24 years old and I survived a major ischemic stroke 2 years ago. I just, the other day, took a test (and several since!) and they have all been  positive. I have been VERY healthy and am in a wonderful relationship with my soon to be husband. After telling my mother, she told me I have no option to keep it as my neurologist said (2 years ago) that it would be suicide. It is so wonderful to hear of other people in this situation have gone through a full term pregnancy with no problems.
I hope my outcome can be the same. As I am sure you ALL understand I am TERRIFIED!!! And the lack of support from my family makes it that much harder. I hope here I can find some support for my soon-to-be husband and I. Granted, he is terrified as well. We decided LONG ago that if the risk is to great we will weigh our options, as he has a daughter from a previous relationship who I am helping raise, for one thing.
I have a lot of choices to make. Can anyone help me figure out what makes a good high risk ob/gyn?

[Sue100]

I had a stroke 9 months ago at the age of 32 however my stroke was not a clot but a bleed to the brain - hemorrhagic stoke.  I was very lucky to have only had eye sight problems and hope to make a very good recovery in time.  Doctors have no idea why it happened or if it will happen again. I have a 19month old little girl already and understand that if I am at a risk of another stroke I would not have another child or maybe it could happen again and then my kids would not have a mum or worse still I would need to be cared for.  Has anyone had this type of stroke and also had a child?

I admire all of you and your courage to have children with having a stroke as I am sure it is a hard decision to make that could and can change your life for better or worse.

All the best

[C.F.]

I had a major stroke when I was 29....2 weeks after I gave birth.  After alot of waiting and debating, I am now pregnant at the age of 35.  My docs say I should be fine.

I give myself 2 shots of lovenox 2xday, and hopefully everything should go fine.  Good luck!

[Laiching]

My OB/GYN says it's okay to have kids.  I'm 35 years old.  Had a stroke when I was 31.  Pretty major one.  A brain stem stroke.  It could have easily killed me but here I am.

My OB/GYN says I can have kids I just have to be monitored .  He says he's been doing this for 20 years and no one has ever died or had another stroke.

I have to take a daily needle of heparin in my belly or my butt to keep my blood thin.