Hi, my sister has just found out she has Crohn's disease and was told by her doctor that she has 6 weeks to deceide if she would like to have anymore children (not along time to deceide for something as importnat as a child). Her and her partner have a 2 year old son already and have not even thought about any more children as yet...she was told the medication she will be put on will have bad birth defects if she fall pregnant....l was wondering if anyone knows abit about this and has known anyone who has had a healthy baby after taking the medcation for this. As much information would be helpful in this as personnal experiances would be more helpful. l did a search on the net for this but nothing about pregnancy.
Hi! What a horrible choice. Afraid I dont know much about it except I know one adult & one child with serious Crohns. The adult has had to have surgery to remove part of her colon. I dont know about the medication, but since diagnosis she has one healthy child and is expecting her second any day now. So, considering she must be a prime candidate for the medication your sister is being recommended, it must be possible. Does she have to stay on this medication forever, or just until they can stabilise her? She may have done so already, but I would be going back to the consultant with a great long list of questions to help me decide.
Just to add, I've been looking online myself just now, and it seems likely that if your sisters Crohn's can be got under control so that she is in remission, then pregnancy can become a possibility again. See http://digestive-disorders.health-cares.net/crohns-disease-pregnancy.php which says as much. Hope that provides some comfort!
Thanks for the web page, very interesting.....l forward it to my sister just to let her know. My sister is abit down in the dumps at the moment with the news - as she says lm s****ed doesnt matter what, the medcation is for the rest of her life. She said she also told the specailist that it was a hard thing to deceided and if she falls pregnant it happens, but they (her and her partner) will let pregnancy happen if it does - they are not going to try cos a doctor says so. Doctor didnt like the answer she gave him....but she dont take anything as she has always been a tuff person.
After research in the family history we found out our great granmother (mums side) died of bowel cancer and our granfather (dads side ) died of bowel cancer as well......just say my mum has gone off at everyone for not letting us know what in the family genes. Familys should tell each other things as it our lives and our childrens lifes as well.
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