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Pregnancy?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Hermitage, TN

Not pregnant but wondering for the ladies that have kids and have epilepsy, how does or did the pregnancy effect your epilepsy?

February 21, 2016
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

They can because now my Sz are hormonally imbalanced. I have them around my period.

April 26, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Pregnancies but as soon as they were born the fits started again so I do think that hormones can effect epilepsy.

February 24, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have 4 children and stopped taking any medication while I was pregnant and I didn't have any fits throughout any of the pregna

February 24, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have a new baby girl and when I was pregnant, the seizure stop all 9 months, I had a healthy baby girl...

February 23, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I had 2 while I was on class C epileptic meds. I was in my 20's and I had a quite a few more sz's in the 1st trisemester d/t the hormonal imbalance but after that I was ok.

February 22, 2016

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