Did you have any problems with taking lamictal during your pregnancy? Here is my reason for asking. Dec 2001, I was taken off of depakote from my days of having jme (juv myoclonic) and doing fine, as I wanted to start a family. Was pregnant, did fine throughout the whole time, had my son and 2 days later, I had 2 more seizures. I'm thinking they was stress related as well as my Dr. My father-in-law went into the hospital the night my son was born and my son had me up almost every other hour due to the fact he was hungry. With no sleep and the stress of my father in law in the hospital, I honestly think that is what caused them to hit. Well, now I am back on a new one, hence, the lamictal question. I have been trying to read up on the risks of lamictal and pregnancy - any help would be much appreciated. Thanks for reading my post.

Hi,
when my daughter was born I really worried about seizuring during labour because of it being so demanding but I was fine! About 4 weeks after my daughter was born I had my first seizure in 17months due to exhaustion i'm sure but also I was getting quite sick with masteitis and was post-partum but didn't know it at the time. But overall, the lamictal was great for me and my daughter. She turned 2 in may and is a very healthy little girl! When she was born she was 7 pounds, 10 ounces and has been in the 95th percentile at all of her check ups. She met most of her milestones early, and now sings the alphabet, knows her shapes, colors and how to count to 10! She's amazing and it's clear that the lamictal did not cause her any problems!

Last october my doctor wanted to switch me to keppra, but I insisted that we wait on that so that I could have another baby while on lamictal, figuring it went so well the first time. My doctor agreed, but had said that if any problems developed before I became pregnant that we would do the switch. Well, unfortunately I had a seizure in march which meant we had to put baby on hold and do the switch. So now i'm on 2000mg/day of keppra & 400mg of lamictal. Like you i'm really nervous about the risks, but I think I feel okay about trying. If I were only on lamictal there wouldn't be a doubt in my mind! One thing all of my doctors insisted on was taking folic acid everyday. It is recommended that any woman of child bearing age take 0.4mg/day. Because i'm high risk i've been told to take 2mg/day and during my first trimester my family doctor told me to take 4mg!
So now we're trying again anf keeping our fingers crossed that we will have a healthy baby within the next year!
Again, lamictal was great for me and I think it should be a possiblilty you discuss with your husband and doctor.
Good luck,...Keep me posted!
Kathy