I Have Limb Girdle Md Is It Safe to Get Pregnant? Posted: 09-17-05 12:58pm
I have been diagnosed with limb girdle
muscular dystrophy and i'm not sure if it
would be safe to get pregnant being as the
most affected area is my hips and the
muscles in that area. I'm not sure if I
would have the strength to give birth
vaginaly or if I should have a c-section.
I want to have kids so bad but my
boyfriend is afraid of something happening
to me during labor. I wadel when I walk
and have lots of back pain but I didn't
know if I would even be strong enough to
carry a baby. Can anyone help me?
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 09-17-05 15:03pm
Hi there! My feeling is the best thing
you can do is to both go in and talk to
either your regular Dr., or gyno. If not
you can always adopt, there are a lot of
sweet children out there that needs a
loving home. Good luck, keep us posted,
I am very sorry about your md, I have a
lot of medical problems too so I do
understand the pain, but I am a lot older
than you. My heart goes out to you!!
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El
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 476 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Unsure.... Posted: 09-18-05 01:12am
I don't know really- you'd have to ask a
specialist I think.
I always thought only males get muscular
dystrophy? I thought woman carry it, but
pass it to their sons?
My mother's brother died of ducene's
muscular dystrophy (i think that's how
it's spelled) when he was about 13. Some
of his sisters have had healty boys, but
all of the girls inmy generation have only
had girls (14 of them !!!) so there's
really no way of knowing whether we are
still carrying it in the family without
genetic testing.
If it's just the birth you are worried
about, you probably wouldn't need to
decide which way you'd try to do it, an
emergency c-section can always be done if
need be. You should find out about the
likelyhood of passing the condition on, in
the event you conceive a boy.
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