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Q: Sjogren's Syndrome And Pregnacy....

asked by: Mlambert on September 26th, 2005

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Hi there I am new here and just had a question that I am not sure if anyone would know the answer to.
Could anyone here tell me if sjogren's sydrome effects amiotic fluid levels during pregnacy?
I am not preg now but am in the process of diagnosis of lupus or sjogren's syndrom. At the end of both my pregnacy's with my girls I had very very low amniotic fluid to the point that they had to induce labor with my first one because the level was so low and with my second daughter I had to have ultra sounds for the last month and 1/2 because my levels were so low for the last 2 months.

I did not know if there is any side effects during pregnacy with sjogren's syndrome.

Any info would be good. Thanks...Michelle :?:

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dynamicdebz

replied on April 23rd, 2007

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A certain blood marker often found in women with Sjogren's syndrome can, very rarely, be associated with heart problems in newborn babies. If you're a woman with Sjogren's syndrome who is planning to become pregnant, see your doctor about testing for this marker. If it is present, ask your doctor whether pregnancy is advisable. If you do become pregnant, you and your doctor can work out the best plan to manage the situation.
The above is informaztion from another website hope it helps.
I myself have CREST Scleroderma & have some sympotoms of Sjogrens (dry eyes & mouth). Hope you get a diagnosis soon.

KhrystiansMom

replied on May 19th, 2009

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there are side effects of sjogrens in pregnancy

My son was found to have congenital heart block while I was pregnant. That is how I found out I had Sjogren's. Because it was complete heart block, no meds could help him. So he needed a pacemaker when he was born. I since tried to get pregnant again, and I miscarried at 14 weeks. I just saw something about particles in the amniotic fluid and I am looking into that incase I want to try one more time. But there are many different side effects to the baby's heart that can occur, but do not always occur.

I hope that helped.

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