Epilepsy & congential deformity during pregnancy Posted: 01-28-07 18:47pm
I had sex with my husband after the last
day of my period , when I waked up today I
felt dizzy all the day, I’m under
medicine I’m taking Tegratol for the
seizure, my husband and I try to have a
baby, my question is today I took a
pregnancy test and it was negative, what
do think the reason for my dizzy Am I
pregnant or what, and how can I be
pregnant, and do you think the Tegratol
well affect us to have chance be a
pregnant.
If you had sex the day after the last day
of your period, the chances for becoming
pregnant are valid only if your cycle is
21 days in length. A menstrual cycle of
21 days is still considered in the
normal, healthy range for menstrual
cycles. A pregnancy test result is valid
only if the test is taken not more than 5
days before an expected period comes. A
pregnancy test is most useful when taken
AFTER missing the expected period. In your
case, you didn’t tell me when you’ve
done the pregnancy test so I can’t tell
you if the result from the test is
relevant or not.
You can get pregnant if you have
unprotected sex during the fertile days of
your cycle. The fertile days of the
menstrual cycles are the 2 days before and
the 2 days after ovulation. Ovulation
occurs about 14 days before the next
period comes.
Tegratol (carbamazepine) increases the
risk of congenital malformations but for
pregnant women with epilepsy, there is
another problem. Epilepsy itself is a risk
factor for the development of congenital
malformations in the fetus, no matter if
you take anticonvulsants or not.
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