Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Posted March 26, 2006 thankyou for your support maybe you can help me. i just found out i'm pregnant. the hep c has never bothered me before. i forget i even have it most of the time until somthing comes up like now. i don't know what i should or shouldn't be eating, taking, or doing. i'm not sure about prenatal drugs what i can and can't have and herbal alternatives. i also wonder if being pregnant will effect ME. i know the baby is pretty safe but what about me? what if i decided to not have the baby could the hep c effect me by that option? auuugh!!! i have so many questions!!! Quote
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Posted March 26, 2006 Hi Correne Welcome to our forum,, I hope you will find lots of support and help.. I too found myself pregnant almost 5 years after I was infected but I did not know that I had hep c at that time.. I gave birth to a very healthy baby girl who is not infected and is clear.. the only thing you need to be careful of is iron.. but since you are pregnant, your doc should know about your hep c so he can watch your labs for anemia and if you become anemic,, he then needs to check your FERRITIN level BEFORE giving you iron.. Iron is like fuel to hep c and makes it progress faster and can make treatment ineffective if you have iron overload.. Just be very upfront with your ob and things should be just fine.. by the way,, my daughter is 23 years old now.. so it all worked out ok and I know many others who had this virus when pregnant and most did not transmit this to their babies.. once again, welcome to hep central, jaxcorrene <coramoon2@...> wrote: thankyou for your support maybe you can help me. i just found out i'm pregnant. the hep c has never bothered me before. i forget i even have it most of the time until somthing comes up like now. i don't know what i should or shouldn't be eating, taking, or doing. i'm not sure about prenatal drugs what i can and can't have and herbal alternatives. i also wonder if being pregnant will effect ME. i know the baby is pretty safe but what about me? what if i decided to not have the baby could the hep c effect me by that option? auuugh!!! i have so many questions!!!Jackie Quote
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