Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Hi Kristy, First, congratulations on your upcoming nuptials! What an exciting time of life. What a blessing too that your soon to be husband knows what to expect if you progress to end stage. He must be a great guy..(Amy, better watch out, your husband may have some competition for greatest husband!) I had two successful pregnancies early in my IgAN that resulted in two healthy girls. They are both grown now in their 20s, and neither of them have any sign of kidney trouble. The only problems I had were high BP and pretty severe edema, but I made it through both times to full term normal deliveries. I wish you all the best in your marriage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Hi Kristy, Well your fiancé has some handy experience...always good to have a dialysis nurse about. ) I'm happy to hear you are in the early stages of this disease. There are quite a few women here who have had healthy babies post diagnosis. I had both of mine prior to being hit with IgAN. You will be considered a high risk pregnancy so my advice is discuss it with your neph AND with your OB prior to getting pregnant. They both will be able to give you pros and cons and this way your OB is alerted to the risks prior to you walking in their office and saying " I'm pregnant now what? " If your OB isn't familiar with any problems your IgAN may cause during pregnancy this will give them a chance to get educated or give you a chance to find a new OB before you absolutely need one. Healthy babies can be a possibility if your doctors don't feel it will cause major problems with you. Amy questions/opinions > Hey, everybody: > > I am getting married in two weeks and my soon-to-be husband and I > have been discussing having children. My IGAN is in the early stages > as of right now (creatinine was slightly elevated last neph visit). > Has anybody in the group had children during the early steges? I > would like to know what to expect. I have to go back to the neph on > Thursday and I don't even know if I should ask him. He and I talked > about it when I was first diagnosed, but I wasn't engaged at the > time, so I didn't go very far with the discussion. One good thing, > is that my fiancee was a dialysis nurse for 3-4 years, so he is very > understanding. I am afraid that I should not even be considering the > option. Anyway, I would appreciate any feedback. > > Thanks, > Kristy > > > > > To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group > home page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/ > > To unsubcribe via email, > iga-nephropathy-unsubscribe > Visit our companion website at www.igan.ca. The site is entirely supported by donations. If you would like to help, go to: > http://www.igan.ca/id62.htm > > Thank you > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Hi Kristy, Well your fiancé has some handy experience...always good to have a dialysis nurse about. ) I'm happy to hear you are in the early stages of this disease. There are quite a few women here who have had healthy babies post diagnosis. I had both of mine prior to being hit with IgAN. You will be considered a high risk pregnancy so my advice is discuss it with your neph AND with your OB prior to getting pregnant. They both will be able to give you pros and cons and this way your OB is alerted to the risks prior to you walking in their office and saying " I'm pregnant now what? " If your OB isn't familiar with any problems your IgAN may cause during pregnancy this will give them a chance to get educated or give you a chance to find a new OB before you absolutely need one. Healthy babies can be a possibility if your doctors don't feel it will cause major problems with you. Amy questions/opinions > Hey, everybody: > > I am getting married in two weeks and my soon-to-be husband and I > have been discussing having children. My IGAN is in the early stages > as of right now (creatinine was slightly elevated last neph visit). > Has anybody in the group had children during the early steges? I > would like to know what to expect. I have to go back to the neph on > Thursday and I don't even know if I should ask him. He and I talked > about it when I was first diagnosed, but I wasn't engaged at the > time, so I didn't go very far with the discussion. One good thing, > is that my fiancee was a dialysis nurse for 3-4 years, so he is very > understanding. I am afraid that I should not even be considering the > option. Anyway, I would appreciate any feedback. > > Thanks, > Kristy > > > > > To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group > home page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/ > > To unsubcribe via email, > iga-nephropathy-unsubscribe > Visit our companion website at www.igan.ca. The site is entirely supported by donations. If you would like to help, go to: > http://www.igan.ca/id62.htm > > Thank you > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Hi Kristy, Well your fiancé has some handy experience...always good to have a dialysis nurse about. ) I'm happy to hear you are in the early stages of this disease. There are quite a few women here who have had healthy babies post diagnosis. I had both of mine prior to being hit with IgAN. You will be considered a high risk pregnancy so my advice is discuss it with your neph AND with your OB prior to getting pregnant. They both will be able to give you pros and cons and this way your OB is alerted to the risks prior to you walking in their office and saying " I'm pregnant now what? " If your OB isn't familiar with any problems your IgAN may cause during pregnancy this will give them a chance to get educated or give you a chance to find a new OB before you absolutely need one. Healthy babies can be a possibility if your doctors don't feel it will cause major problems with you. Amy questions/opinions > Hey, everybody: > > I am getting married in two weeks and my soon-to-be husband and I > have been discussing having children. My IGAN is in the early stages > as of right now (creatinine was slightly elevated last neph visit). > Has anybody in the group had children during the early steges? I > would like to know what to expect. I have to go back to the neph on > Thursday and I don't even know if I should ask him. He and I talked > about it when I was first diagnosed, but I wasn't engaged at the > time, so I didn't go very far with the discussion. One good thing, > is that my fiancee was a dialysis nurse for 3-4 years, so he is very > understanding. I am afraid that I should not even be considering the > option. Anyway, I would appreciate any feedback. > > Thanks, > Kristy > > > > > To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group > home page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/ > > To unsubcribe via email, > iga-nephropathy-unsubscribe > Visit our companion website at www.igan.ca. The site is entirely supported by donations. If you would like to help, go to: > http://www.igan.ca/id62.htm > > Thank you > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2004 Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 Re: questions/opinions >He must be a great guy..(Amy, better watch out, > your husband may have some competition for greatest husband!) LOL!! Oh I'll have to let him know there is good competition out there...it gives him incentive to do more. Though he has been moving the 25 tons of dirt on his own not letting me help. ) Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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