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Malisa

My pregnancies (2) were very easy, as I had no morning sickness and was able

to do what I wanted (as dictated by any pregnancy). I was in labor for 73

hours with my first son before a C-section. The labor just wouldn't progress

and we now know it was due to the mito. Between the labor and the surgery (I

had a spinal and then they gave me a general as I was so exhausted) I really

noticed symptoms. With my second son, I had a C-section (just a spinal this

time) but lost a lot of blood as the placenta partially separated. I was

restricted because of blood loss (no stairs, etc.) but never got back to my

pre-pregnancy state. Of course taking care of a very symptomatic infant and

a 2 year old probably didn't help. Had I known that I had mito, I would have

gone the route of adoption. You are wise to be thinking ahead and discussing

this with your doctors.

laurie

> From: Malilibear@...

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> Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 02:32:48 EDT

> To:

> Subject: Re: Alice, Re: Asking A Question For A Friend

>

> In a message dated 5/11/2004 5:49:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> lfitzger@... writes:

> Both and I really began to notice

> our symptoms after long labors. Of course this is stress related. Looking

> back we did have symptoms as children, but not like we had after giving

> birth.

> Hi Laurie,

> This is a few days late, but did you and also feel like the pregnancy

> itself put extra stress on your body? I have wanted to have kids for a long

> time but just recently decided that it really may not be such a good idea for

> my body. I have passed this by my mito doctor and he said that pregnancy in

> mito patients can be similar to having 9 mths of acute insults to the

> body....he

> said I may be so affected by it that I wouldn't recover or return to the

> baseline I had before pregnancy. Just wondering if it was just the labor that

> was

> hard for you or if the whole pregnancy was difficult too.

> Malisa