hell ! i am 32 years old and also on dialysis. im almost 8 weeks pregnat. i found out last friday. i went to the emergency room for a cold and they told me i was pregnat. it was a big shock to me. so its not impossible to get pregnat. i pray that everything will go ok. just have faith in god and it will happen. i know the doctors say dont get pregnat while on dialysis, but if you do it happened for a reason.
hello, iam 35 years old i have been on diailysis for 4 years. i want to have a a baby but im really afraid of what might happen. i have always been told that i would die if i have another one. really didnt know that it was possible to conceive on dialysis. what things can i do to help me conceive?
Hi iam 28 yrs old and Iam also getting treatments. I go three times a week for 3 and a half hours. When i was first told about my kidneys giving out i was expecting my little boy, thats one of the reasons I was placed to live in the hospital until he was born. He was born 2 months early and he had to stay in the hospital for a moth and a half. Ok then I recently began treatments in September 2010. While getting treated in the hospital my Dr., told me that being that i was so young that there was a chance of me getting prego. again. Now at the time I was like no not no more.... but he was just letting me know that it is possible and that if it were to happen that i would have to go for treatment EVERYDAY! but he didnt tell me if the Meds would hurt the baby, which I think they will, so thats what Iam trying to find out for sure or if any of the meds would change while being prego. I have asked a few of the techs and RNs while at treatments but they dont really know. Ok but to the point.... Yes u can get prego with out any thing. My husband and I werent trying at all due to my treatments, but it happend. Yes, I just found out that I am PREGO. And sometimes even if your not sick we try to get prego and it dont happen, but then when you give up and look at other options you end up Prego. Thats what happen to me with my son. I had just had a miscarrage, and I was so depressed and I had given up hope and 8 months later I found out I was Prego.So yes it can happen even in the hardist times. GOODLUCK and I hope My story has helped in some way.
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I am 31 now and have been on haemo dialysis for 7 years and currently cannot have a transplant due to having a recurrent disease which kills the kidney. I fell pregnant 4 years ago and couldnt believe it. I was advised not to keep the baby due to all the problems but i kept her anyway.
It was hard work, i dialysed 6 days a week at the hospital, i was really well to start off with but then became really unwell. Could not maintain my BP and there was only two types of medication at the that time that pregnant dialysis patients were allowed and i was on such a high dose and it still didnt touch me. I started getting paralysis migraines which were terrible and looked like i was having a stroke. I started getting nose bleeds due to the high BP and eventually they couldnt stop one of them and i was admitted. After two days of my nose constantly bleeding they decided to deliver the baby and then operate on my nose straight after if it hadnt stop bleeding. By now i had collapsed on the maternity ward and was put on high dependency ward. I had my daughter by c section at 31 weeks and 3 days and she weighed 3llbs 1 oz and was in neo natal for one month. I was in hospital for 1 week. As soon as she was delivered my BP stabilisied.
Looking back yes it was worth it but it was really really hard at the time and i spent many many hours and days crying and in pain. I nearly risked my life (although the pregnancy was not planned)...
Since then my specialist has told me i can have another baby if i go on nocturnal dialysis as this is the eqilevant of having functioning kidneys, but it is the trick of falling pregnant firstly and then being well enuf to look after a new born baby. Remember who is going to look after the baby when you are on dialysis?, what about when you are ill and are taken into hospital as it does happen..also i couldnt breast feed wasnt an option for me...you really need to look into this seriously when making this decision i know waiting for a transplant is long winded but i have friends having babies at 40!. please feel free to ask me any questions i will answer as truthfully as i can, good luck everyone x
Nataliefj4 wrote:
I am so excited for u. God is so awesome! I'm 25 n your testimony has given me hope abt having a babyI am 27yr old now but when i was 26yrs old . i had a baby on dialysis. Me and my husband been married for five yrs before i got pregnant. I was only on dialysis for bout 8mths before I got pregnant. They kept me a 24wks. So they can watch me because I had high blood pressure and they was worried bout preclamisa. I had my son at 28wks and 4 days 2lbs and 7oz. he is almost 10mths and is doing great. I got one more thing to Say THANK U JESUS, by the grace of God.
I am 31 now and have been on haemo dialysis for 7 years and currently cannot have a transplant due to having a recurrent disease which kills the kidney. I fell pregnant 4 years ago and couldnt believe it. I was advised not to keep the baby due to all the problems but i kept her anyway.
It was hard work, i dialysed 6 days a week at the hospital, i was really well to start off with but then became really unwell. Could not maintain my BP and there was only two types of medication at the that time that pregnant dialysis patients were allowed and i was on such a high dose and it still didnt touch me. I started getting paralysis migraines which were terrible and looked like i was having a stroke. I started getting nose bleeds due to the high BP and eventually they couldnt stop one of them and i was admitted. After two days of my nose constantly bleeding they decided to deliver the baby and then operate on my nose straight after if it hadnt stop bleeding. By now i had collapsed on the maternity ward and was put on high dependency ward. I had my daughter by c section at 31 weeks and 3 days and she weighed 3llbs 1 oz and was in neo natal for one month. I was in hospital for 1 week. As soon as she was delivered my BP stabilisied.
Looking back yes it was worth it but it was really really hard at the time and i spent many many hours and days crying and in pain. I nearly risked my life (although the pregnancy was not planned)...
Since then my specialist has told me i can have another baby if i go on nocturnal dialysis as this is the eqilevant of having functioning kidneys, but it is the trick of falling pregnant firstly and then being well enuf to look after a new born baby. Remember who is going to look after the baby when you are on dialysis?, what about when you are ill and are taken into hospital as it does happen..also i couldnt breast feed wasnt an option for me...you really need to look into this seriously when making this decision i know waiting for a transplant is long winded but i have friends having babies at 40!. please feel free to ask me any questions i will answer as truthfully as i can, good luck everyone x
The irony is that the adoption agency denied our applications because of the kidney condition. They even told us even w. A kidney transplant, we are still post a risk of taking care of a child. Unless we can find a private adoption which does not requires going an adoption agency, is the only chance for us to become parents.
Which agency are you trying to use. You should look in to some of the Christian based agencies. As long as your husband is relatively healthy, you should be approved. With dialysis today you have just as much of a life expectancy than anyone one else. Also, you may want to look into a facilitator, if you are serious about adoption,as long as your are approved by your home study, you can go through a facilitator, if they are not legal in your state they are in a few states, and you can adopt from that state, you just need an attorney from that state, and an attorney from your state, it's costly but it can work. I have a great reference if you need one. She will match you with a baby with in a few weeks, and has had on average about 100 adoptions a year. She's expensive but it's quick. I too am on dialysis going on year 5 all my friends are having children, and would love to but adoption is still a great alternative.
Hello I did dialysis for 4 days last pregnancy then had baby who is now about to be 7mths. I just restarted dialysis 3/28 and I'm about to be 7wks pregnant. I was taking birth control pills but not faithfully which increases the chances of getting pregnant when the pills are missed, your Dr. will tell you all that but it works.
i have had two babies on dialysis .first one on hemo.second on peritoneal.It can be done no matter what docs say .Both healthy babies but also wfere premies.the second one took 6 yrs to grt preggers with.The only way to get pregnant is to pray .GOD IS THE GREAT PHYSICIAN.TESTIMONY JESUS GAVE ME MY BABIES AND I BELIEVE MY KIDNEYS ARE HEALED IN HIS NAME AND I WILL PRAY FOR YOU .HAVE FAITH YOU WILL HAVE HEALTHY BABIES AND YOU WILL BE THERE TO RAISE THEM.
God be with u sis! i m also 32 years old and have been in dialysis about 5 years now. i soo badly want to have baby but my doc is soo mean and she doesn't want me to get pregnant. i was pregnant last year and when i was 6th month pregnant i lost it. i have been so depresd. i pray to LORD JESUS every day that i can have baby. i blive it is posible with help of GOD. do u think i should try again cos i m a bit scared of the doc?
GOD LUCK
i see that this was writing a few years ago but i wanted to ask if you dont mind how did the pregnancy go for u
cause i am currently pregnant my self
I'm 19 and just recently had sex. My boyfriend had asked me if I was pregnant. He is worried. Feelings are mutual. Well I came on to see what the chances are. I cant urinate and worry myself. I know I would be a great mother but I just don't want to conceive yet. And yes I still have regular monthly periods. But my body hasn't been itself lately. I've been feeling Fatigue and just tired. My breasts aren't that sore though. I hope it's just the weather and my body but I don't know. Well In my opinion, I believe that if your body is ready to conceive, it will no matter what. Yes I hope that I have a baby one day, I just pray to God that everything will be okay.
my name tebogo(RSA) 35 years, i think u for giving us inspiration because im also on dialysis. i also wish one day i could have a child. good luck with your baby. may god bless u n ur child
You have given me hope God is good.
I am 35 and been on dialysis for 7 and a half years now. I would love to have a child but I have not conceived. I haven't used any type of birth control in 3 years. I do have monthly periods. They usually come around the same time every month but not always. What can I do to make it easier to conceive? Does anyone have any advice?
I am 24 years old and on PD. I had a baby in the 4th stage of renal failure. He was full term and had no complications. Now Im in end stage renal failure and am possibly pregnant. I have had several negative pregnancy tests but Docs think the hcg hormone gets filtered out with dialysis. Did anyone else have to get an official positive pregnancy from ultrasound not a urine test? I have to go back in for another ultrasound to find out for sure.
Ps if anyone is not comfortable with talking to your doc about having a family find a new nephrologist. My doc asks about my son at every appointment. Good luck girls! :)