Epilepsy and Pregnancy

[angel2011]

Hi,
My husband and I want to start to conceive soon. I have epilepsy and was wondering if anyone could give us some advice. I take 500mg of Lamictal and 500mg of Keppra per day. Is it safe to continue this dosage whilst pregnant? What are the risks? I understand that there is an increased risk of babies being born with deformities. Does anybody have experience of any of this?

 

[MrsRH]

I'd speak to your GP or a specialist epilepsy nurse.. best get the professionals advice
good luck
xxx

 

[odd_socks]

i have no idea about this but wanted to say good luck with it

 

[9babiesgone]

good luck with this. I also have seizures, and I had two healthy children, but I went without medication. so I am not much help. I hope you get to talk to a doctor soon, or someone has some advise for you. :hug

 

[angel2011]

Thank you all for your comments. We will speak to our GP asap. I'll keep you all posted.
xx

 

[Olivette]

I hope it all goes ok for you at the GPs! Not much advice I can offer but my mum had epilepsy and had several seizures after me and my sister where born and still managed to do a great job, so as mentioned above, it can be done! Good luck.

 

[Augie]

You might want to consider making an appointment with a pregnancy specialist. I'm actually going to a perintologist on Thursday to go over my medical history because of some issues I've had in the past just to make sure that I won't be high risk. Perintologists are high risk pregnancy doctors.

 

[Junebug_CJ]

Many anti-convulsants are actually teratogenic (can cause birth defects) so make sure you get referred to a geneticist or perinatologist! There are safe anti-convulsants too. I know many women with seizures on meds who went on to have healthy babies, good luck!