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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,215
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Here's what I know. Among myasthenics who get pregnant, a third find their symptoms improve, a third find their symptoms get worse, and a third find there are no changes. So, that should clear things up!
About treatments while you're pregnant: CellCept is dangerous for the unborn child. It raises the risk of miscarriage and birth defects. Don't take CellCept if there's a chance you could get pregnant, or for six weeks before conceiving. CellCept can also make the Pill less effective.
Imuran is classed as a dangerous drug for pregnancy, but there is excellent evidence that it is actually safe. If you're interested, I'll dig up the study.
Prednisone and IVIg are safe during pregnancy.
Sometimes babies of myasthenic mothers are born with their mothers' antibodies, so they have the symptoms of myasthenia gravis when they're born. But they're not making those antibodies themselves, so after about a month the symptoms go away and they're fine.
I hope you can have another baby, if not now then eventually.
Abby
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