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Old 06-03-2012, 04:06 PM #1
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Default Pregnancy?

I'm curious if anyone knew how PCS affects pregnancy and does it increase the likelihood of miscarriage?
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Old 06-03-2012, 05:44 PM #2
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It should not effect the pregnancy but the pregnancy should benefit the PCS since it causes an increase in progesterone. Progesterone is a neuro-protectant to assist the neurological development of the baby. This same benefit would be available to the PCS subject.

The only concern would be to be careful or avoid anti-depressant drugs as they can cause problems.

The raging hormones may cause a bit of roller coaster but that is to be expected.
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I was on progesterone as fertility treatments after my pcs started... it really helped, so with any luck the natural progesterone produced by a pregnancy will have the same effect.
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When resting, symptoms are low. With exertion, I still suffer from fatigue, migraines, vision problems, problems thinking or reading, troubles sleeping, issues finding or getting words to my mouth when the headaches are bad, tinnitus, and thyroid issues which I think are due to the concussion. Seen one specialist, and now a few others through insurance review of my case. Hoping for further treatment.
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My Dr. recently told me that there is a 50% chance that pregnancy will alleviate PCS and a 50% chance that it will aggravate PCS. She says it's really a toss up and that every woman's brain injury is different and that pregnancy can effect the recovery process either way depending on the brain. She's seen it go both ways.
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I'm really curious about this topic as well. I found out last week I'm expecting and have had PCS for about 5 months.

I initially was pretty terrified about dealing with the pcs symptoms with no medication but I'm at a good place now.

I was feeling really good for almost a week but had some dizziness and pain/pressure in my ears today.

I dont have an appointment with the doc until Wednesday. In the mean time I'm trying to find answers to my questions online and am coming up with nothing.

I did read about the benefit of progesterone.

Anyone talk to their doc about the delivery effecting symptoms? My concern would be the stress/straining would exacerbate the symptoms.
That is many months away for me so hoping for a lot of healing between now and then.

Best to you all
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Hi mamas! I was wondering an update if you got pregnant and how it effected your PCS? I am 15 months pcs and although my financial situation is not ideal, I feel so ready.....
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