Chrons and kids

[rosie]

chrons and kids

can we still have kids on chrons?

 

[amor151]

from what ive read alot of people on here have children so yes i believe so.

 

[rosie]

oh great stuff. thanks amor. i have 3 already but not ready to stop yet.

 

[RHOV]

you can absolutely have kids with crohn's. however, your kids will have a greater chance of developing ibd.

 

[rosie]

oh no!!!!!!! oh noooo!!!!! :/

 

[Wiles]

Some Crohn's medications aren't supposed to be taken while pregnant. If you're planning on more children I'd definitely talk to your doctor about it.

 

[teeny5]

My doc just said I shouldn't get pregnant while I have this much inflammation going on. But, once I get it under control will be fine. True some meds you shouldn't be pregnant and some you can't breast feed while on.

 

[mommy1st]

My Crohns was actually better while I was pregnant, actually I have never felt better. Talk to your doctor about your meds and ask the risks if you would become pregnant. Best of luck to you.

 

[Paulah28]

I think it also depends on if you have had any operations due to Crohns. I had my two kids before I got REALLY sick and went through hell with so many operations due to Crohns now my dr says that I definatley cannot ahve anymore kids for fear of another abruption. I think that if you are operation free so far you are good to go. When I was pregnant I felt better that any other time in my life, crohns wise but I would also talk with your dr.

 

[ladyB]

Did you have a better time of the CD while you were prego or worse?

My first preg, I felt great the next two, I felt worse.
The CD is the reason I'm not having any more.
If I would've Known before I got preg with any of my 3 that they are more likely to have bowel problems I NEVER would have got pregnant.
I wouldn't purposely risk someone else getting this if I had anything to say about it.

Hindsight is 20/20

 

[rosie]

i had my kids before i was diagnosed with crohns. only had crohns coming up too 4 weeks. but i really want a couple a more really not fair at all if they get crohns too. ANd dont think i could deal with a child who had something wrong. just worry for my other 3 now. no one in my family has crohns tho. Im the 1st. are we hundred percent it is heriditary?:? :'(

 

[rosie]

oh right!! ahh good cool! no no not wanting one now but definately in the next year or 2!!

 

[mommy1st]

I think it also depends on if you have had any operations due to Crohns. I had my two kids before I got REALLY sick and went through hell with so many operations due to Crohns now my dr says that I definatley cannot ahve anymore kids for fear of another abruption. I think that if you are operation free so far you are good to go. When I was pregnant I felt better that any other time in my life, crohns wise but I would also talk with your dr.

My Crohns has always been very severe. I have had three surgeries, all before I had my kids. My doctor never told me not to have kids. My kids were also born by c-section which is the only thing that my ob was a little concerned about he was afraid that I would have alot of scar tissue, but once they went in everything was fine. He actually said that he didn't know what he was afraid of.

 

[Sparky]

As I understand it, the risk of passing on CD or similar is the same as if you have any auto-immune disease - statistically, you're more likely to have a child with an auto-immune disease, but I don't think I've ever seen anything that quantifies that? And it doesn't mean to say that your child will have CD necessarily - he/she could miss it completely, or it could show as asthma, eczema, etc.

I was considering a second child when I was diagnosed, and I was told that there's no way of telling how my CD would be when pregnant - could be better, could be worse, could be just the same.

What I wasn't told was that some drugs (like Imuran) are contraindicated when TTC or pregnant. I fell pregnant nearly 2 years ago, and my doctor's opinion was that I should seriously consider a termination due to the foetal damage that Imuran would have most likely already caused. He also said that in most cases, the pregnancy is not viable. I researched it, and got conflicting information at the time re: foetal damage. As it turned out, it wasn't a viable pregnancy, but I made the decision then not to take the risk of putting myself and dh in the position of having to possibly make a very difficult decision if it happened again.