I don't know what to do

Question

Hi everyone my name is ami and I have finished the treatment (one yaer 48 injections peginterfero alfa-2a  180 pegasys )for HCV almost 4 month before it ok i cured but I got pregnant last month, i'm trefied I don't know what to do I wanted to have that baby so much i was trying to have a baby for 3 yaers it's so much hard for me
is it possible to complete the pregnancy  without risk please till me if any similar case

keepingOnkeepingOn · Answer

4 months after doing the awful style tx might be enough time passed since everyone is different. Get more info before any decisions are made. It's a hard one. You can call the drug manufacturers and see what input they have about it.

AWorriedMom · Answer

This link works: http://www.ribavirinpregnancyregistry.com/

Good luck, Emi. You have my prayers.

dontworry_behappy1 · Answer

I see the link didn't work.  So here is some others to look at.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/paternal-use-of-Ribavirin-/show/1186807

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/pregant--1-month-after-ribavirin-treatment/show/1710045

Go to the top of this forum and click on the magnifying glass on the left.
There is lots of information on the subject.

What appears to be an issue is everyone doesn't register.  Its your choice to register your pregnancy.   So statistics are hard to develop on pregnancies and taking ribavirin.  

Good Luck with your choices

dontworry_behappy1 · Answer

Please click on this link.  

http://healthquestions.medhelp.org/ribavirin-pregnancy-registry

CoWriter · Answer

There is a pregnancy registry for Ribavirin pregnancies.  You can have your doctor contact them and find out whether there have been any normal pregnancies.  Then you would know what your odds are.  

Co

patra_ · Answer

Ami:  You are in a very hard place, with a very difficult decision to make.  As much as we would all like to say that it will be all right, but, as DWBH said, that is not something we can tell you.  Neither can your doctors, especially in the face of all the information put out by the Pharma companies who make these meds, and their warnings NOT to get pregnant for a period of time after treatment.

Please take this in the manner in which it is intended, but, I totally with DWBH, this is not the time.  You want children badly but it important to give your babies every chance to be healthy - and yourself healthy enough to raise your children.  

Having said that, ultimately it is your decision, and hard to make, especially since you have been trying for so long.  There will be other times and opportunities.

We are praying for you to find the way, and make the correct decision, as hard as that may be.  Strength, prayers, and loving support flow to you from all of us.  

We are here.  Keep us informed.  Talk to us.  We do understand.  I got my exposure and virus from blood transfusions in surgery to keep me alive, when I was hemmoraghing AFTER losing my only baby in the 6th month of the pregnancy, having a hystorectomy.  No more chances at having a child.  You can see from that that I REALLY understand!  

Pat

dontworry_behappy1 · Answer

My understanding is you got pregnant 4 months after completing 48 weeks of treatment for Hepatitis C.  At 4 months you still had not gotten rid of the Ribavirin from your system.  Ribavirin takes 6 months to leave your body.  So your have a very high chance your baby will be born with a birth defect.  Your doctor also confirmed you have a very high chance your baby will be deformed.   A fifty fifty chance is a gamble.  Even if the baby appears normal at birth.....that could change over time.   If it was up to me.   I would never even consider having this baby.  The baby could appear normal at birth and then have a lifetime of health problems.   

A year of this kind of treatment is very hard on your body.   Waiting only six months after treatment then having a baby isn't the best idea.  Getting pregnant after a year is a least time for you to give a baby a healthy chance at life.   This treatment takes time to recover from.  At least 6 months.  You haven't even given yourself time to heal.

Think really hard before making the decision to continue this pregnancy.  There will be a better time to have a baby.   A fifty fifty chance isn't good odds.  Ribivirin is a very toxic drug.  There is a good reason it's state to not get pregnant for 6 months.

emi_2015 · Answer

I took  copegus (ribavrin 200mg) twice aday and peg interferon for 48 weeks 
I already talked to 6 doctors thay told me its fifty fifty percent you may have defected baby or normal one its up to me to decide I'm really confused some doctors told me that 6 month after treatment is including safety margin and other doctors 

old me copegus classified as X medicine that means great chance babies to be abnormal

dontworry_behappy1 · Answer

You took peg interferon for 48 weeks.  What other drug did you take in addition to the injections?

dontworry_behappy1 · Answer

My understanding is that you got pregnant 4 months after completing a 48 week treatment of interferon. This is a very serious condition to be in and you should be talking to your doctor. By your question its really unknown exactly what treatment drugs you were taking. Please talk to your doctor.

Dee1956 · Answer

Hello I am really sorry about your dilemma.  This should be a happy time for you.  So...were you off the medications for 3 or 4 months?  Just curious as it slowly leaves the body.  I will try to find some information