Pregnancy and Hep C

[Cherry2444]

Is anyone else pregnant and hep C positive? I am having trouble finding other pregnant women who got pregnant while on ribovarin and interferon treatment? I would like to email and find other pregnant women who have hep C.

[Cherry2444]

Wow, I cant believe all the responses I got. I was on tx for only 2 weeks when we found out I was pregnant. So, I was taken off tx right away. My doc's are all stumped because my vial load has become so low while pregnant.

Abortion was never an option for me and my husband because we are Christians. I am now 5 months along and they have done a lot of tests and she looks perfectly healthy. NO birth defects have been detected as of yet. We are praying this is going to be a miracle child. I have been doing everything the doc's say.

We were using condoms and I was on the depo shot when I got pregnant, so to me and my husband its a sign from God that I got pregnant. We are looking forward to having a baby girl. We have a 9 yr old healthy son. He is very excited about having a sister.

I appreciate all the feed back from all of you. Thank you.
Cherry

[GoofyDad]

"Even oral sex in his situation could be a problem."

Oral sex in my situation is a problem as of late too, but I digress.
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Mistakes happen. Lapses in judgement happen. Cherry's conception is water under the bridge at this point (apologies for the unfortunate metaphor).

Since she states she is under the care of a highly qualified medical team, we can surmise the obvious options have been explored. Still, if one felt compelled, raising the issue of abortion seems reasonable. Going further strikes me as being both counter-productive and insensitive.

FWIW: Were this to happen in my family, abortion would seem the correct choice.

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[Rogirl]

Thank you for saying what I was just thinking--and in fact you stated it very clearly and eloquently.
This is a heated topic but Cherry came here for support and connection.
Thanks for putting this all in the proper perspective.

[friole]

cherry -- I am scared for you and for your baby.  I am a product of the fifties and sixties and remember well all the Thalydimide babies -- babies born to mothers taking Thalydimide for I don't remember what.  Badies born without hands and legs.  It burned into my soul and I think of Ribavirin in the same way.  In answer to your question, in the year I have been posting here, I have never seen a post by a woman pregnant and on treatment.  Can your doctors give you any contacts?  My heart goes out to you.

to many of you -- shame on you for finding fault. What this young woman must do is move forward.  Her road is tenuous at best and she certainly doesn't need to be admonished.  There are very few of us who have not made some really bad decisions on our path.

[cuteus]

I hope they did take off the tx, also.  It could be a miracle baby for all we know, with no defects. It is a very scary situation, I agree. that is why she is looking for people in the same situation. If abortion is not an option, and that is understandable, she knows the risks and is prepared for what might come, just as I was when I became pregnant at 36 with what was termed "high risk" for problems. I rejected the amnio, because I was not going to abort regardless. Cherry might have considered all of this already. I just hope she is not on Tx anymore, and that baby is a miracle.