h-pylori and pregnancy

[Mary61]

Hi, I have recently been diagnosed with a recurrent H-pylori bacteria in my stomach.  (My mother has gotten stomach cancer from the same thing.)  I will also be doing an I.V.F. treatment in about a months time.  I will most likely be put on anti-biotics within the next few days.  My question is: Will the h-pylori bacteria or the anti-biotics affect the outcome of the I.V.F. treatment and if I get pregnant, will my baby end up with birth defects from this bacteria?  I desperately need an answer so that I might have to postpone the treatment until h-pylori has cleared up.
Thank You,
Mary

[Mary61]

By the way, I would like to say that I am happy for you that you finally got pregnant Shishka.  Good Luck with everything.

[Mary61]

Mary here again, only now with another concern.  Last year I have had two miscarriages. Now, in the past month I have had really bad nausea.  I went to the doctor , not being sure if it's this darn h-pylori causing it or if I'm actually pregnant.  Since my last period this month I have had continous abnormal very light spotting and now just tonight I noticed that the spotting is mixed with a clear fluid.  This happened to me last year ( with a big "gush" of fluid mixed with blood )only to realize that I just had a miscarriage. Does anybody out there have any idea as to what else could be causing this abnormal spotting/leaking?  Am I headed for another miscarriage?I went for all sorts of blood tests and now I am waiting for the results, (including pregnancy test) which I will be getting next week. Has anyone else out there experienced this ?Once again, thank you to all of you for your help and input, greatly appreciate it.

[shishka]

My doctor said H-Pylory never really goes away. But they act out sometimes. I had a test done (blow into balloon) and it came back negative. My Fresh IVF cycles failed, but I did get pregnant with Frozen cycle. Reason my IVFs failed was uterine septum and uterine polys that I had.  I changed doctors and she decided to do hysterescopy before FET and it helped.

Good luck with your IVF.

[wanting4#1]

H-pylori is actually very common, from my understanding! It is also very under-diagnosed!  I have heard that it is a leading cause of stomach and digestive problems! (My acupuncturist said that in England, it's the first test given when someone complains of stomach pains, etc., but here it is a bit harder - I, personally, had to push for the test.  Mine came back negative)

Undiagnosed, I believe that it can cause problems, but once diagnosed and therefore, treated, you shouldn't have it cause problems for the IVF!

Good luck!

[Mary61]

Hi Shishka, thank you very much for your help.  I feel better now.  Tell me, did your h-pylori go away and was your I.V.F. successful?

[shishka]

Hello Mary. I was diagnosed with H-Pylory couple years ago. They put me on antibiotics for two weeks. I did IVF and my doctor did not seem concerned about H-Pylory. I would ask your doctor if you are going to be taking antibiotics during your IVF treatment.

Good luck