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I took Lamictal while pregnant, lithium too

Posted by lizbeth on February 2, 2005, at 9:37:33

In reply to Re: I take Lamictal and I'm Pregnant, posted by Angielala on February 1, 2005, at 14:40:03

Hi,

Sorry if this is a duplicate, thought I sent last night.

I took Lithium (1200 all the way up to 1800 with blood volume doubling during pregnancy), Lamictal (50 all the way up to 300) and even Seroquel 75 mg towards the end of my pregnancy for anxiety (couldn't take klonopin). I gave birth to a gorgeous, perfectly healthy baby girl by Ceasarean (probably because she was 9 pounds, 10 ounces and almost a week and a half late). She's almost 5 months old now and the pediatrician just gave her a clean bill of health. Some theorize that Lithium babies can be a bit bigger (something connected to insulin?). I am 5'11" though.

I went to a High risk obstetrics group at a teaching hospital and they were perfectly comfortable with it. The lamictal didn't concern them it all, it was the lithium that they wanted to monitor through a 17 week ultrasound to determine if a rare, Ebstein's anomaly (which isn't fatal and can be mild) was discovered. Once I got the all-clear for that, there were no other concerns for rest of the pregnancy.

My high risk group was called Maternal Fetal Medicine. They are actually within the hospital itself. They treat multiples, epileptics, diabetics, and other folks like me that have to take certain meds while pregnant. There was no question that I had to stay on them.

Don't let ill-educated primary care docs or obscenely insensitive general ob-gyn's (one told me I should have a surrogate) get you down. It's important to keep your self stable and happy, for the sake of the baby :)

Best,
Elizabeth


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