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CF and pregnancy, when it is safety?
- Thread starter helena
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In general I think most doctors like your PFTs at at lest 70%. BUT much depends on your overall compliance, bacteria cultured, support system, responses to meds, CFRD etc. One of the problems is that pregnancy can take its toll even on people with no CF so its hard to say how each CFer will respond. I had a fabulous pregnancy with my hemoptysis only rearing its head in my 8th month. Some CFers are in the hospital and having difficulties from day one. This is one of the big arguments when it comes to CFers getting pregnant.
In general I think most doctors like your PFTs at at lest 70%. BUT much depends on your overall compliance, bacteria cultured, support system, responses to meds, CFRD etc. One of the problems is that pregnancy can take its toll even on people with no CF so its hard to say how each CFer will respond. I had a fabulous pregnancy with my hemoptysis only rearing its head in my 8th month. Some CFers are in the hospital and having difficulties from day one. This is one of the big arguments when it comes to CFers getting pregnant.
In general I think most doctors like your PFTs at at lest 70%. BUT much depends on your overall compliance, bacteria cultured, support system, responses to meds, CFRD etc. One of the problems is that pregnancy can take its toll even on people with no CF so its hard to say how each CFer will respond. I had a fabulous pregnancy with my hemoptysis only rearing its head in my 8th month. Some CFers are in the hospital and having difficulties from day one. This is one of the big arguments when it comes to CFers getting pregnant.
Scarlett81
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My doctor, (me and Jazzysmom above have the same doc) wanted me to be at fev1 of 70 for a year steady with no exacerbations for her to support my pregnancy-I should say for her to reccomend that my pregnancy would be safe. (if I or one of her patients got pregnant accidentaly I know she wouldn't drop them, but I wanted to have assurance that this was reasonably safe for me)That being said, when I approached her about pregnancy my fev1 bounced between 50-55%. So I had alot of improving to do, which I did. About 2 years later I concieved with her support.
Scarlett81
New member
My doctor, (me and Jazzysmom above have the same doc) wanted me to be at fev1 of 70 for a year steady with no exacerbations for her to support my pregnancy-I should say for her to reccomend that my pregnancy would be safe. (if I or one of her patients got pregnant accidentaly I know she wouldn't drop them, but I wanted to have assurance that this was reasonably safe for me)That being said, when I approached her about pregnancy my fev1 bounced between 50-55%. So I had alot of improving to do, which I did. About 2 years later I concieved with her support.
Scarlett81
New member
My doctor, (me and Jazzysmom above have the same doc) wanted me to be at fev1 of 70 for a year steady with no exacerbations for her to support my pregnancy-I should say for her to reccomend that my pregnancy would be safe. (if I or one of her patients got pregnant accidentaly I know she wouldn't drop them, but I wanted to have assurance that this was reasonably safe for me)That being said, when I approached her about pregnancy my fev1 bounced between 50-55%. So I had alot of improving to do, which I did. About 2 years later I concieved with her support.