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Angel2393

New member
Hey girls,
I heard its much harder to conceieve naturally when you have CF, is this true?
And is it any different/harder to concieve with a transplant?
Also, after 3/4 days of concieving would you be experiencing any signs?<STRONG></STRONG>
 
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cfgf28

Guest
I don't know about the transplant stuff, but I do know that you won't have any signs after 3 or 4 days, and an at home pregnancy test will not show it that early...The first signs of preganacy i showed w my first child was tender breasts, they hurt so bad I couldn't even touch them, then I found out I was pregnant. I'd say wait at least until a couple weeks after you were trying to bother with the preganancy test. Or wait until a coupld days after you should ave ahd your period. The tests say they can pick up the pregnancy hormone five days before you miss your period, but why spend the money on the test, if you might just get your period the next day...
 

mamaScarlett

Active member
They have said for years that it is much harder for women with Cf to conceive. That being said, there's tons of ladies on here who have either had no trouble getting pregnant naturally, or had surprise pregnancies. Cf is pretty much completely different for each patient. And the fertility issue is different for each woman. Unlike men with Cf whom the majority of have fertility problems.
I don't know anything about fertility post transplant.
There are no signs of pregnancy 4 days post conception. The earliest you would have symptoms would be 10 days and even that is stretching it, you'd have to really be looking for them or have already had pregnancies to know how it feels for you.
The common early pregnancy symptoms are very sore breasts, hunger, bursts of energy, waves of total exhaustion, and menstrual type cramps. Sometimes around day 10-12 post conception you'll feel crampy and think oh I guess I'm getting my period after all, but its actually pregnancy cramping.
The earliest you could take an at home test would be 9 days post conception, and the accuracy of the test is around 55% I believe. There is almost 99% accuracy 14 days post conception. The most accurate test would be a blood test, but this still can't be done until 14 days post conception.
I know you are obviously very worried. Please remember that whatever comes-everything will be alright!
 
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Tombliboo

Guest
There is a higher chance of having fertility problems if you have CF, HOWEVER I have loads of CF friends who have conceived very easily and quickly naturally (sometimes without even meaning to!). The issues are probably the same pre or post transplant as putting in a new pair of lungs will not change anything that is going on in the reproductive organs of a woman's body (e.g. if mucus is blocking her cervix it still would be and if she has something like polycystic ovary syndrome she would still have it). I don't know this for certain though, it's just what seems logical. x
 
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