Would you have another child after being diagnosed with kidney disease?I am only 22 and was just diagnosed with stage 2 chronic kidney disease. I am very close to being stage 3. Anyways, my husband would like to have one more child in a few years, hoping it's a boy but we would be blessed with either. We discussed and agreed on this before my diagnoses. Now, after researching online and whatnot it seems as if pregnancy isn't per se "discouraged" but it's very high risk, can make the disease progress quicker and the baby can possibly develop problems as well.
I am perfectly fine with my two children (one is his biological and the other is his stepson) and can accept not having another but I know he really would like a son of his own some day. He of course wants me to be healthy and wouldn't be upset if I chose not to get pregnant again but I just don't know.
What would you do? Would it be selfish to have another child? Or would you rather be happy with the healthy children you have now and forget the dreams of having another?
Posted by ▐▀▀▼▀▀▌ ► JON ◄ ▐▄▄▲▄▄▌
i'm sorry, you have an IQ of 56
Posted by Unicorn Poo &+ Pixie Dust XD
No, I wouldn't risk it.
Posted by Kel
My best friend has kidney disease as well. I forget what hers is called but she will need a double kidney transplant in the next few years. She has had this disease for 7 years. She has had two healthy babies since finding out. Her pregnancies were both high risk, and she was hospitalized a lot. They really want another baby, but are holding off because of all the medication she has to take. While pregnant, she cant take them and it makes her worse off. If you want another baby and can handle the stress and sickness then that is your choice. You have to do what you and your husband think is right and what you can handle.
Posted by ruppermom
It would be kinda selfish. It is a hard choice on a personal level to make but you do not want to risk having the baby and not being around for it because you decided to have it. the other problem is that it will not just affect you but the baby as well, not to mention everyone else who cares about you.
I do not know much about how the disease works but...
I would wait, there are plans for us all and maybe you will get a kidney transplant in a few years and then be able to try again.
Posted by I wish you love
I would wait. I don't know if you saw Bill Clinton on Larry King the other night but he was talking about the health break throughs. We have been on hold in the USA for many years but now we are back to caring for the 99% again. You are so young. Wait cause your health might actually improve thanks to some breakthrough. It might even be a discovery of something natural. So if I were you I would lean all I could about natural health & healing & do all I could to make myself the strongest I could be. If you are waiting a few more years & then decided to have a child you will still be very young...
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