Hi guys,
I'm not pregnant and i still have the ileostomy which is due to be reversed this coming January.
I had baby number 1 before my ileostomy and baby number 2 after the ileostomy, but at the risk of sounding greedy and ungrateful, we always wanted 3 to complete our little family. Anyway, i was diagnosed with UC at 19 and i'm now 28, my nurse and surgeon said they don't want to put off the pouch surgery any longer as they start getting anxious about cancer around the 10 year mark... that being said my nurse kind of advised against any more kids after the j pouch, she said due to my abdominal hernias and all the scar tissue it wouldn't be a good idea for me to get pregnant. Another issue is my sphincter :/ i had some tests done to measure the strength and it all came back as normal, but when looking at the numbers the scale was from about 40-160 and i came in at around 65, so really not very good at all
That's all the background, i just really wanted to ask for any opinions, and if anyone has been the same sort of situation,especially the hernias and poor sphincter issue, have you decided to go for or against getting pregnant, and was either a good decision? Any help or advice would be so so great.
Thank you for listening,
Sally xxx
I'm not pregnant and i still have the ileostomy which is due to be reversed this coming January.
I had baby number 1 before my ileostomy and baby number 2 after the ileostomy, but at the risk of sounding greedy and ungrateful, we always wanted 3 to complete our little family. Anyway, i was diagnosed with UC at 19 and i'm now 28, my nurse and surgeon said they don't want to put off the pouch surgery any longer as they start getting anxious about cancer around the 10 year mark... that being said my nurse kind of advised against any more kids after the j pouch, she said due to my abdominal hernias and all the scar tissue it wouldn't be a good idea for me to get pregnant. Another issue is my sphincter :/ i had some tests done to measure the strength and it all came back as normal, but when looking at the numbers the scale was from about 40-160 and i came in at around 65, so really not very good at all
That's all the background, i just really wanted to ask for any opinions, and if anyone has been the same sort of situation,especially the hernias and poor sphincter issue, have you decided to go for or against getting pregnant, and was either a good decision? Any help or advice would be so so great.
Thank you for listening,
Sally xxx
