In fact, most female epilepsy patients can get pregnant and give birth to healthy children. In addition, female patients with epilepsy do not need to worry about the great influence of pregnancy itself on epilepsy. However, female epileptic patients need to face some special problems during pregnancy. For example, the effects of antiepileptic drugs on the fetus; The influence of epilepsy on the fetus. However, female patients don't need to worry too much. In view of these problems, as long as the correct methods are taken to overcome them, most female epilepsy patients can successfully give birth to normal children.
The probability of giving birth to unhealthy babies in normal people is 2% to 3%, and the probability of giving birth to unhealthy babies in epileptic people is only 3% to 5%, which is very low. After three months of pregnancy, female epilepsy patients can go to the hospital to check the development of the fetus, and they can't stop taking drugs during breastfeeding, because the drug content in milk is very low and will not affect the baby.
Female epileptic patients must also insist on taking antiepileptic drugs for a long time after marriage. If epilepsy will recur, it is suggested not to get pregnant for the time being, and actively cooperate with professional doctors to control epilepsy until the epilepsy condition is stable and the dosage of antiepileptic drugs drops to a safe dose, and then consider having children.
We already know that most female epilepsy patients can get married, get pregnant and give birth to healthy babies. It should be noted that if the first baby of an epileptic patient also has epilepsy, then the patient is advised not to have a second child.