Epilepsy and pregnancy: What you need to know - Mayo Clinic
Aug 12, 2022 · While most people who have epilepsy deliver healthy babies, you might need special care during your pregnancy. Here's what you need to know. Does epilepsy make it more difficult to become pregnant? Epilepsy alone doesn't have an effect on your ability to get pregnant.
Epilepsy in Pregnancy: What to Know for a Healthy Pregnancy
Dec 5, 2023 · Pregnancy with epilepsy requires careful medical care. With proper treatment, you can have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Medication management and regular prenatal care are essential....
Management of epilepsy during pregnancy and lactation
Sep 8, 2023 · For women with epilepsy in their childbearing years, the safety profile is important for them and their unborn children, because treatment is often required to protect them from seizures during pregnancy and lactation.
Pregnancy & Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
Is it safe for me to have a baby if I have epilepsy? The recent Maternal Outcomes and Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs (MONEAD) study shows that, with planning, people with epilepsy can have safe pregnancies and deliver healthy babies.
Management of epilepsy during pregnancy: an update - PMC
In this paper we review the most recent literature on key issues pertaining to WWE during pregnancy, particularly AED pharmacokinetics, clinical management of AEDs, seizure frequency, MCM, obstetrical risk during delivery, neurodevelopmental outcomes, perinatal complications and …
Epilepsy in Pregnancy (Green-top Guideline No. 68) | RCOG
This guideline summarises the evidence on maternal and fetal outcomes in women with epilepsy.
Epilepsy During Pregnancy - Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Although pregnancy does not cause epilepsy, women with epilepsy tend to have seizures more often in pregnancy. Epilepsy and the medicines to treat it can have many effects on the mother, the pregnancy, and the developing baby.