Planned Pregnancies Can Help Epileptic Women To Have Healthy Babies

Conceiving for epileptic women is considered to occur quite rare. A recent study regards this concept a mere myth and a thing of the past. Research has been pointing towards the fact that planned pregnanies are capable of reducing risk of unhealthy babies of mothers who suffer for epilepsy.

According to this study which published by Indo-Asian News Service, if necessary precautions are taken then epileptic women are able to deliver healthy babies.It is often thought that if an epileptic woman stops taking her medications then the seizures often lead to miscarriage.Such a situation can be avoided with correct planning and taking necessary precautions.

Almost ninety percent of women were found to deliver normal and healthy babies by taking these precautions. Controlling seizure during pregnancy seems to be a hard job to do but it can be achieved easily. Consulting a neurologist and making frequent visits is of utmost important for every pregnant mother.

Visiting a consultant helps a pregnant mom to tackle this issue by replacing epileptic drugs with some salts which will try to control seizure without affecting the health of the baby. Accofrding to the online magazine, Planned Parenthood, it is recommended that an epileptic woman should not deliberately stop taking her anti epileptic drugs on discovering her pregnancy.

This act will cause more seizures and these uncontrolled seizures can badly affect the immature foetus. This sudden withdrawal can end up in miscarriage. So, women should continue taking their anti epileptic medication during their pregnancy period to avoid the risks and should consult a neurologist and a gynecologist for necessary professional guidance.

Epileptic women can deliver normal babies. All that is needed is some care.Planning can very well soothe the case of an epileptic woman's pregnancy. The survey conducted shows that with the help of necessary treatment and accurate planning, most of the epileptic women were successful in delivering healthy babies. A little wise decision making is the ultimate solution of this problem. Some epileptic women experienced seizures in labor which were observed to be overcome by medications.