Hello, I'm a new member on the Bump (although I lurked on TK a lot while I was planning our wedding). Anyway, I was hoping for a little bit of help. I've been married 2 years and my husband and I were planning to start TTC last fall. In September, I had a giant health crisis (both physical and mental) and that got put on hold. Since that time I've been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder (which causes a significant amount of pain), autonomic issues, anxiety, and depression.
With these diagnoses, I don't know if I'll ever be ok to have a baby. I have significant pain, so I don't know if my body would hold up through a pregnancy, plus my hormones may dangerously affect my mental illnesses, I'm on medications that would be dangerous while pregnant, and I have to consider the possibility I may pass my genetic illness on. There are so many negatives that in my rational brain, I feel like pregnancy is just never going to be an option, but that thought is absolutely heartbreaking to me. Is anyone in a similar situation? Do you have any advice for me?
Diagnoses: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, POTS, PCOS
Re: Intro and Health Problems
Good luck.