yep me..... my son was born may 16th. Anything youd like to know in particular? You can mail me if you prefer

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L

I guess you are in the US. I had my first son pre SCI so I can compare. The pregnancy itself was very similar to the first one, but I did feel more tired from day 1. I think I started to get other problems from about 5 months if I remember. I get bad UTIs as well and that was making me quite unwell. I was on loads of antibiotics. My urologist also tried me on every type of catheter available just so I could feel better.I also got bowel trouble as I got bigger because of leakage.

I had a normal birth without any pain killers. The only problem I had was my contractions werent strong enough for the job and I couldnt stand up to let gravity help either. However eventually once Id had my waters broken, he popped out. It was all fairly routine, just watch the UTIs which I admit are horrible.

If you take a look at my blog you can see Ive really kept an online diary of it all. Its much easier to read that because I wrote it all as it happened. Now Im trying to remember it. follow the link below.

Either way I have a lovely little boy, so it was all worth it. Dont hesitate to be in touch with me.

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L

Hi there
I've had two children since ive been in the chair im a t6 para with both pregancy things went fine i did find i was a little more incontinent then usual and near the end i had a little more harder time transfer apart from that my pregancy went well the doctor brought me in two weeks early with both children and broght on the delivery they were worried that i might go into child birth without knowing also just to be on the safe side im sure i would know something was happening with my body as you prob already know even though we can not feel things our bodys tell us with other symptoms such as headaches spasms auto dysl etc if you need any more advice on things just give me an email take care and good luck with things

I am 19 weeks pregnant right now, so I can tell you what I am going through as I go through it. Let me give you a little background on me first. I have had a T6 incomplete injury for the past 11 years which I sustained when I was 17 in a car accident. I am able to walk with a cane but have very bad balance and walk with much difficulty. I have also been able to pressure void and have had few utis or kidney problems. Now on to the pregnancy...

I actually did not think I was pregnant at first because I was spotting. However, as I was having hip problems at the time and needed an xray, I decided to take a home test. A faint pink line showed up. I was shocked. I still did not believe I was pregnant because I was still spotting so I went to the doctor and had a hcg test done. It was official; I was pregnant. I continued to spot for three more weeks. (I found out later that I had had twins but one had not developed. I guess that is why I spotted for so long.)

For the first couple of weeks I was fine, but then the typical pregnancy symptoms arrived: morning sickness, painful breasts and utter exhaustion. I was so sick feeling (all day for about 8 weeks) that I was unable to work out for two months, and my walking became even more difficult. Even had I not been sick I was so tired I don't think I would have made it to the gym. I have never been so tired in my life!


Okay that helps me out alot. Thanks so much. Erin..
As I made my way into the second trimester, thankfully these symptoms eased off, and I was able to start going to the gym again. Out of nowhere a worse symptom appeared. I could no longer pressure void. Where I would push to get started peeing no longer worked. I guess my uterus was in the way. My maternal fetal medicine doctor (a high risk doctor) catherized me to make sure I didn't have any bacteria in my bladder. Now I remembered why I didn't like to self cath; it really hurt! I don't know if I am hypersensitive or what, but that absolutely killed me. I bought some cath supplies but luckily figured out how to void on my own after a couple of weeks.

Now that I was no longer sick and was able to pee again, I started getting excited about the pregnancy. I really didn't forsee any more problems during this trimester, but not forseeing didn't mean that something wouldn't sneak up on me. For the last few days I have been falling down for no apparent reason. I will be walking along and just collapse. I really hurt my knee yesterday and have decided to start using my wheelchair again.

All that being said you should have no problem getting pregnant. I didn't think I'd be able to get pregnant either but did on accident! Hormones control ovulation regardless of a spinal injury.

Okay thanks such dum ?'s I guess. I am so excited nowing that we can have another child. You just want something so bad and it doesn't happen. I guess I just need to chill out a bit. Any way thanks Erin....

Can anyone help me? I am a T-6 T-7 para. I have 2 perivious children they are 7 and 11. I had them before I became a para. My husband and I are tring to have another child . The doctors says that is great that I should have no problem since I have already gave birth to 2 before. I need to hear from some one that is also a para and that has been pregnant and need to know what to expect. Can anyone help me please..