Pregnancy and Pacemakers

Hi all.....I am 25 years old and expecting my first child.....I have a few concerns with regards to the actually pregnancy as well as the birth? Will i be able to have natural birth? I have had my pacmaker for 6 years now, i was 17 when they put in the first one....needless to say at the time i was not pregnant or even thinking about children......If anyone can help here be do.....I would just like to know if there is anything for me to worry about!

Thanks....
Regards...
Sheray.

3 Comments

Pregnancy

by sweetkozy - 2007-11-07 10:11:51

Hello Sheray,

I'm 26 and have had my PM for 5 yrs. I have been through 2 pregnancies with my PM and everything turned out fine! Actually, they didn't seem to be concerned with the PM too much. It's implanted to do it's own job. I even had a difficult prenancy and labor with my first child. Everything turned out fine! Please do not worry about the PM effecting anything. You will do great!!! If you have any questions please just message me!

Cheers,
Jenny

Congrats

by Suze - 2007-11-07 12:11:37

How exciting to look forward to the birth of your child. There are others on this forum who've had uneventfull pregnancies and deliveries. And since Jenny replied that one of hers WAS difficult and still turned out fine, it should be reassuring to you.

Let us know how you are doing with updates.

Suze

Congratulations!

by mandogrl - 2007-11-08 09:11:49

Congratulations, Sheray! It sounds like you will have plenty of sources of support and information from the other PM Moms. Altho, I'm not a mom, I would think a properly-working PM will just keep things working fine through a delivery. Take care of the Both of you!

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I just want to share about the quality of life after my pacemaker, and hopefully increase awareness that lifestyles do not have to be drastically modified just because we are pacemaker recipients.