Fertility and Advanced Fiborsis

[RAAN88]

Hello all,

again, thank you for your time to read this.

My wife has been infertile for over 6/7 years and we’ve sadly only conceived once naturally and twice with the help of science. All three ended in the first trimester due to no heart beat.

with the news that she has liver fibrosis at a advanced stage, we wonder if this is the real reason to why she’s not been able to conceive.

i pose the question, if we were to go back to medical route and get help with fertility, is the chances of a complete and successful pregnancy rare? We don’t really wanna go through the trauma of another M/C with also the financial burden associated

thanks

[AyrshireK]

Hi RAAN88, I think at the current time and at least until your wife has got a firm diagnosis as to what on earth is going on with her liver you probably need to lay off the pressure of the pregnancy issue.She's only 28 so once they've found out exactly what is wrong and potentially begun treatment then you can both (maybe) revisit the ability to get pregnant.

I know of people with AIH and people who habe gone through transplant who have had babies. Pregnancy with advanced fibrosis might bring risk of complications which would need exploring before trying again.

Concentrate just now on firming up her diagnosis and what treatment may be required.

Katie

[Fibro2021]

Sickle cell trait (SCT), defined as a single abnormal allele of the hemoglobin gene, is not considered a pathological condition because many patients are asymptomatic. However, patients with SCT may experience "red cell sickle" in conditions of severe hypoxia, dehydration, and hyperthermia. This condition can lead to serious medical complications for sickle cell carriers, including pregnancy complications. It is clear that this condition requires increased medical attention during pregnancy and it's possible that fibrosis is not the main cause of pregnancy complications in this case.