Glaucoma and pregnancy

[Mimesy]

Hello, I have been searching for other people who are/have been pregnant and have glaucoma.

I am 33 years old and I have glaucoma. I have been on latanoprost drops for 2 years and they recently stopped working for me and I started to lose some vision, so I was put on timolol drops as well, which have helped stabilise my pressures now.

I would like to start a family soon but I'm worried about what drops are ok to be on whilst pregnant. The doctors don't seem to be sure, and I don't want to take a risk. The doctors have suggested I have trabeculectomy surgery before I get pregnant, which I am considering, but I'm scared about the surgery going wrong or having side effects.

I guess my questions are:

1. What drops are safe to be on whilst pregnant? I have heard brimonidine is ok but apparently it's not ok for the third trimester.

2. I'd like to know if anyone has had trabeculotomy surgery and did it all go ok?

Also, any other advice/suggestions/comments would be much appreciated

Thank you!

[Cornwalleyes]

Hi

I’m a lot older than you, but I’ve had trabulectomys in both eyes and both surgery’s went well, no issues and my pressures have been fine since then, with no more sight deterioration. Apart from the post op eye drops which tapered down for three months I haven’t used any drops since.

[Sorshup]

You have been diagnosed and are under medical treatment much earlier than most - as I was, too. I had a trab at age 44, a success and trouble-free. for a long time. The efficacy of meds declines, and surgery often needs to be repeated. In the past 4 years I have had six procedures, trab, trab revision, bleb needlings, stents. These procedures, despite being helpful to the control of IOP, can cause further damage to eyes that have been affected by glaucoma for many years.. So at your young age surgery makes sense. There is very little experience world-wide on topical eye meds and pregnancy; check on't net yourself, and no doc will stick the neck out and reassure you for defensive reasons!