Anyone with CNV still got pregnant?

[BePost]

I’ve just been diagnosed with Myopic CNV. And I’ve just had my first shot of Eylea. Looking around this forum, so far I’ve seen posts where people get monthly shots for years.

Just before being diagnosed, my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant. But because of my CNV, now I’m wondering: does this mean I also lost my chance of being pregnant if monthly shots are required?

[Eyeproblems]

Hi, I would suggest you ask your doctor regarding getting pregnant whilst having eyelea injections.

[BePost in reply to Eyeproblems]

Hi, thanks for your response. In a span of 3 days I had the tests, got diagnosed and had my Eylea shot so my questions with the doctor were mostly about the myopic cnv and my treatment options then.

But yes, I have this already put up to ask my doctor on my next appointment, but before then, I was hoping to know if anyone had any similar experience as I had.

[Bfree]

Hi I’m sorry to hear your going through this especially at a time where you should be looking forward to having a family .

I’m not sure about being pregnant whilst having the injections however when CNV happened to me due to myopic degeneration I only needed 3 injections before it dried up and became stable .

I then became pregnant the following year . But was no longer needing injections. Therefore you may only need a few .

Hope that helps

[BePost in reply to Bfree]

Hi Bfree! Yes, it does. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[Kellyjmeyer]

I have choridal osteoma, so slightly different than your diagnosis...but have required over 50 injections over the past 12+ years. In that time span I was able to successfully have 3 children. For me, pregnancy seemed to make my eyes more stable. That being said, my retina doctor told me once he found out I was pregnant that injections were off the table. We opted for an 36 week elective csection during my first pregnancy due to developing a bleed so that i could receive an injection (lucentis). He wanted to play it safe and do a csection as to not have the increased pressure of pushing a baby out. The second baby my eyes were fine, but had an emergency csection due to baby not tolerating prolonged labor. The last baby I had a successful Vbac but did have some bleeding over the next few months which required injections. Maybe related to the shift in hormones after pregnancy or possibly the delivery? Hard to really say. Also I breast fed my second two (but not the first) as I learned that the lucentis molecule size prevents it from passing along to baby through the milk. My retinal specialist is SUPER cautious, but also very much a family man. He didn’t love that we got pregnant and we planned to do laser if I developed bleeding during pregnancy, but he also supported our decision. I hope this helps. When I was going through it I couldn’t find anything one way or the other, so we just went for it.