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emmylala2003
Hello everyone,
I'm new to this board, I found you all through the MVPS website (mitral valve prolapse syndrome). I am a 28yr old married female with a rather complex set of problems, so if your willing to listen, here goes. I was diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse w. Moderate Regurgitation in June 2004. I hadn't really had symptoms until after I was diagnosed, my symptoms have included heart palpitations, flutter, shortness of breath, swelling in my right leg only, chest pain, numbness in my arms, just to name a few. My cardiologist didnt tell me much about the condition other than it was nothing to worry about, she would see me every year for an echo to see if the condition was progressing and to take antibiotics before any procedures where blood would be an issue. I did ask her what would happen if it progressed and she mentioned surgery, but in the distant future. I thought nothing more of it. Now my husband and I have been thinking of starting a family next year, but I have PCOS, which stands for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, its basically a hormonal disfunction which impairs your fertility significantly. I was told that I would need to see a fertility specialist and take fertility drugs to have any chance of becoming pregnant. The decision to try to start a family brought put my heart valve issues again, and I looked into what Moderate Regurgitation meant. I came to find that there are four levels of regurgitation Trace, Mild, Moderate & Severe. It is at the Severe level that the topic of surgery begins to come up. So now I'm not sure what to do. I feel almost certain that at some point in the near future I will need surgery, since my next stop is Severe Regurgitation, and I wonder how will taking fertility medication and becoming pregnant affect my condition? will it worsen it? should I reconsider getting pregnant? I know it could take years of trying for a baby, before you succeed, do I really want to spend years trying only to fail in the end and then have to face heart surgery? and if I succeed, and have a child, how will I know I will be around long enough to care for this child. Are these heart valve repairs/replacements likely to fail?, can a person die from the operation itself or shortly afterwards?
As you can see I have MANY questions. I appologize for coming on so strong, but I'm so excited to have found this site and would love any feedback and or suppport.
I'm new to this board, I found you all through the MVPS website (mitral valve prolapse syndrome). I am a 28yr old married female with a rather complex set of problems, so if your willing to listen, here goes. I was diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse w. Moderate Regurgitation in June 2004. I hadn't really had symptoms until after I was diagnosed, my symptoms have included heart palpitations, flutter, shortness of breath, swelling in my right leg only, chest pain, numbness in my arms, just to name a few. My cardiologist didnt tell me much about the condition other than it was nothing to worry about, she would see me every year for an echo to see if the condition was progressing and to take antibiotics before any procedures where blood would be an issue. I did ask her what would happen if it progressed and she mentioned surgery, but in the distant future. I thought nothing more of it. Now my husband and I have been thinking of starting a family next year, but I have PCOS, which stands for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, its basically a hormonal disfunction which impairs your fertility significantly. I was told that I would need to see a fertility specialist and take fertility drugs to have any chance of becoming pregnant. The decision to try to start a family brought put my heart valve issues again, and I looked into what Moderate Regurgitation meant. I came to find that there are four levels of regurgitation Trace, Mild, Moderate & Severe. It is at the Severe level that the topic of surgery begins to come up. So now I'm not sure what to do. I feel almost certain that at some point in the near future I will need surgery, since my next stop is Severe Regurgitation, and I wonder how will taking fertility medication and becoming pregnant affect my condition? will it worsen it? should I reconsider getting pregnant? I know it could take years of trying for a baby, before you succeed, do I really want to spend years trying only to fail in the end and then have to face heart surgery? and if I succeed, and have a child, how will I know I will be around long enough to care for this child. Are these heart valve repairs/replacements likely to fail?, can a person die from the operation itself or shortly afterwards?
As you can see I have MANY questions. I appologize for coming on so strong, but I'm so excited to have found this site and would love any feedback and or suppport.
