No Increased Pregnancy Risk for MS Patients

Nov. 18, 2009 -- Pregnant women with multiple sclerosis (MS) are only a
little more likely to deliver babies by cesarean section than women who don't
have the neurological disorder, a new study shows.
The study also shows that women with MS are no more likely to have other
problems with pregnancy, such as high blood pressure and premature rupture of
membranes, than women in the general population, says Victoria Kelly, MD, and
colleagues from Stanford University School of Medicine.
Their study is published in the November online edition of
Neurology.
"These results are reassuring for women with MS," says study co-researcher
Eliza Chakravarty, MD, MS. "Women and their doctors have been uncertain about
the effect of MS on pregnancy, and some women have chosen to delay or even
avoid pregnancy due to the uncertainty."
Previous studies on MS and pregnancy have focused on the impact of pregnancy
on disease activity, the researchers say in a news release. But Chakravarty
says her team found that women with MS "did not have an increased risk of most
pregnancy complications."




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