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| Having an ostomy should not, in most cases, interfere with your having a baby. We have added some useful links to assist with information related to pregnancy and ostomies, but if you know of any others that can help, please get back to us. We’d love to hear about it. |
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Collaborative Care Management for a Pregnant Woman with an Ostomy
Pregnant women with an ostomy face many challenges during the prenatal period. Although these challenges may be present, pregnancy in the ostomate is presented as a continuum of health and wellness in this article.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=14744501&cmd=showdetailvi
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Evidence-Based Nursing Care Management for the Pregnant Woman with an Ostomy. (WOCN)
Pregnancy presents many problems without working through additional problems in coping with an ostomy. Yet many women with an ostomy do get pregnant and do deliver healthy babies.
http://www.jwocnonline.com/pt/re/jwocn/abstract.00152192-200601000-00005.htm;jse
ssionid=GxnTtQnWjxh5RSDBdmvyJLdy9snp7T7gd1Bh8PmvSkdLFcVjkJDQ!29071008!181195628!
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ILCA
The International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) is the professional association for International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) and other health care professionals who care for breastfeeding families.
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Pregnancy and IBD
Many people with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis have healthy, rewarding family lives. If you're thinking of starting a family, discuss your concerns with your physician.
http://groups.msn.com/CrohnsDiseaseintheUK/crohnsandpregnancy.msnw |
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Pregnancy in IBD (NACC)
If a woman with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) wishes to start a family, she and her partner will naturally worry about the effects of her Ulcerative Colitis (UC) or Crohn’s Disease on the pregnancy, and about the effects of pregnancy on her disease.
http://www.nacc.org.uk/downloads/factsheets/Pregnancy.pdf |
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Pregnancy with an Ostomy (Shaz’s Ostomy Pages)
Pregnancy with an ostomy is as normal as one without one. I had one child before ostomy surgery and 2 afterwards. The pregnancies were normal, no problems. I had c sections for both, mainly because I had the first one that way. I actually thought the pregnancies after surgery were easier.
http://www.ostomates.org/pregnancy.html |
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Pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum experiences of fifty-four women with ostomies. (PubMed)
The pregnancy, labor, and delivery experiences of women with ostomies are described.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=922402
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