Getting Pregnant After Whipple

hi Braverose

welcome to the online community, sorry to hear you're struggling. 

I had a quick look and generally speaking there doesn't seem to be a risk to a successful pregnancy post Whipple. 

Nutrition. 

I'm going to share one story.  A couple I knew a few years ago had a several miscarriages and were getting a bit upset, understatement .

I was on the train and came across an article which suggested copper deficiency and I shared it with them.  They now have 2 kids. 

You're only 25, I should hope you'll have plenty of time, although I'm not sure of the decisions to leave having kids into their 30s as some women seem to do today, fertility does decrease with age. 

I had chemotherapy for breast cancer and each session the blood report came back and you could see all the vitamins and minerals disappearing off to practically nothing . It made me realise that getting the right levels of all the trace elements is actually quite difficult even if you're in tip top health and have a healthy diet with plenty of exercise. 

One thing that helped me was the Thriva blood test, although it's not for the squeamish, you have to squeeze quite a lot of blood out of a pin prick in your finger but it gives you access to your report via your phone and outlines where you're low and how to solve it.

You can go to your GP but they're often not as up to date as they might be, I had exceptionally dry skin and my GP recommend creams and lotions when in fact I was seriously deficient in vitamin D.  Oh if they could pack us off on a sunshine break on the NHS. 

Try this, keep a food diary and after a week see if you can spot any examples of lack of vitamins. Try the food sources first before resorting to supplements.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-a/

What we all need is variety, not a massive quantity of each, just enough fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, nuts, seeds, pulses etc.

And of course, getting too impatient and frustrated might be counterproductive, perhaps a sunshine break might help you relax??

hugs

Carolyn

xx

Hi Carolyn,

Firstly sorry for not coming back to you. Thanks for replying

Secondly I have a lovely news of telling you that I am now pregnant! I am just over 17 weeks now.

I think my body just needed time to recover from my op. I swapped jobs (less stress) and of course spending LOTS of time indoors during the pandemic 

Love Rose x

Congratulations!!!!!!! 

Let's hope the pandemic subsides so you can enjoy the pregnancy and look forward to the birth.

massive hugs

Carolyn

xxx