Could I get pregnant if I have IgA nephropathy

IgA nephropathy is caused by the deposition of IgA and it is a kind of immune system disease. When people are attacked by the disease, they usually suffer a lot of symptoms, such as edema, blood urine, protein urine and so on. Patients need take many drugs to remit these symptoms. But for a women patients who want to have a baby, these drugs will hurt the baby.Then wehter IgA Nephropathy patients can get pregnant?

The specialists point out that the IgA nephropathy is not hereditary, but the descendants of the IgA Nephropathy are at high risk of developing the disease based on the many a great number of clinical data. So, the good news for Catherine and other mother patients that they can get pregnant but on the other side, it doesn’t mean that whenever they get pregnant is ok. They are suggested to conceive when the disease condition gets under control. So what’s the best time for the mother patients to conceive?

The experts suggest that the patients whose routine urine test results return to normal and about 1 year since they stop taking medicines are permitted to be pregnant. In other words, their protein in the urine or occult blood become negative as well as the number of the red cells is less than 10 under the microscope, in addition to their normal blood pressure and renal function. What’s more, they’d better suspend the use of medicines such as steroid, cyclophosphamide, and some immunosuppressant and so on for approximate one year.
If you happened to have the IgA nephropathy, you desire to have a baby as Catherine and other mother patients, and then you are suggested to make the decision after consult your doctors or our experts online. Without the permission of them, you’d better not conceive.

When you get pregnant, there are many things you should be alert with. In the period of pregnancy, you should take care of yourselves in case of catching a cold or other diseases, and regular tests for the mother and in hospital are also very necessary. As it steps into the 32 weeks of the pregnancy, the mother patients should do urinary routine tests, blood pressure tests at least once per week. If the mother patients’ condition gets worse, they are suggested to stop the pregnancy or get the baby through abdominal delivery.


All in all, IgA Nephropathy patients who want to have a baby must make a good preparation. And if you want to know more information or suggestion for kidney disease patients getting pregnant, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you as soon as possible.