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conceiving/pregnant with ED

  • 25-05-2011 01:06PM
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    Hi everyone

    has anyone here had experience of / known of anyone becoming pregnant while suffering an ED (eating disorder)?

    I know it is not the best scenario for either the baby or mother, but I need hope..

    I've had bulimia for nearly 20 years... have tried many times to treat it. I think at this stage it is as much a physiological addiction as emotional crutch (I would have believed this was the reason it started). I've a very wonderful, understanding & patient partner. We would dearly love to start a family.

    I've been for pre-natal health check up (ie ovary scans, bloods, hormone levels, ovulation tests etc).. all came back good (surprisingly) and I take my Folic Acid.

    Perhaps naively I believe the bulimia will 'stop' when I find out Im pregnant, as I wont want to further risk my baby. It's severity at the moment however is bad.. And to add to the stress (which perpetuates the ED even more) is the fact i climb into bed every night thrashing myself for 'wasting' another day... I am 39 by the way, so I feel I am running out of time..

    I am so depressed some days, I feel I am denying my partner a child by not 'doing enough' to make myself better, yet I dont know where to start.

    Doctors just hand me pamphlets.. Group Therapy meetings seem to occur in the evenings primarily (when I have to work) and I cant afford private counselling at the moment.. I feel I have to basically 'recover' by myself and it is very hard....

    has anyone any advice or stories of hope please?

    thank you


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  • #2
    Ayla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭Ayla


    Hi OP -

    I was thinking on this last night and think you're very brave to be trying to pull through this. I don't have much time to write much here now, but I have a friend who's a counselor for people w/ ED - if you'd like I'd be happy to pass on your info to her & see if she could help you. She's in the States so a schedule may be more suitable for you (even if it's just emailing/skype).

    If you'd like this, pm me.


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