Vaginal Birth Can Cause Blindness in retinopathic Type I diabetic?
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:45 pm
A pregnant 30 year old female type 1 diabetic has due date of November 6 and has retinopathy.
So far, no complications, but was hospitalized a couple of months ago with some odd false labor pains but nothing was concluded.
The allo doctors want to induce labor a week or so before due date.
Now, she has been told by her OBGYN that medical clearance is needed from a retinal specialist because if she has vaginal birth there's high-risk of her going blind because of the retinopathy. Now family is so worried that even with clearance maybe she should have a Caesarian birth regardless.
Has anyone EVER heard of this? Can the force of labor exacerbate retinopathy and cause blindness?
Thanks for any info, homeopathic and non.
Susan
So far, no complications, but was hospitalized a couple of months ago with some odd false labor pains but nothing was concluded.
The allo doctors want to induce labor a week or so before due date.
Now, she has been told by her OBGYN that medical clearance is needed from a retinal specialist because if she has vaginal birth there's high-risk of her going blind because of the retinopathy. Now family is so worried that even with clearance maybe she should have a Caesarian birth regardless.
Has anyone EVER heard of this? Can the force of labor exacerbate retinopathy and cause blindness?
Thanks for any info, homeopathic and non.
Susan