Re: Carnatine and Pregnancy

[Guest guest]

The worst health crisis' I have had have been right after the birth

of a child. I didn't know or suspect until now that they were mito

related. i have just been diagnosed. All three of my children have

also been diagnosed.

Dawn

[Guest guest]

The worst health crisis' I have had have been right after the birth

of a child. I didn't know or suspect until now that they were mito

related. i have just been diagnosed. All three of my children have

also been diagnosed.

Dawn

[Guest guest]

I have Primary Carnitine Deficiency, and during pregnancy my

carnitine levels dropped dramatically. I was taking Carnitor

6000mg/day, and my carnitine levels were still in the single digits.

They didn't return to normal for almost a year, even with Carnitor.

Carnitine is completely safe to take during pregnancy.

Theresa

>

> My son is being worked up for mito, and were waiting for the biopsy

> results right now... (though from the bloodwork it sounds like

their

> pretty confident thats what were dealing with).

> I have alot of bizarre symptoms (autonomic failure, heart/kidney

> issues, wierd MRI, etc) so they did a carnatine screen on me in

> September which came back borderline...

> Im currently 6 months pregnant, and they said that pregnancy could

> cause the levels to be borderline, so they redid the test in

October

> and its apparently quite a bit lower.... so their redoing it once

> more, and it sounds like they are considering suppliments if its

> still low...

> does anyone know how much pregnancy plays a role in these levels?

> after I had my son, I had the worst health crisis of my life, (in a

> matter of days I developed SEVERE POTS, lost rediculous amounts of

> weight, and just over all fell apart totally) and im curious if it

> may have been a mito crash caused by my carnatine dropping so much

> through the pregnancy...

> also has anyone taken carnitine suppliments WHILE pregnant... is it

> considered safe?

[Guest guest]

I have Primary Carnitine Deficiency, and during pregnancy my

carnitine levels dropped dramatically. I was taking Carnitor

6000mg/day, and my carnitine levels were still in the single digits.

They didn't return to normal for almost a year, even with Carnitor.

Carnitine is completely safe to take during pregnancy.

Theresa

>

> My son is being worked up for mito, and were waiting for the biopsy

> results right now... (though from the bloodwork it sounds like

their

> pretty confident thats what were dealing with).

> I have alot of bizarre symptoms (autonomic failure, heart/kidney

> issues, wierd MRI, etc) so they did a carnatine screen on me in

> September which came back borderline...

> Im currently 6 months pregnant, and they said that pregnancy could

> cause the levels to be borderline, so they redid the test in

October

> and its apparently quite a bit lower.... so their redoing it once

> more, and it sounds like they are considering suppliments if its

> still low...

> does anyone know how much pregnancy plays a role in these levels?

> after I had my son, I had the worst health crisis of my life, (in a

> matter of days I developed SEVERE POTS, lost rediculous amounts of

> weight, and just over all fell apart totally) and im curious if it

> may have been a mito crash caused by my carnatine dropping so much

> through the pregnancy...

> also has anyone taken carnitine suppliments WHILE pregnant... is it

> considered safe?