Pregnancy and chronic illness

[jellybean88]

Yes this is true currently I manage with the children with the odd time needing help I am planning ahead here so both the kids will be in school by the time this happens and I'm hoping my health will improve or at least have some more understanding I also have POTS in conjunction with chronic fatigue, ehlers danlos and reflux so I am focusing on how to get better but with these being pretty much not understood and untreatable I'm wondering if it doesn't go away would I still get pregnant I also had severe post natal depression after both kids which I'm pretty confident it I start medication from the babies birth I should manage ok instead of the prev 2 times where I started medication 6months after when I was feeling horrible

[nyigi]

Sounds reasonable. I think the most important thing is to look at it realistically and review (as much as you can) the possible eventualities and make a plan in consultation with your family and care providers.
POTS is a lot better understood now than it used to be. It took me 10 years to get diagnosed and the neurologist who finally diagnosed me said there wasn't really anything they could do. But the doctors I've had over the past 8 years have been much more confident in being able to offer some improvement in symptoms and have had quite a large reserve of possible treatments to work with. I'm not entirely sure if this is just an Australia versus the Netherlands thing (I guess I'll find out when I move back to Oz in a couple of months). If you want to talk more about it feel free to PM me.
Good luck working towards better health!!!