Lumbar spinal fusion and pregnancy

Sydney • Thu, Jun 30

Hi everyone!

Last week I had a spinal fusion on my L4 L5 level of my back. It has helped amazing with the pain! I know it will be at least 3-6 months before the bone fuses and we are able to start trying again. I was wondering if anyone else has had this surgery and was able to get pregnant? And how they felt during pregnancy?

Thank you :)

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Posted at Wed, Jan 18 2017

I had a fracture of my L3, it's fused via bone graft from hip and pins and rods between 2-3-4. This was 17 yrs ago. My back actually feels BETTER in pregnancy than pre-pregnancy... my only concern is bout epidural... it's generally btwn L4 and 5... while this is higher up than my fusion, scar tissue can make epidural less effective... but can be successful as well. Fingers crossed! 

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Ca • Jan 30, 2017

Correction: I meant the epidural is below my fusion

Posted at Fri, Jul 01 2016

Thank you so much for letting me know you were able to get pregnant. We have been trying for about a year and a half before this but the doctor said majority of the reason could have been my body telling me it couldn't handle a baby! So hopefully we will get pregnant in no time!! :)

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Posted at Fri, Jul 01 2016

I had the same exact fusion and got pregnant one year after my surgery. My back was just fine throughout my pregnancy. 

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Posted at Thu, Jun 30 2016

Nope sorry , just being nosey lol Good luck to you !! Baby dust !✨

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