Women and Epilepsy

Epilepsy can affect women at any age in their lives, from childhood to puberty, during their reproductive years and pregnancy, through to menopause and later life. See below a downloadable PDF resource discussing these issues.

Topics covered in detail in this resource:

Puberty and young women

Monthly periods

Epilepsy and relationships

Contraception

Planning a family

Genetic counselling

Epilim / sodium valproate and birth defects

Folic acid

Epilepsy and fertility

Pregnancy

UK Epilepsy and Pregnancy register

Labour

Vitamin K

New mothers

Breastfeeding

Caring for your baby

Menopause