[Cystic fibrosis and pregnancy: report of a twin pregnancy and review of the literature].

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris)

Service d'Obstétrique, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon.

Published: November 2005

We report here the first published case of twin pregnancy in a woman with cystic fibrosis. This situation will become more and more common because the increased life expectancy of patients with cystic fibrosis and the development of medically assisted procreation. Conception of this twin pregnancy was medically assisted in a cystic fibrosis woman with moderate pulmonary disease. This observation is in accordance with several recent reports dealing with single pregnancies: morbidity, mortality and degradation of lung function have not been found to increase. The only effect of cystic fibrosis on pregnancy is an increased risk of preterm delivery. There is thus no systematic contraindication to pregnancy among women with cystic fibrosis provided that they are given attentive care by a multidisciplinary team. Genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis also have an important role to play.

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