Epilepsy is a prevalent, chronic, and serious neurologic disease affecting many women of childbearing age. Specific concerns, including contraception, fertility, teratogenic risk of antiepileptic drugs, delivery, and breastfeeding, are addressed in this article. Evidence-based counseling and management strategies are provided to help clinicians and women with epilepsy through the different stages of pregnancy.
Keywords: Breastfeeding; Contraception; Epilepsy; Infertility; Labor and delivery; Pregnancy; Teratogenicity.
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