I’ve got a transplant. No one gave me any reason not to have a child, because of the immunosuppresants I take. On the other hand there are viruses out there, that if I caught I’ll have to take meds that either have a high risk of birth defects, or haven’t been fully studied yet to give a good enough conclusion. There could be other meds that might cause birth defects, espcially if you are carrying a baby, but I think there is a good chance they maybe able to be changed up. One could more easily end up having a high-risk pregnancy. I’m a guy, so no one really had to go into that with me.
But there is a good arguement for a transplant center as to why would they want to do a transplant for a person who doesn’t need it. Also given the inflation in health care, all the money for the transplant might have to come out of pocket, I doubt an insurance company will want to cover that, when they can barely break even for necassary treatment. Maybe they could go out of country, but I don’t know if it would ever be widespread in the US health care system. I think most would conclude that the risks are a lot higher, than the benifits.
As for effects of immunosuppresants on the fetus. Well the immunosuppresant part might not matter so much for the fetus, they really don’t have much of an immune system. It would suffer if the parent gets sick during a critical time. I know some of them can be toxic to the organs, and given the size of the fetuses organs that might really damage them. But there are also a lot, a lot of differnet meds that could be used for immunosuppresants. One of mine can be toxic, its still being studied for long term effects. (A lot of people have transplants, so there is a lot of research into better meds for it. A research corporation knows there are money in it if they make a better med.) My transplant center would switch that one to a different med.
