How I feel about having children in the future and on Tamoxifen

How I feel about having children in the future and on Tamoxifen

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Funmi, Survivor

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Right now, about having children: I’m still on the fence with that. It’s not just about cancer but it’s also about a lifestyle change for myself. I work with kids all day long. And I’m often asking myself, “Okay how do people go home to their kids when they’re working with kids all day long?” So from that lifestyle perspective, that’s where I’m on the fence. On the other side, I’m kind of on the fence in terms of the repercussion of the drugs. Does it have an effect on an unborn child? Like I know for a fact that I can’t have a fact now that I’m on Tamoxifen, while I’m on Tamoxifen, because of the birth defects that can happen while you’re on Tamoxifen. But that in itself is something that me and my physician have talked about as well. She said if it comes to the point where I’d like to have a child before I’m finished with the Tamoxifen then we can stop, let it clear out, and I can try to have a child at that time. But not having a relationship, it’s not something I’ve thought about doing right now, since I’m not in a relationship.