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Yes, You Can Have a Family
Living Transplant
English - July 07, 2022 13:59 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBMedicine Health & Fitness Science Life Sciences heartdisease liverdisease toronto hearttransplant kidneydisease kidneypancreastransplant kidneytransplant livertransplant lungdisease lungtransplant Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Host Candice Coghlan is joined by guest host, Kate Chong, who received a kidney transplant from her husband. Kate and her husband have a two year old daughter, and she is pregnant, excitedly awaiting the birth of her son. Candice and Kate discuss their journeys in family planning, being pregnant, and the joys of motherhood while living with chronic kidney disease. They are joined by Candice’s obstetrical nephrologist, Dr. Anna Mathew, an Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster University, staff nephrologist at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Director of Hemodialysis who discusses the process of family planning post-transplant, the considerations to be made before getting pregnant, and the hope for people wanting to explore this possibility.
The views and opinions expressed in this interview do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Toronto General Hospital or the University Health Network.