Pregnancy health risks

After my daughter was born, I was diagnosed with heart failure and told never to have more children if I wanted to stay off a heart transplant list.

But two years later, my heart has recovered well thanks to daily medicine, and my doctors think the outlook is a little less bleak. My doctor thinks another pregnancy is possible as long as I stay on my medicine, am heavily monitored by a high-risk OB and a cardiologist, and realize that I would be taking a risk for myself and for the baby.

For my husband, the answer is simple: Why take the risk?

But for me, it’s not that black and white — the maternal urge is strong. I’d be happy adopting, but I can’t fight the desire to get pregnant again if it is a possibility.

What would you do? Have any of you been faced with a medical risk in getting pregnant? Is it best to play it safe and adopt, or is it a risk that’s worth taking?