Apparently now that I have been diagnosed with RA I am considered "high risk" if I should get pregnant again. I am curious if anyone out there who has RA has gotten pregnant while having RA and what your story was. I know everything carries a risk and everyone is different but I didnt think having RA was a HUGE deal while pregnant but they are making it sound like it Hi Abby
I was diagnosed as a teen. I had my son at 25.
I had a very rocky pregnancy due to other issues, not the RA.
Why are you considered high risk? Do you have complications from the RA. I wouldn't have a child at his point due the the fact the RA is more advanced and the lungs have decided to get in the game. When I had my son, I went of the MTX and the Enbrel. I chose not to breastfeed so I could start back up on the RA meds right after birth. I never achieved the RA remission and the RD wanted me back on the meds as soon as possible.
It has been hard having RA and a son, but totally worth it!
Well I didnt have ANY problems before getting pregnant with my daughter in 2007. Then at 10 weeks pregnant I am mysterious protein leakage in the urine (usually a sign of preeclampsia) but it turns out I developed a auto immune kidney disease brought on by pregnancy (but I still have even AFTER pregnancy) - then about 5 months after I had my daughter I developed the lovely auto immune RA - so basically my body hates me! I guess people with RA can have ovary burnout and other problems like that so it can affect your body but I am not sure what else makes it High Risk. To my OBGYN high risk just means "could have complication because of known factors (ie: kidney disease, RA)"... it just means I get seem more often to make sure there are no other problems with the baby or me before, during and after pregnancy.... also like rocckyd I am not in remission right now but I dont want to wait to try to conceive because I will be moving away from this area and we have really good doctors here. I would like to have one more child and if its just as complicated as the first go-round, we will be done having kids all together.I got pg right away with our 1st DD, the 1st month I went off birth control. Dx'd with RA a year after she was born, had to go off Sulfasalazine when we wanted another child and it took forever to get pg again. Probably because DH was out of town every time I was ovulating for 9 months in a row. Went into RA remission with 2nd DD, but had her a month early and then went into a terrible flare 2 weeks after she was born. Started MTX and had to stop breast feeding. Had an unplanned pregnancy a year later, knew something was up when I went into remission again. Stopped MTX, but I lost the baby at 3 months.Ninilchicken that's kind of what we are going through too. Got pregnant easy first time but now since RA diagnosis its been harder. Not sure if its the RA, my body in general or just life. We have been trying for over 6 months now. I am 28. It doesnt help that since I have a kidney disease I can not take NSAIDS so now that I am off the "bad" medicine (MTX), whenever I have bad flares I have to do prednisone in short term amounts to be able to move which then makes my periods delayed because of the hormone change and calculating ovulation darn near impossible.
I just had my 3rd son, he was the only pregnancy after dx. Felt great through pregnancy, my son is 3 1/2 months I am breastfeeding and on no meds. I am in pain but no full blown flare, I feel like I did before I got pregnant while not on anything.
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