Humira and Pregnancy

To all,

I thought I would share my personal experience. To s_mack (Steven)- thank you for your entry, my husband and I found it very helpful!

I am currently 33 weeks pregnant and have been living with ankylosing spondylitis for 5 years (diagnosed when I was 21). I have been on Enbrel and Humira and other medications throughout the years. I was on Humira when I learned I was pregnant and stopped it on the advice of my rheumatologist.

Around 18 weeks of my pregnancy I had one the worst flares of my life. Low doses of prendisone were not helping and I was miserable. I decided (with my rheum and husband) to go back on the Humira when I was about 24 weeks pregnant. I took the injection and felt better within days. I also signed up for the registry through OTIS which I recommend all of you do.

What I'd really like to share with everyone is that I was recently switched to a drug called Cimzia. It has similar properties to Humira but as my rheumatologist described it to me, it is pegylated and so its molecular structure is larger, meaning it doesn't pass through to the placenta. This sounded great to me, so I am taking that now and doing pretty well. (Our little boy in utero is also doing very well!)

Has anyone else taken Cimzia? Seems like this would be the best TNF-inhibitor to use during pregnancy but wondering if anyone else out there has experience with it.

Good luck to all

I am 24 weeks pregnant with twins and on Humira both me and the babies are doing great. It never crossed þy mind to stop taking Humira because I am sure I would have lost the babies and my health. I have been reading lots of study's and never seen any bad results regarding Humira or Remicade on pregnancy. My OB said that according to the newest study's I could also breastfeed on Humira.

Although everything is perfectly fine, I am seeing a high risk OB due to Humira and having CD, he twins are fraternal so no need for high risk OB because of them.

And this is my new motto "healthy mom makes a healthy baby" and its all thanks to Humira that I am feeling healthy and fine.

I will update once the babies are born hopefully late july/early august and let you know how they are doing.

Hello. My name is Veronica I'm 31 yrs old and I have recently started taking humira. I have ankylosing spondylitis just recently been diagnosed. I'm taking a shot every two weeks. I have to say thank you to you all fir all if the info. I was told that coming out pregnant on humira was harmful. Ofcourse Im barely going to be taking my 2nd shot this week. I'm really new at this. I'm glad I saw this site as my husband & I really want to try to have a baby. I just figured I never would be able to because of all the meds. But seeing & reading all everyone has to say gives me hope. Thank you. And good luck to you all.

Hello all,
I am currently 15 weeks pregnant. I am on Humira for Crohn's disease. Was diagnosed about a year ago. It is working very well. My doctor said I can continue it as stopping it could cause a flare and then even if it doesn't, it may not work as well when I go back on it. My concern is vaccinating my child if I continue It throughout my ENTIRE pregnancy, which I plan on doing. I know you are supposed to wait to vaccinate, as the baby's immune system will be compromised at birth. I am wondering if anyone had this experience. How did vaccinating your baby go if you were on the medication for the whole pregnancy? How long did you wait tin vaccinate? What about breast feeding? Was the baby more susceptible to other illnesses in the first year of birth because of their compromised immune system? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

- worried.