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Posted 8/26/2010 7:20 PM (GMT 0)
Were you already in remission before..??

Did you flare right at the start? middle? end? after?

Did it make you better??

With my first son, I was GREAT all the way through until 8 weeks post.

Posted 8/26/2010 7:34 PM (GMT 0)
I was great all the way through breastfeeding. Sigh, think I could have another kid now......? (Then again, dealing with 17 year old...... I take that back!!)
:-)

What I've heard is the old 1/3 rule - 1/3 of us get better, 1/3 stay the same. 1/3 get worse.
Posted 8/26/2010 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
I was in a flare when I got pregnant, was terrible for the first 5 months, then was ok (though still in a flare) for the rest. The couple of weeks after Damien was born were probably my best since I've had UC and then I was very bad again
Posted 8/26/2010 8:13 PM (GMT 0)
I was not in a flare when I got pregnant, and felt awesome until around 7-8 weeks, then started to flare pretty darn bad. I am now 16 1/2 weeks pregnant, and flaring. Doing a little better since I started prednisone on Tuesday.
Posted 8/26/2010 8:26 PM (GMT 0)
I was in remission when i got pregnant and flared at about 20 weeks. continued on prednisone through out and my son is going to be 1 year old in sept and i have been flaring on and off since then. Have become prednisone dependent and having surgery on tuesday!
Posted 8/26/2010 8:26 PM (GMT 0)
I was in 'remission' for a couple of months before getting pregnant. At 4.5 weeks pregnant I started flaring and it just worse and worse until I ended up on prednisone. I'm at 18.5 weeks now and doing great, just trying to wean off the last little bit of prenisone.

I've heard that those who tend to flare early in pregnancy also tend to flare after birth as well :(
Posted 8/26/2010 11:25 PM (GMT 0)
I was in remission for about two months before I got pregnant and then stopped meds once I got pregnant so I flared badly at 8 weeks but was able to get it under control quickly. I flared mildly on and off the entire pregnancy but it was not bad at all - very mild... I just had my baby last week and am doing okay UC wise....
Posted 8/27/2010 8:24 AM (GMT 0)
I was in great form before pregnancy and while pregnant had no symptoms. I breastfed but started to flare 6 weeks postpartum (very sudden flare, no warning, just one night uncontrollable urge while changing a diaper, that actually had to leave the baby crying on the bathroom floor as couldn't make it back to bedroom.... one of the worst moments in my life. Thankfully husband woke up and "rescued" the baby).
Couldn't get the flare controleed with stereoids, so had to go on 6mp. Finally back in remission now, but it took a good 6 months to get here.
Posted 8/27/2010 11:55 AM (GMT 0)
Flaring when I was pregnant, hit remission after my 1st trimester, started flaring about 6 months after I had my daughter.
Posted 8/27/2010 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
Bad, bad things.

I had been in remission for 3 years. During my second trimester (right after the morning sickness wore off), I went into the worst flare of my life.

I hope you have an easier time than I did - I am afraid to have another baby.
Posted 8/28/2010 3:07 AM (GMT 0)
Wasn't diagnosed until 7 months after first baby born. Had symptoms (blood, D, mucous, urgency) within weeks of the birth. Dr kept passing it off as hemorrhoids and would not take me seriously. Had mild UC symptoms (undiagnosed) for about 6 years beforehand.

Had no issues at all with 2nd baby, didn't flare again until 15 years after 1st flare but had mild UC symptoms with no meds between kids.
Posted 8/31/2010 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
and just as I am thinking about all this..my stools have begun to become very skinny...grrrrrrr
Posted 8/31/2010 7:00 PM (GMT 0)

I am currently 2 months into my second pregnancy, getting out of a nasty flare just befor getting pregnant. With my first I was on an absurd dose of prednisne... 100 mg. 50 in the am and 50 in the pm... the reason being I am allergic to 5asa's. Found that out the hard way. Anyways, by 23 weeks of that pregnancy I was completely weaned off Pred. Though still have some D. Managed quite well untill the birth of my daughter in Nov 2009 and a week after delivary back on 50 mg Pred. Became steroid dependant and could never get down past 10 mg, always started to flare again. Finally found a new Dr. A GI this time... she put me on IV solymedrol for one week and then onto Imuran. After a week of iv steroids I went back to 40 mg pred tapered 5 mg a week. I am now proud to say I am completely OFF those darn steroids without a problem, and seem to be holding perfectly at 100 Mg Imuran! This is the best I have felt in a LOOOOONG time! Besides being extremely tired from being pregnant, chasing around my 10 month old as well as a 2 year old I nanny... I dont think I could feel any better right now.. almost "normal"

Posted 8/31/2010 7:02 PM (GMT 0)
Just wanted to correct one thing... No longer and D.... 1 to 3 solid bm's in the morning.. its great! But anyone else notice quite an urgency to go (when not flaring) since giving birth? 
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