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Posted 4/5/2012 11:14 PM (GMT 0)
Hello...new here but have dealt with mild to moderate uc diagnosis since 2005. I am currently in remission and have been for almost a year. I would like to try for a second baby but I am so scared of being sent into a flare. I mildly flared around 20weeks with my first pregnancy two years ago but nothing too terrible. Have any women experienced flare free pregnancies? What about after the birth? I have read so many horror stories online about uc and pregnancy and I'm so scared. I work full time as a teacher and I can't be put in a position where I can't work. Just wondering what other women with uc hav experienced in regards to pregnancy/postnatal life.

By the way I am currently gluten free and on asacol hd (4per day). I have never needed prednisone thus far...hoping to keep it that way.....

Thanks for any insight/hope!
Posted 4/6/2012 12:57 AM (GMT 0)
With my son my UC got better and then with my daughter 2.5 years later things got worse. I am on Prednisone again for the second time in 7 years. Not sure what made the difference. I was completely convinced that getting pregnant was going to send me into a flare with my first pregnancy and/or breastfeeding but in fact I had a colonoscopy when my son was 3 months old and my GI said my colon was so healthy he would have never known I had ever been diagnosed with Pancoltis. It sounds like your UC is under control and if you have never needed Prednisone you are in far better shape than I ever was. I think you should go for it!
Posted 4/6/2012 3:04 AM (GMT 0)
I was perfect during pregnancy UC wise, I was eating everything not sick at all. But the day I came home from the hospital with him, I had some ice cream, I was so happy to have it after 9 months without, and within hours I was sick again and it lasted until I had surgery when he was almost 2. I think its like a third of women get better, a third stay the same and a third flare.
Good luck!
Posted 4/6/2012 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks so much for your input and replies. I have just been so well lately I am scared to mess with it...but at the same time I am so ready to try for baby #2.....it really angers me having uc controlling a decision this big, but it is really factoring into my decision this time around.... It definitely helps hearing that both of you were able to have a pregnancy where your uc was not an issue. Thanks again!
Posted 4/6/2012 2:01 PM (GMT 0)
I stayed in remission during both my pregnancies, and afterwards as well.

 

sometimes reading too much and knowing too much and trying to predict the future can be anxiety producing. 

 

 

good luck with whatever you decide.

 

 

Posted 4/7/2012 9:14 PM (GMT 0)
I totally agree with you i_love_coffee. Sometimes we tend to worry too much that we can trigger anxiety and even a flare.
Posted 4/8/2012 1:05 PM (GMT 0)
Betsey as you can see from my sig i flared (for the first PROPER time) right after i gave birth. However having said that i did have 'symptoms' before getting pregnant and also in the first trimester but they went away on their own before i had the chance to have them investigated. So yeh you could say that preg sent me into remission...but birth screwed me up!!!

Good luck :) i know it's a hard decision.
Posted 4/9/2012 1:59 AM (GMT 0)
I'm giving birth (my first) in a few weeks, and my UC has been pretty bad. I've had two short courses of prednisone and probably need another one right now. UC plus hemmoroids = not a happy camper! But still, no bleeding so I can´t complain too much. It will be interesting to see what happens after my twins are born. But I say go for it, it's always going to be worth it :)
Posted 4/9/2012 2:03 AM (GMT 0)
Hope everyone keeps us up-to-date on your pregnancies. Hope your UC goes into remission---motherhood has enough challenges without running to the bathroom all day long :)
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