Been off here for a while .

Found out in apirl that i am going to become a mother . I  and my fiance are very happy and have been very busy with geting ready and trying to move as well. were sixteen weeks now and have a doctors apt soon to find out the sex of our little one   

With this being my first pregantcy i am a little nervous if not more about what my UC is going to be like after words    ive been in a little remisson however it seens im in a flare in the moment somethings have been stressfull due to the hormaonal changes . Any one have any advice on what to exspect , im worried about this because i know in the passed doing certain physical activites would hurt me , intiment and with excisize to the point where lifting my head off the pillow the next morning everything would hurt.

Congratulations on your pregnancy! I was in a flare up when I got pregnant, didn't know I had colitis until I was diagnosed at 9 weeks. I had a healthy pregnancy and delivered a beautiful, healthy 7 lb 2 oz girl. She is a year old now.

Postpartum was another story and I don't want to scare you because everyone is different. I had a severe flare up after my daughter was born. My colon almost perforated and I was hospitalized for 9 days. I had to have a blood transfusion, was put on TPN and I ended up losing almost 50 lbs in the 4 weeks after I had my daughter. It took months to recover from that and I'm still not in remission.

Just take good care of yourself, eat well, exercise (easier said than done for me haha) and get plenty of rest. And if you feel a flare up coming on after you have your baby don't wait to get treatment. I went to the hospital a couple days after I started having symptoms and they brushed me off and sent me home with a prescription for antibiotics. I waited another 2 weeks before I went back and at that point I was so weak I couldn't walk.

Good luck!