Active colitis and pregnancy

Hi all. I am 27 years old and have had active colitis basically since being diagnosed in January. My husband and I learned we were expecting about 6 weeks ago. I am currently 10 weeks and baby is fine. However, pregnancy was a surprise and I have been in a "flare" for a good while now. I am currently only on Rowasa enemas and think I may have inflammation in another part of my colon as urgency, bleeding, and mucus is still rampant. I guess I just want to ask some advice or hear others stories on how they were able to maintain remission or regain some control over IBD during pregnancy. I've lost nearly 10 pounds since the news as morning sickness for me is an "all day" sickness and flare symptoms are not slacking off. I'm worried about the weight loss and blood. Would like to get a grip on things to feel like a healthy mom and hopefully enjoy at least part of this pregnancy! Would love to hear your stories/advice. I'm calling my GI dr tomorrow to insist on trying something new. I feel like I'm withering away and definitely not thriving for my little one.

If you don't see improvement after maxing out 5ASAs than I would start remicade ASAP.
Because you are pregnant it's important to get under control and that really can help patients really fast.
Other meds May take longer to kick in.

Good luck and congrats.

Glad your Dr is prescribing more meds. Hopefully the uceris kicks in quickly, the lialda will likely take longer (couple of weeks or more). Hopefully things settle down. What are you taking for morning sickness? Luckily for me I didn't get any, but I think being on a really good prenatal vitamin helped me with that (I'm just about 27 weeks). My GP did mention to me that there are very safe meds he can prescribe if I got morning sickness. In your case you might want to ask about those so you can at least try to keep some strength up by eating and not puking. Wishing you a speedy remission and a happy rest of pregnancy

I take mega foods baby and me (herb free). I swear by them. This is the first multivitamin that didn't give me the craps, nausea, heartburn or any other side effect. Seriously I have tried so many vitamins over the years and always felt ill from them, these ones by mega foods are wonderful.

Congrats on your pregnancy and I hope the meds kick in soon. I would add a rectal med to the mix like Rowasa as well until things calm down. They help so much.

I've heard that a lot of women who flare in the first trimester get better in the second and third. I unfortunately flared my third with both my kids. Go figure.

I SWEAR by New Chapter Perfect Prenatal. I take them during pregnancy and stay on them now. They cause me NO stomach issues what so ever and they have everything you need in them. I order from Amazon. And I take them as soon as I wake up with breakfast.