Welcome and congratulations, Maribeth!

[Guest guest]

Glad you decided to post and tell us your happy news, Maribeth!

Thanks, too, for sharing your experience with your meds and pregnancy.

It was a wise move to find a rheumatologist who takes your concerns

seriously. Sorry that this pregnancy isn't giving you a break from your

RA.

Please be sure to let us know about the baby!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] Newbie & trying for Baby

> Cat,

>

> I am 27 years old and am currently 8 mos pregnant with my first child.

I

> was diagnosed with moderate RA at 24. Throughout my whole pregnancy,

I have

> been taking prednisone and plaquenil; I have also gone off and then

back on

> Enbrel when my pain/inflammation became too great. I plan on staying

on

> prednisone throughout; my doctors say that since it is a fairly low

dosage

> (10 mg/day) that it is safe, and I can also continue on it while

> breastfeeding which I cannot do with Enbrel. I changed Rheumy's

before

> trying to get pregnant because I felt my first one was just worried

about

> maintaining the status quo, not really concerned with specific

concerns and

> fears about getting pregnant. I am soo much happier with my second

rheumy;

> she seems to be just as concerned and attentive to my pregnancy as my

> ob-gyn. For the pregnancy, I got a referral to an ob-gyn who

specialized in

> high risk pregnancies, and I had a consultation with him prior to

getting

> pregnant to see if he had experience with RA. My greatest

frustration has

> been that my symptoms never really decreased with pregnancy as they do

with

> most pregnant women with RA. It will all be worth it though in about

> another 8 weeks!!

>

> Maribeth - Longtime lister, first time poster