The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: RA Friendly Baby Gear...This post was written during Week 18 of my second pregnancy.... By Mariah Z. Leach5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
This Decision is Between My Husband and Me . . . and My RA...My husband and I agreed to wait before attempting a second pregnancy, and try to space the children at least three years apart.... By Tamara Haag3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: Pregnancy-Safe RA Relief...This post was written during Week 14 of my second pregnancy RA pain is never fun. Period.... By Mariah Z. Leach4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: The Magic R-Word...This post was written during Week 12 of my second pregnancy. I’m almost to the end of my first trimester!... By Mariah Z. Leach3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
"Pregnancy in Rheumatic Diseases" at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting...I fully expected to feel much better while pregnant – but to my surprise flared badly during my second pregnancy.... By Mariah Z. Leach4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Pregnancy and Parenting with Arthritis Study by the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance...In particular, during her second pregnancy she suffered a major flare in her cricoarytenoid joints, which control the opening and closing of the vocal... By Mariah Z. Leach2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: The Post-Birth RA Flare...This post was written during Week 32 of my second pregnancy.... By Mariah Z. Leach4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: Morning Sickness and Other Unpleasantness...This post was written during Week 9 of my second pregnancy.... By Mariah Z. Leach3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Lifestyle, medical, hormones & other risk factors...Still another study linked breast-feeding after a first pregnancy with increased risk for RA, with risk decreasing during a second pregnancy and disappearing... By Editorial Team 6 min readBookmark for later
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: Balancing Acts & Difficult Decisions...Unfortunately, I have not been that lucky the second time around.... By Mariah Z. Leach4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
My Story...My symptoms completely disappeared while I was pregnant with my second child and I was off all medication.... By achyjanice1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
COVID Vaccination Antibodies With RA...New research concluded protection from the first and second vaccines begins to decrease after a certain amount of time.... By Janeil Whitworth2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments15 comments
A Different Sort of Family...Pregnancy was part of the concern.... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
It Takes Two to Tango, It Takes Three to Get Pregnant...The first appointment was with my rheumatologist and the second was with my gynecologist.... By Monica Y. Sengupta3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Breastfeeding With RA...By the time my second child was a year old, I had been off of meds for four and a half years, as I was either trying to get... By Tamara Haag5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
CF and RA: From One Abbreviation to Another...She pointed out the swelling in my ankles and commented how I had no pain in pregnancy a few years back which was similar to her patients with RA.... By Janeil Whitworth3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
So many questions........A couple years later I start to notice soft, cyst like places on my knees accompanied by pain. 6 years later, second pregnancy....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
Tips for a Tolerable Pregnancy...As all of my care providers were comfortable with me taking prednisone during pregnancy, I did indeed do a few short rounds of prednisone during each pregnancy... By Tamara Haag5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
New FDA Pregnancy Labeling Standards – Not As Boring As It Sounds!!...The new system completely revamps pregnancy and breastfeeding risk labeling.... By Mariah Z. Leach3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Trying to Conceive During My RA Diagnosis...How was your experience during and after pregnancy? Share with us below!... By Janeil Whitworth3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
