UC and pregnancy

hello and welcome to the forum.
there have been several threads about pregnancy here lately.
try this one, it is several pages long so hopefully it will address some of your questions and concerns.
i'm currently pregnant and feeling great. but some women do flare while pregnant. i flared after the birth of my son in 2005. everyone is different but it would still be good to discuss concerns with your GI and ask your OB if s/he has had any patients with UC. it helps if your OB is familiar with the disease.



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29, happily married, stay at home mom to 2.5 year old son. due to have another boy 9/17/08
UC (probably pancolitis, but no c-scope yet), diagnosed June 2006, started having major symptoms sometime in January 2006, about 3 months after childbirth. 2nd flare (minor) may 2007 after taking caprylic acid for 2 weeks.

-Prednisone 8/28/06-2/28/07. and again may '07, 8 week course.
-Prayer! asacol, probio, ground psyllium husk, prenatal, folic acid, cal-mag

may you live all the days of your life.

Thank you very much. That's a good way to look at it. Even though I know my parents worry so much about me because of this I'm sure they are happier I exist.

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Diagnosed with Severe Ulcerative Colitis in Dec 2005 at age 19

2nd flare up-Hospitalized for 41 days (april-may 2008)

prednisone 30mg (tapering)-taking sicne 2005 :(

asacol 400mg-9 pills a day

remicade (just started)

iron, calcium, vitamin c

Attempting Diet-Eat right for your blood type (Type O)

Remicade is safe for pregnancy. The Gov't has a group that determines different classes for all drugs by how safe they are for pregnancy. Remicade is class B that's good, though they say not to breastfeed. Imuran is class D which means it's only to be used in emergency situations. You can go to fda.gov and look up any drug, over the counter or prescription, and they will tell you how they classsify the drug and why.

My husband and i are looking to start a family next fall. I have done tons of research. My OB already has several women who are pregnant on remicade who are doing really well. I stopped my imuran last week, they say you should be off of it for at least 6 months.

Talk to your GI and OB about remicade and pregnancy. Also about the risks of discontinuing remicade. Many who stopped and tried to start again found they had developed the antibodies against it and were unalbe to ever take it again.

If your ob doensn't know anything about these drugs you may want to find a high risk ob who would know a lot more. My ob has had lots of experience with IBD in his patients so i feel very comfortable.

Good luck in your research!

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Kelly, 30

Left sided UC diagnosed 1/98 age 19, Pan colitis diagnosed 1/07
Currently on 4x3 Asacol, no more pred after two years!!!! Off imuran as remicade is working!
Prontonix once daily for acid reflux, zofran 8mg every six hours for nausea
Remicade started 3/1/08...just had 4th infusion

We ended up using a surrogate for multiple reasons, but my doc always told me that however you are going into the pregnancy is usually how you will be throughout the pregnancy. So try to get into remission before getting pregnant and there is a good chance you will remain that way throughout the pregnancies. No guarantees of course. Good luck to you - I know you must be excited!!!

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34 year old female, Diagnosed 5 years ago

Current Meds: Remicade every 6 weeks, Prednisone 20mg, Prevacid, Sustenex, Lialda, Lexapro (anxiety), Synthroid, Iron, vitamin, Fish Oil

Expecting first child 12/08 via gestational surrogate!!!!

my doc said a third of women stay in the same, a third of women get better and a third of women get worse. unfortunately i'm in the latter group. but there are a lot of things you can do to deal with a flare while pregnant. there was a woman on this forum who said it best...no matter what happens just try and enjoy it. i'm currently dealing with a flare and have been for 2 mos, and am 7 mos. pregnant. the people on this forum have been incredible with advice and words of wisdom and i just try to remember that everyday to be thankful that i have life growing inside my body (no matter what other bad stuff is going on there too :) good luck with everything!

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3x3 colazol a day (non-generic)

1000 mg canasa bedtime

3 entocort a day

20 mg prednisone daily

2 cortifoam enemas daily

prenatal vitamin