Not sure if this has been discussed before, but I am thinking of finally starting my family. Just not sure how to go about it with all the meds and stuff that I take for the disease. (my list of meds are in my signature below)
I know you can have children if you have Crohn's, but do you still take your meds when you are pregnant? Are their meds you shouldn't take? How are your symptoms when you are pregnant?
It just seems so much more complicated now, before I would have just stopped my birth control and started trying to get pregnant. Now I have no idea where to begin. Should I talk to my GI or my OBGYN, or both? All my GI told me before was that I should not get pregnant while flaring. Now that my inflammation is down and I am in remission I figured I could have a baby now.
Any advice or personal experience would be appreciated.
I know you can have children if you have Crohn's, but do you still take your meds when you are pregnant? Are their meds you shouldn't take? How are your symptoms when you are pregnant?
It just seems so much more complicated now, before I would have just stopped my birth control and started trying to get pregnant. Now I have no idea where to begin. Should I talk to my GI or my OBGYN, or both? All my GI told me before was that I should not get pregnant while flaring. Now that my inflammation is down and I am in remission I figured I could have a baby now.
Any advice or personal experience would be appreciated.