Hi,
I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 12. All the classic symptoms. Which as a teenager was hard. As I got older, now 26. I hadn't had a flare in almost 3 years and prided myself on being able to keep the stress down and a happy tummy. So when my fiancé got the news we were pregnant it was the least of our worries. I'm due April 7th. I work a very strenuous hands on job in a state facility with the intellectually disabled. I tried to stick it out. But, one night at work. I'm in the bathroom and first it was the smell then I seen the blood. And, I knew instantly I was having a flare. And medical leave here I come. Barely entering my 3rd trimester. When I went out. I received a lot of support in my decision. Even though being on disability has been a major stress in itself. But, here I am 7 weeks from the finish line and goodness am I exhausted. My body hurts between her growing, the flare, and the running to the bathroom with nothing on my stomach. I know I'm eating for two. I know this. But it's almost like people look at me now that I'm purposely looking at this plate of food and I just can't. I nibble, snack, and drink. And I swear I'm trying. But it's really not easy and constantly answering "why Are you not eating?" Is getting sooo old. I've been told to toughen up more times then I care to mention, told to get up and walk even though I'm struggling to keep my eyes open. Asked about my pain level then it be completely dismissed. I want nothing more to get her here healthy. And I wish I could explain how much I wish this was a pregnancy like everyone else's. Where I can't keep food from my mouth. But it's not man it's hard. I hate feeling like I just want my body back because just being able to take the prednisone is just not helping. That my flare which is located in my lower right quadrant is lucky lucky as the place where my already 5lbs mainly all limbs head down daughter likes to sit. Nothing but pressure and pain. But no one seems to understand how hard this is. So I thought I'd write and ask. Am I the only one?
I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 12. All the classic symptoms. Which as a teenager was hard. As I got older, now 26. I hadn't had a flare in almost 3 years and prided myself on being able to keep the stress down and a happy tummy. So when my fiancé got the news we were pregnant it was the least of our worries. I'm due April 7th. I work a very strenuous hands on job in a state facility with the intellectually disabled. I tried to stick it out. But, one night at work. I'm in the bathroom and first it was the smell then I seen the blood. And, I knew instantly I was having a flare. And medical leave here I come. Barely entering my 3rd trimester. When I went out. I received a lot of support in my decision. Even though being on disability has been a major stress in itself. But, here I am 7 weeks from the finish line and goodness am I exhausted. My body hurts between her growing, the flare, and the running to the bathroom with nothing on my stomach. I know I'm eating for two. I know this. But it's almost like people look at me now that I'm purposely looking at this plate of food and I just can't. I nibble, snack, and drink. And I swear I'm trying. But it's really not easy and constantly answering "why Are you not eating?" Is getting sooo old. I've been told to toughen up more times then I care to mention, told to get up and walk even though I'm struggling to keep my eyes open. Asked about my pain level then it be completely dismissed. I want nothing more to get her here healthy. And I wish I could explain how much I wish this was a pregnancy like everyone else's. Where I can't keep food from my mouth. But it's not man it's hard. I hate feeling like I just want my body back because just being able to take the prednisone is just not helping. That my flare which is located in my lower right quadrant is lucky lucky as the place where my already 5lbs mainly all limbs head down daughter likes to sit. Nothing but pressure and pain. But no one seems to understand how hard this is. So I thought I'd write and ask. Am I the only one?
