RE: Prednisone and pregnancy.

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Hi

At first I have to felicity you for your pregnancy! Congratulations!

I hope that everything is okay with you and your baby! I believe that

everything is gone be ok!

I'm 28 and I would like to get pregnant too but now is impossible because

I'm on MTX. I've to wait 1 year or two. My doctor tells me that if get

pregnant while I'm on pred there is no problem, especially in a low dosage

as you are (5 mg).

So, I think there is no problem.

(Sorry about my English)

Judite (Portugal)

>

> Hi everyone. I was wondering if there is anyone out there who has been

> pregnant and taking prednisone. I am 12 weeks pregnant and I am on 5mg of

> pregnisone. The doctor says it is fine. I have looked on the internet and it

> says that there are no known effects on the fetus. I'm just worried. I don't

> like to take any meds. that I can do without. I feel okay now. My first

> pregnancy, I wasn't on anything at all except for the vitamins. My doctor

> doesn't want to wean me off too quickly until I see him in November. By

> then, I will be half way due. My first baby was delivered by C-section. This

> one will be also. Shouldn't I be off of it before surgery? I don't know.

> I'll have to ask the doctor about it more on my next visit. I had to bring

> my daughter with me on the other visits so sometimes I forget to ask

> questions til I get home.

>

> Hope everyone is doing well.

>

> Malayvanh

>

>

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Hi

At first I have to felicity you for your pregnancy! Congratulations!

I hope that everything is okay with you and your baby! I believe that

everything is gone be ok!

I'm 28 and I would like to get pregnant too but now is impossible because

I'm on MTX. I've to wait 1 year or two. My doctor tells me that if get

pregnant while I'm on pred there is no problem, especially in a low dosage

as you are (5 mg).

So, I think there is no problem.

(Sorry about my English)

Judite (Portugal)

>

> Hi everyone. I was wondering if there is anyone out there who has been

> pregnant and taking prednisone. I am 12 weeks pregnant and I am on 5mg of

> pregnisone. The doctor says it is fine. I have looked on the internet and it

> says that there are no known effects on the fetus. I'm just worried. I don't

> like to take any meds. that I can do without. I feel okay now. My first

> pregnancy, I wasn't on anything at all except for the vitamins. My doctor

> doesn't want to wean me off too quickly until I see him in November. By

> then, I will be half way due. My first baby was delivered by C-section. This

> one will be also. Shouldn't I be off of it before surgery? I don't know.

> I'll have to ask the doctor about it more on my next visit. I had to bring

> my daughter with me on the other visits so sometimes I forget to ask

> questions til I get home.

>

> Hope everyone is doing well.

>

> Malayvanh

>

>

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Malayvanh

Depending on how long you've been on prednisone, you will probably want to

start it again for your C-Section since that is considered major surgery.

Otherwise you risk an adrenal crisis. That is if you've been on prednisone

a lengthy amount of time. Prednisone suppresses the adrenal glands and

after being on it, if one becomes sick or has surgery or is stressed in any

way, they need to get back on the prednisone to avoid this. Obviously check

with your doctor about this and don't ever treat yourself without first

discussing things.

I hope your pregnancy goes well.

Cammie

>

>Reply-To: Stillsdisease

>To: stillsdisease

>Subject: Prednisone and pregnancy.

>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:36:36 -0700 (PDT)

>

>Hi everyone. I was wondering if there is anyone out there who has been

>pregnant and taking prednisone. I am 12 weeks pregnant and I am on 5mg of

>pregnisone. The doctor says it is fine. I have looked on the internet and

>it says that there are no known effects on the fetus. I'm just worried. I

>don't like to take any meds. that I can do without. I feel okay now. My

>first pregnancy, I wasn't on anything at all except for the vitamins. My

>doctor doesn't want to wean me off too quickly until I see him in November.

> By then, I will be half way due. My first baby was delivered by

>C-section. This one will be also. Shouldn't I be off of it before

>surgery? I don't know. I'll have to ask the doctor about it more on my

>next visit. I had to bring my daughter with me on the other visits so

>sometimes I forget to ask questions til I get home.

>

>Hope everyone is doing well.

>

>Malayvanh

>

>

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Malayvanh,

I just gave birth two months ago and I was on 5mg

Prednisone throughout the whole pregnancy. My rheumy

wanted me to see a high risk OB so I did. The OB

watched me really carefully to make sure the baby was

ok. I had a lot of ultrasounds to make sure she was

growing because they said Prednisone can cause IUGR

(Intra Uterine Growth Retardation). It sounds worse

that it is. That just means the fetus grows slower

than expected. They said I did have IUGR at the end

and induced me about one week early, but my baby was

perfectly healthy, just a little small. I'm not

convinced she would have been any bigger had I not

been on Prednisone. My husband and I were both pretty

small at birth. My OB actually didn't want me trying

to taper off the Prednisone while pregnant. I think

he was worried about a flare and decided that would be

more dangerous than the Prednisone. Well, that was my

experience. Good luck to you and let me know if you

have any other questions.

Carly

--- MALAYVANH REDMOND wrote:

> Hi everyone. I was wondering if there is anyone out

> there who has been pregnant and taking prednisone.

> I am 12 weeks pregnant and I am on 5mg of

> pregnisone. The doctor says it is fine. I have

> looked on the internet and it says that there are no

> known effects on the fetus. I'm just worried. I

> don't like to take any meds. that I can do without.

> I feel okay now. My first pregnancy, I wasn't on

> anything at all except for the vitamins. My doctor

> doesn't want to wean me off too quickly until I see

> him in November. By then, I will be half way due.

> My first baby was delivered by C-section. This one

> will be also. Shouldn't I be off of it before

> surgery? I don't know. I'll have to ask the doctor

> about it more on my next visit. I had to bring my

> daughter with me on the other visits so sometimes I

> forget to ask questions til I get home.

>

> Hope everyone is doing well.

>

> Malayvanh

>

>

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Malayvanh,

I just gave birth two months ago and I was on 5mg

Prednisone throughout the whole pregnancy. My rheumy

wanted me to see a high risk OB so I did. The OB

watched me really carefully to make sure the baby was

ok. I had a lot of ultrasounds to make sure she was

growing because they said Prednisone can cause IUGR

(Intra Uterine Growth Retardation). It sounds worse

that it is. That just means the fetus grows slower

than expected. They said I did have IUGR at the end

and induced me about one week early, but my baby was

perfectly healthy, just a little small. I'm not

convinced she would have been any bigger had I not

been on Prednisone. My husband and I were both pretty

small at birth. My OB actually didn't want me trying

to taper off the Prednisone while pregnant. I think

he was worried about a flare and decided that would be

more dangerous than the Prednisone. Well, that was my

experience. Good luck to you and let me know if you

have any other questions.

Carly

--- MALAYVANH REDMOND wrote:

> Hi everyone. I was wondering if there is anyone out

> there who has been pregnant and taking prednisone.

> I am 12 weeks pregnant and I am on 5mg of

> pregnisone. The doctor says it is fine. I have

> looked on the internet and it says that there are no

> known effects on the fetus. I'm just worried. I

> don't like to take any meds. that I can do without.

> I feel okay now. My first pregnancy, I wasn't on

> anything at all except for the vitamins. My doctor

> doesn't want to wean me off too quickly until I see

> him in November. By then, I will be half way due.

> My first baby was delivered by C-section. This one

> will be also. Shouldn't I be off of it before

> surgery? I don't know. I'll have to ask the doctor

> about it more on my next visit. I had to bring my

> daughter with me on the other visits so sometimes I

> forget to ask questions til I get home.

>

> Hope everyone is doing well.

>

> Malayvanh

>

>

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> a trained health professional or to be a substitute

> for medical advice of physicians and/or other health

> care professionals. The International Still's

> Disease Foundation is not engaged in rendering

> medical or professional medical services. You should

> consult your physician on specific medical

> questions, particularly in matters requiring

> diagnosis or medical attention. The International

> Still's Disease Foundation makes no representations

> or warranties with respect to any treatment, action,

> application, medication or preparation by any person

> following the information offered or provided within

> this support form.

>

> ion by any person following the information offered

> or provided within this support form.

>

>

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Malayvanh,

I don't write often. But, this one I know a little bit about... My son is now

6 months old and he is healthy. I was on 10mg prednisone when I got pregnant. I

had a flare during pregnancy and my pred was bumped up to 20 mg where it stayed

for the duration of my pregnancy. I also saw a high risk ob so they were " onthe

case " but my regular ob felt confident with taking care of me. I went for aLOT

of sonagrams and nonstress tests. They were looking for my son's sholders to

become too big steriods can sometimes cause that But, he was born at 37 weeks

8lbs. 1oz.

Good Luck and Congratulations!!

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Malayvanh,

I don't write often. But, this one I know a little bit about... My son is now

6 months old and he is healthy. I was on 10mg prednisone when I got pregnant. I

had a flare during pregnancy and my pred was bumped up to 20 mg where it stayed

for the duration of my pregnancy. I also saw a high risk ob so they were " onthe

case " but my regular ob felt confident with taking care of me. I went for aLOT

of sonagrams and nonstress tests. They were looking for my son's sholders to

become too big steriods can sometimes cause that But, he was born at 37 weeks

8lbs. 1oz.

Good Luck and Congratulations!!

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Hi Malayvanh,

My is and was diagnosed with Still's after my boys where

born. However, when I was trying to convieve and maintain a

pregnancy, I could not. This was Still's before we knew what to

call it. I had 5 miscarriages prior to having my first son and one

the med's that they put me on was Prednosine, 60 mgs for the first 6

months, after that, they lowered it to 40mg and slowly to none

approxiamtely 2 weeks prior to delivery, also by C-section. My sons

are perfectly healthy, as far as I can tell, with no side effects.

I was willing to try anything that would not jepordize my children's

lives to stay pregnant. It worked. My fertility specialist assured

us that there would be not problems, and so far he seems right. The

boys are 10 and 6 years old now and very healthly.

I hope this helps,

dahtdah_denise

[Guest guest]

Hi Malayvanh,

My is and was diagnosed with Still's after my boys where

born. However, when I was trying to convieve and maintain a

pregnancy, I could not. This was Still's before we knew what to

call it. I had 5 miscarriages prior to having my first son and one

the med's that they put me on was Prednosine, 60 mgs for the first 6

months, after that, they lowered it to 40mg and slowly to none

approxiamtely 2 weeks prior to delivery, also by C-section. My sons

are perfectly healthy, as far as I can tell, with no side effects.

I was willing to try anything that would not jepordize my children's

lives to stay pregnant. It worked. My fertility specialist assured

us that there would be not problems, and so far he seems right. The

boys are 10 and 6 years old now and very healthly.

I hope this helps,

dahtdah_denise

[Guest guest]

hi Malayvanh

I have an 8 week old healty baby. I was on 5 to 20 mg on prednisone my entire

pregnancy with no problems.Some days were harder than others i had to stop

working when i was about 5 months pregnant i was just so tired.I would take a

lot of naps to get threw the day.

Joanne

dahtdah_denise wrote:

Hi Malayvanh,

My is and was diagnosed with Still's after my boys where

born. However, when I was trying to convieve and maintain a

pregnancy, I could not. This was Still's before we knew what to

call it. I had 5 miscarriages prior to having my first son and one

the med's that they put me on was Prednosine, 60 mgs for the first 6

months, after that, they lowered it to 40mg and slowly to none

approxiamtely 2 weeks prior to delivery, also by C-section. My sons

are perfectly healthy, as far as I can tell, with no side effects.

I was willing to try anything that would not jepordize my children's

lives to stay pregnant. It worked. My fertility specialist assured

us that there would be not problems, and so far he seems right. The

boys are 10 and 6 years old now and very healthly.

I hope this helps,

dahtdah_denise

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hi Malayvanh

I have an 8 week old healty baby. I was on 5 to 20 mg on prednisone my entire

pregnancy with no problems.Some days were harder than others i had to stop

working when i was about 5 months pregnant i was just so tired.I would take a

lot of naps to get threw the day.

Joanne

dahtdah_denise wrote:

Hi Malayvanh,

My is and was diagnosed with Still's after my boys where

born. However, when I was trying to convieve and maintain a

pregnancy, I could not. This was Still's before we knew what to

call it. I had 5 miscarriages prior to having my first son and one

the med's that they put me on was Prednosine, 60 mgs for the first 6

months, after that, they lowered it to 40mg and slowly to none

approxiamtely 2 weeks prior to delivery, also by C-section. My sons

are perfectly healthy, as far as I can tell, with no side effects.

I was willing to try anything that would not jepordize my children's

lives to stay pregnant. It worked. My fertility specialist assured

us that there would be not problems, and so far he seems right. The

boys are 10 and 6 years old now and very healthly.

I hope this helps,

dahtdah_denise

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did it make you crazy and did you gain a ton of weight? I've had two

misscarriages and prednisone makes me INSANE.

xx,

-------------- Original message ----------------------

> hi Malayvanh

>

> I have an 8 week old healty baby. I was on 5 to 20 mg on prednisone my

entire

> pregnancy with no problems.Some days were harder than others i had to stop

> working when i was about 5 months pregnant i was just so tired.I would take a

> lot of naps to get threw the day.

>

> Joanne

>

>

> dahtdah_denise wrote:

>

>

> Hi Malayvanh,

>

> My is and was diagnosed with Still's after my boys where

> born. However, when I was trying to convieve and maintain a

> pregnancy, I could not. This was Still's before we knew what to

> call it. I had 5 miscarriages prior to having my first son and one

> the med's that they put me on was Prednosine, 60 mgs for the first 6

> months, after that, they lowered it to 40mg and slowly to none

> approxiamtely 2 weeks prior to delivery, also by C-section. My sons

> are perfectly healthy, as far as I can tell, with no side effects.

> I was willing to try anything that would not jepordize my children's

> lives to stay pregnant. It worked. My fertility specialist assured

> us that there would be not problems, and so far he seems right. The

> boys are 10 and 6 years old now and very healthly.

>

>

> I hope this helps,

>

>

> dahtdah_denise

>

>

>

>

>

>

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did it make you crazy and did you gain a ton of weight? I've had two

misscarriages and prednisone makes me INSANE.

xx,

-------------- Original message ----------------------

> hi Malayvanh

>

> I have an 8 week old healty baby. I was on 5 to 20 mg on prednisone my

entire

> pregnancy with no problems.Some days were harder than others i had to stop

> working when i was about 5 months pregnant i was just so tired.I would take a

> lot of naps to get threw the day.

>

> Joanne

>

>

> dahtdah_denise wrote:

>

>

> Hi Malayvanh,

>

> My is and was diagnosed with Still's after my boys where

> born. However, when I was trying to convieve and maintain a

> pregnancy, I could not. This was Still's before we knew what to

> call it. I had 5 miscarriages prior to having my first son and one

> the med's that they put me on was Prednosine, 60 mgs for the first 6

> months, after that, they lowered it to 40mg and slowly to none

> approxiamtely 2 weeks prior to delivery, also by C-section. My sons

> are perfectly healthy, as far as I can tell, with no side effects.

> I was willing to try anything that would not jepordize my children's

> lives to stay pregnant. It worked. My fertility specialist assured

> us that there would be not problems, and so far he seems right. The

> boys are 10 and 6 years old now and very healthly.

>

>

> I hope this helps,

>

>

> dahtdah_denise

>

>

>

>

>

>

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