I forgot to reply to the part about Remicade being safe during pregnancy - did they tell you this? I only question it because my youngest son was born with a very rare heart defect (he was the one I was flaring with while pregnant). I was taking Prednisone which they told me was a class B, and Asacol - at that time they didn't have a classification for it but my doc thought it too was a class B. You are lucky to not be on the steroids during your pregnancy, I was on very high doses while I was pregnant and I was absolutely miserable. I was such an emotional mess. I am currently taking Remicade and for the time being absolutely love it.

 

Babette

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: soklueles2002

To: crohns_n_colitis@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:37 PM

Subject: [crohns_n_colitis] Pregnancy and crohns disease

I dont know if i have told you all, but i am 6 months pregnant. It was
a shock that we werent expecting but it is a welcome addition to our
family.
Let me tell a bit of history with my children. My first son was 7 lbs
6 oz, my second son was 7 lbs 12 oz, and my 3rd son was 9 lbs 6 oz. I
developed crohns disease between my 2nd and 3rd son, and the weight
difference was huge! Well, now with this baby(it is also a boy) they
are watching his size. My original due date was Oct 9, and at 13
weeks, they moved my date up to sept 29. The high risk dr told me
today that there is a study of babies born to crohns patients being
bigger than normal babies. I hadnt thought about this before but it
could be possible. I am not taking any steroids at all. My thyroid
however, has messed up big time.
Btw, remicade is totally safe during pregnancy! I was so worried about
the baby because i found out i was pregnant one week after i had an
infusion in february. I was so afraid of this, but remicade is a class
B drug. Lomotil, however, is a class c drug and lomotil is like my
security blanket. I have been doing well with immodium tho.
Anyway, back to the subject, have any of you heard of larger babies
being born to crohns patients?