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Date: 19.07.2009
From: Justme

Subject: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

I have been taking methotrexate for over 10 years now. I have been on different doses but currently take 20mg a week. We are now wanting to have a baby and have been told I need to come off the methotrexate for at least 6 months. My rheumy said when im ready to do this tell him and he will arrange for me to see a fertility specalist as well as they work closely with them in such cases?

He said they need a year in total, 6 months to get fully off the metho and onto something else and then 6 months (for the metho to get out my body so that its safe to have a baby.

He said steriods are a safe option to take.

Has anyone been through this? I am really worried i'm going to get really bad RA again and they said if this happens i wont get pregnant anyway as my boy wont feel ready to.
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Date: 20.07.2009
From: Lynne

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

No I've not but I thought I'd bump you up the list so people have a chance to see your post. Good luck
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Date: 23.07.2009
From: amber

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

I'm in the same boat as you. I came off all meds, (Methtrexate, Anti TNF's) to get pregnant. however it has been over 2 years now and still not pregnant. My RA was/is quite bad while off these meds but i now have more Corti steroid injections and courses of Prednisilone sterioid tablets. This isn't ideal longterm but it is all i can have so i just deal with it. I am going to give it 12 more months and if nothing happens i am going to have to go back on the other drugs and give up on the idea of a baby sadly, im 42 you see so not getting any younger. Plus i have very bad RA so it is really wearing me down. One good thing about getting pregnant if you didn't know this, is that the RA can and most often does go into remission. Although sadly usually comes back when baby is born. I was told by my Dr that RA suffers who have new babies get lots of help and support from health care staff in coping with any problems they might have in bringing up the baby in the first few months, due to the pain they go through.
Good luck with everything, i'm sure you will be fine. Let us know how you get on. :o)
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Date: 23.07.2009
From: Justme

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hiya Lynne and Amber

Thanks Lynne for doing that :)

Amber - thats awful having to put up with the pain for 2 years. I really feel for you. I am very scared about the pain as my RA even on the highest dose of metho they can give me and anti inflams is still sore.

You should chat with your rheumy. My rheumy told me that they would have to monitor it all with close care with the fertility clinic etc.

I would have thought considering your situation they should be giving you help in getting pregnant as its not as if we can stay off the strong drugs until it happens.

They did tell me thou that if your body thinks you are too ill to deal with a pregnancy you wont be able to get pregnant as thats how mother nature works :(

I am just feeling a bit down with the thought of all of it! Im very scared.

I really hope you have some luck soon!

x
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Date: 24.07.2009
From: Lynne

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hi judtme just read your other post re getting pregnant. Not sure if they would let you go on the tnf if you wish to concieve. Plus don'T think they would give you stronger pain killers. Sorry for your pain. Take care
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Date: 24.07.2009
From: Sandie

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hi Amber and justme sorry to hear of your situation hope things work out for you. Take care
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Date: 24.07.2009
From: Lynne

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Bump you back up the list..... Bump bump
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Date: 13.03.2010
From: Paul

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Also its not just females,

i came of mtx for a year to have a kiddie as mtx can cause problems to the sperm and then of course the baby.

Came off for a year, mostly took painkillers (celebrex) and plaquenil, body goes quickly down hill.. 2 years later no baby.

See my GP and go for a sperm test, hear nothing for a few months so ask GP what the results are... they are missing and no one can find them :-(

So i ask to go to a fertility clinic to have it tested again and to also have my sperm frozen so i can get back on mtx again.
Why this option is not given to arthritis patients before we go on our medication i have no idea, if i had cancer it would be.. suggested it to my Rummy Doc and she said what a good idea that is.. go figure!

6 months later i get seen along with my wife at Barts Hospital in London.

My sperm is pretty much non-existent and damaged from the mtx but there is enough to fertilise an egg using ICSI (where they take one sperm and implant in directly in to the egg).
So one month from seeing the guys in Barts, my wife has been on hormone injections, my sperm is frozen, i am back on mtx 20mg (not working yet), my wife produces 16 great eggs of which 12 fertilized.
We went down the Blastocyst route (the eggs are left to the 5th day and the best egg is implanted in the womb), this gives us a 70% change of a baby, even at 39 year of age :-).
We have another 4 fertilized eggs that are perfect for future use and are frozen.

Egg has been implanted 7 days ago and so far all is well, next Saturday we can do a pregnancy test and cannot wait.

Barts have been fantastic, i cannot say enough good things about them.
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Date: 13.03.2010
From: KayJay

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Ahhh good luck Paul . Fingers crossed for you both ;0)
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Date: 13.03.2010
From: Jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Paul wow, u have been thru it, youyr wife to...but I want to give U some great news about the Icsi fertility thingmyjig.....ok my sis wasd not on MTX nor her hubby, he was told that he naturally did not have many good sperm(they were lucky enough to pay privately) anyway Professor Craft(after two unsuccessful usual fertility process) Prof Craft just over 16yrs ago toldf my Sis and Bro inlaw(that he has some sperm, lots dead and dozy, but some that he can get)...back then Icsi was NOT licenced over here, USA yes, but not the uk, so my sis had to wait until Icsi could be used...guess what? after first Icsi..Twins!!!! they were the first couple to concieve in England...Prof Craft was always on GMTV, talking about fertitly and soon Icsi...as My sis was first to get pregnant via Icsi, he wanted her and Hubby to go on TV to talk about it! gotta be honest, her hubby would Not do it, stigma etc, anyway ICSI is the most Normal way of getting pregnant, cos after all, tht is waht the sperm does, shunts itself into the centre of the egg eventually, so fertility wise, Icsi gotta be the best to get pregnant! so I send all my Lover and good wishes to u and your wife....know its a different story i.e. sis and her hubby not got artha etc....but that aside, Icsi is Brill......and by the way, 3 years later, my sis got Pregnant naturally, baby boy! so guyds and gals, they were told they wld Never have kids, ¦My sids didnt give up, ok they got cash, she found Prof craft In harley street.....goood luck xx
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Date: 13.03.2010
From: Verity

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hope it goes well Paul : ) xx
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Date: 14.03.2010
From: paul

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

thanks everyone, i'll let you know next weekend if it a yes or a nae :-)
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: louloubelle

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Good luck to justme, amber and paul - sounds like you deserve for it to happen for you guys!

I have Psoriatic Arthritis which presents itself in the same way as RA. I have been on etanercept and informed my rheumy I wanted to try for a baby. He explained that it is recommended to stop treatment before conveiving but as the risk is perceived to be so low was happy for me to stop injecting as soon as I fell pregnant. He put me on sulfasalazine while I was still injecting so that when I fell pregnant the meds would already be in my system and is perfectly safe to use during pregnancy.

After a year of trying I'm now in my eighth week of pregnancy and have been four weeks without the anti-tnf and I have to say it has been hell but the fact I am already pregnant is helping me to think "it'll all be worth it", I don't know how I'd have coped without the anti-tnf while trying to conceive.

The PA came back within one week of stopping the injections. I have had one steroid injection and needed to have the fluid drained off my right knee and a steroid injection into the joint. It has eased some of the symptoms but I'm still struggling. I can only take paracetamol and have been told that it is safe to take codeine as well (although the pharmacy isn't so keen for me to have that). I am trying to take as little medication as I can get away with and am relying on my amazing partner and work colleagues and resting as much as I can.

It is expected that by about 12-14 weeks the pregnancy hormones should offer plenty of relief from the PA symptoms as pregnancy has a similar effect to the body as the anti-tnf - fingers crossed.

Once again, good luck you guys!!!
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: Verity

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hang on in there, keep reminding yourself that its definately worth it! Just gotta stay strong as you can until the hormones kick in. Congrats on the pregnancy! Im 24 and hope to have kids some day, on MTX though so that'll be fun having to come off that!

xx
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

LoulouBelle Welcome and CONGRATS, u r a brave lady, and like Verity says, its sooooooo worth it, and ya right about ther pregnancy hormones, I never, ever onve had probs arthritic wise during any of my 6 pregnancies...so keep aiming for that, concentrate on the rotten days, that soon, (goes fast) that u will have a gorjus Bundle, read those baby books, they will help u so much in seeing how your gorjus little one is growing inside.....you sdound like a sensible Mum to be, rest when yur body tells u to ok....PLEASE PLEASE let us know when u have had your baby, and also wld be gr8 if u cld come in when u want, and hekp others, there r so many ppl in here that have PA, so common it seems........tc Jill x
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: paul

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

yes well done indeed :-)

you girls are lucky if pregnancy can reduce your RA pain and problems.. where can i get my hands on those hormones?? ;-)

I'm trying to get on anti-tnf but even though i have deformed joints and lots of pain i do not fit in the bracket they say... was told if i did not work it would be different. Quite annoying as its all down to cost and i pay a lot of taxes.
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

u r correct there Paul, mb they think, if U can work, u cant be taht bad, which isnt tru, U t the breadwinner, most men r, or the biggest wage earner, if I was a bloke, id have to give up work, it isnt fair at all. Cant believe u dont fit the Criteria, the assesment is to see if u have any swellings in joints, all the nurse does is give a number to the joints that are swollen and tender, checks the shoulders, finger digits, each one, knees(not feet, for some reason) elbows, and wrists, then they Add up the numbers(Nice Policy) then about a month later, we go back and do the 2nd assesment all over again.....I cant remember how many points u have to get, think its over 20 ? mb others can remember, I cant soz, on the two occasions I went for the ant tnf assessment, I was Not swollen, but each joint she tweaked Hurt badly... luckily I got it in the end... Cant understand that if u have deformed joints, surely U r entitled by that alone! costs the NHS £10,000 to pay for the Anti TNF....I thinks its an unfair way to see who can have it and who cant
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: Louloubelle

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Paul - it took me over a year to get anti-tnf while I was working, although I was first assessed when they'd only just started prescribing it so it may all have changed since then.

I'm fortunate not to have pa in the finger or toe joints but each swollen joint is worth a point and each painful joint is worth a point which meant missing out on about 60 points!!! I honestly believe that I would not have needed to have the total hip replacement in the 2nd hip had I been awarded anti-tnf when I was first assessed.


It is worth perservering though as I saw an improvement almost straight away (I also have psoriasis and I went from 80% covered to only having one lesion left within about a month). Having said that, not all patients have such a rapid response. Make certain when you have your next assessment to make lots of ouchy noises on the joints that you know cause you trouble when they're flared up, it always seems to be the way that you have a good day when you have your assessment (in my case it was because it meant taking a day of work so I was well rested by the time I got to see the rheumy nurse).

Just to update you guys on the pregnancy - I'm going to see the midwife for my first appointment on 27th March. I think she wants me to see the consultant while I'm there to discuss the PA and pregnancy and plan ahead as best we can. I shall let you know how it goes. Scan booked for 9th April!!! Very scary yet very exciting.
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: Verity

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

That soundsd ed exciting! You get to see your baby!

I know what you mean about DAZ scoring and stuff for anti TNF. I made the mistake of saying its not actually hurting right now but it does most of the time. With that a big fat, no pain, goes down on my notes. Not gonna make that mistake again. Seems that in any circumstances be it DLA or consultants, you have to talk about when youre feeling your worst and not that exact moment. Its horrible coz I feel like Im lying to them but then get home and am in agony.
Pain or what!!
xx
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Louloubelle, Im Excited for u....lololol, and i dont even know u, anyway, goood luck that day, not that U need it x...do u have R.A. or PA?

Verity my nurse who is amazing, kinda said to me on the 1st assesement, that when U come bk for your next assesment it wld be best for me to get my scores up(not so high 1st time, but add the two together on the 2nd) she said even if ya Not swollen , as long as I see that u r in pain when I touch U, that will count! so in a way she kinda helped me, in between words, However, I did Need them, she read all about my ops etc, and the other issues I have and Knew I needed them, and she said its crazy that they have to Point score ppl, and some Dont get it becos they r a point or two off......so U r right, next time U go back, when they touch u, say Bliddy 'OUCH' loudly, makes all the difference!
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: Ver

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Lol makes me feel like a fraud if Im feelin well, but then Im sooo glad when feeling my worst. Ive had to learn over the last 9 months exactly where each bit of pain is and how severe. Ive been in denial and havent really looked after myself as a teenager so just felt pain all over and never really gave it any more thought than that. Very interesting now Im taking a lot of notice of each joint.

xx
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Good cos IL NAG ya daft......u have had this since childhood, u deserve that MEd....and U wont be and are not a fraud, if one joint is having a good day, they press at the joints, so just sday Argh thts tender, when she touches the next, say, "thats the same as last one", and so on, "ooh that sore etc" easy....u r Not pretneding, u r being honest, cos like u said, as soon as u leave that room, the pain will come back fore sure....U r being True to yourself...x
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: Verity

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Yeh, I know your right : ) xx
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: paul

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

well i will definately ask for anti-tnf drugs on my next appointment, 20 mg mtx is not working yet and since starting them again after my sperm was frozen i've been really grumpy and completely down in the dumps.
I'm sure my points must be enough and maybe i need to be more assertive..

Only 5 days till the first pregnancy test, i can't wait. I think my girl cat knows, she won't stop resting her head on my wifes belly when she sleeps and she normally doesn't even come near you.

cheerio

Paul
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: Ver

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hey Paul! How long have ya been on 20mg for now? Unfortunately you really do have to be assertive with them dont ya. I really need the anti TNF but they wouldnt give it to me last time coz when I started on the MTX it actually brought my CRP down to 8.8 (never been that low, EVER!).

Theyre buggers!

Good luck with the test! Thats really exciting! Even Ive got me fingers crossed for ya!

xx
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Date: 19.03.2010
From: louloubelle

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

good luck for tomorrow Paul
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Date: 19.03.2010
From: paul

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

20mg for about 2 months now.
I will be asking for anti-tnf and complain if i don't get it. Will also take my wife along who teaches nursing at a university in London. She knows the NICE guidelines like the back of her hands ;-)

Many thanks Louloubelle, its quite exciting :-)

regards

Paul
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Date: 19.03.2010
From: Lynn B

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Good luck with the test! If I could cross my fingers for you I would.
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Date: 19.03.2010
From: paul

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

its the thought that counts :-)

many thanks

Paul
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Date: 22.03.2010
From: PAUL

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

I am proud to annouce i am going to become a dad sometime in November if all goes well :-)
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Date: 22.03.2010
From: Amelia

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Awww that's great news paul congratulations:D

I am having a game getting the anti TNF too, it's sooo frustrating i have been on mtx for well over a year now and also on leflumonide (excuse the spelling lol) for the past 6 months and it hasn't made no diffrence to my RA.
Last time i went to see my consultant he said he had to rule these drugs out first before he would give me the anti TNF grrrr but i am back at the hospital friday so really hoping i will get somewhere with them as my RA at the min is at it's worse. I think it's just awful that we all have to suffer in the meantime while they sit there and point score us!

Good luck with everything and hope you get somewhere with your med's too- Amelia
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Date: 22.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

WOW that is amazzzzzzzzzzing PAUL...CONGRATULATIONS TO u and your Wife....so happy for u........

regards your horrible flare up at mo, is it possible u have been stressed about the past few months of trying gor your family? that is so stressful, wanting a baby so much, I remember what I was like. and im sure once they stopp mucking u about your R.A. will go into remission long b4 your beautiful Bundle arrives...... this is a happy day, put a huge smile on my face... tc Jill
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Date: 22.03.2010
From: Verity

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Wow!!! Nice one Paul! Thats awesome news. Bet youre delighted : )

xx
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Date: 22.03.2010
From: Lynn B

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Congratulatons!!! Paul and to your wife, Its good to hear such good news... I realy am made up for you both tc
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Date: 22.03.2010
From: paul

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

thanks everyone, really looking forward to it, will be a challenge but a good one.
First scan next week :-)
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Date: 23.03.2010
From: louloubelle

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Paul - congratulations to you and your wife, I've been dying to find out how it went and I am so pleased for you! Fingers crossed it's a sticky one!!! I'm a bit jealous; I don't get my first scan until I'm 12 weeks (9th April). Please keep us all posted x
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Date: 23.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Louloubelle, Paul and his wife have the first scan that early when having Icsi etc....Im so pleased for them, put a smile on my face.....:) Lou how u copingm have u hade morning sickness? lolol at it being called 'Morning sickness', I had it 23 hrs, not vomiting, but feeling nauseas, and disoritentated, bit like when u have flu, u dont know where u r lolol...but its a good sign apprently, means plenty good hormones, and good pregnancy, Mind u, know plenty gals that Never felt unwell at all!! so u ok artha wise?? and have u felt Flutters yet?
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Date: 23.03.2010
From: louloubelle

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hi Jill.

I've been really lucky not to have had any morning sickness at all, although if I don't have a bite to eat every couple of hours then I can't stomach anything to eat for the rest of the day. No flutters yet, or bump, although spoke to my mum and she tells me she was nearly 5 months before she had a bump or flutters so I've a long way to go yet!

The PA has been a monumental pain in the bum (and every where for that matter). I began having difficult within only a week of stopping the anti-tnf - the sulfazalazine is not doing me any good at all. It has definitely taken the shine of early pregnancy but at least I know it's only until October at the latest. Have had to have fluid drained of my knees twice and a few steroid injections but it will all be worth it. Have spent every weekend since coming off anti-tnf laid in bed which, more than anything else, is soooooo boring :( I think the PA is beginning to ease off a little now though so hopefully the hormones are beginning to do their thing!

Seeing the midwife on Thursday so will be full of questions. She's a bit concerned about how I'll cope having had hip replacements. I'm sure it won't affect the birth. I'm just worried about how I'm going to get on with my knees and ankles during labour, I'll be a bit restricted as to the positions I can get in to!!! I'll certainly be considering a water birth!!!
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Date: 23.03.2010
From: Maggie

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hi, Can I please ask you to google Low Dose Naltrexone for RA? www.ldnnow.com and others. I have taken a keen interest in RA since my youngest daughter was diagnosed after having her first baby via IVF. I did wonder if there was a connection with hormones and RA but of course the medical profession does not know what causes it. My daughter has improved considerably since visiting a naturopath and finding out her food intolerances caused by leaky gut, caused by hormones. She is on probiotics too and has now stopped taking sulfasalazine and has had more improvement as that drug is acidic. If you read Margaret Hills book you will see that you need to make your body less acidic and apple cider vinegar helps this. In the meantime, please do look at LDN - it is even used by Dr P Boyle in Ireland for infertility! You cannot use MTX with LDN as LDN boosts the immune system whereas MTX suppresses it. LDN is perfectly safe to take and has been since 1970s.
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Date: 23.03.2010
From: Verity

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hi Maggie, I went to see Margaret Hills daughter at their clinic when I was young. I agree it is very good but also incredibly tough. I wasn't the greatest candidate becasue I ended up with an eating disorder a few yrs later (had diets kinda forced on me all the way through childhoood and teens, which I dont think helped). I do still keep drinking the cider vinegar though. Its such good stuff. i also stay well clear of anything really acidic because of it.
Never heard of LDN though : )
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Date: 23.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

MTX Is suppose to suppress the Immune system!!!! thats the whole point of it Maggie..... maybe U r real, I dont know, cant make U out, but what I dont like is, U have already Put a post in all about this, and yet louloubelle is talking to ME about her pregnancy, and str8 away your posting the same stuff u already posted to a pregnat woman to read,....¦Ok so u have read a few books, fabulous, but dont INSist that we read it, and that it will help all of us...... tell U what Maggie, read a few of the books on the diseases that I have, and then Tell me that the stuff U r Advertising vehemently will deffo help me...U seem like U know a lot, so pls go research my personal Issues, becos Until U have U cannot post such messages like U are doing, becos we r all different in here, we dont ALL just have one great big huge dose of Painfull joints.....hear goes.... these r my current issues FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

REITERS DISEASE
INFLAMATORY ARTHRITIS
R.A.? POSSIBILITY
DISC DEGENRATION DISEASE(DDD)
TENDON DEGENERATION
IRITIS(eyes)
CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS(neck)
and a new one
GASTRITIS(inflamed lining of the stomach )

happy reading.......just please be respectful of other peoples diseases, we r not all Labled as the same, we r all Individuals..... besides there isnt a CURE for any of the list above....Medically proven!!

regards Jill
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Date: 23.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hi Louloubelle, wow u have a lot to think about, that bit didnt occur to me regards the pressure on the joints when giving birth....altho I have had 6 deliveries, for a period of time, I was lucky it went into remission, it did occur after my first baby was born, and for a while was painful, but then went on and off in between for years, but all my pregnancies, never had any pain, apart from a heavy lump in last few weeks, was getting ligament pain, like stretching pain lolol..all normal......

water birth wld be amazzzzzing, support your hips and joints, great idea.... my first bagby didnt feel movement till 20 weeks, like ya mum said, but the more I had, I reconsised the movements, as early as 12 weeks, amazing, like little Bubbles popping......also r u going to find out the sex at the 20week scan?? I found out with 5 of my babies, but not my first, I assumed id have a boy...lolol an 8lb baby gal came into the world....what a shock lolol truly thought I was having a boy, anyway, reasons y I found out after that, it was so much easier, Plus I felt so bonded to my babies by the time they were born....its amazing knowing, but also very special and fab surprise, especially with your first baby NOT knowing.....so goood luck and enjoy everyday with your very special (eventually) little Bump x
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Date: 23.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

just one more thing Maggie....If your daughter has appprently Cured herself of R.A.....Y r u soooooooo interested in the Incurable disease still? Y wld U bother going into forums(assuming u go into other ones) and preach what U posted, what r u geting out of it? and if u really have done your research, U will know that R.A. CANNOT be Cured!! If your daughter was ever diagnosed with R.A. then lucky for her at the moment shes only in remission, which is good, becos she wont be in pain.....There is no cure for R.A. surely U must know that?
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Date: 24.03.2010
From: Verity

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Its another one of THEM isn't it. Dammit. Thought I was ded good at spotting. Must have had an off day haha
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Date: 24.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

LOLOL U do Crack me Up V..............pmsl
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Date: 25.03.2010
From: kylee

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

hi i had my daughter 19months ago im sure i was on sulfa and had a choice to take another that i cant spell.
when i got preg i stopped all the drugs as pregnancy usualy cures the pain and flareups for the 9months your pregnant i had no sighn of my arthritis through my pregnancy it wasnt till my daughter was 3 weeks old i got my flareups my rhumy had warned me that i wld prob have a severe flare up as it had laid dormant through the flare up luckily i wasnt to bad a pain killers kept it under control
hope this can be of some help
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Date: 26.06.2010
From: Lorraine

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hi I have never been on one of these forums before but I am coming off my methotrexate and was confused as to how long before trying to conceive. My consultant said 3 month but on the web it varies and I worry I could cause harm to a baby with all the drugs. I have had a kenalog injection and still take my sulphasalizine, hydroxychloroquine and low dose of prednisolone. I had a bad flare when first stopped mtrx but this seems to be settling. There is so much conflicting information I thought people who have been through this may be able to advise.

Thanks
Lorraine
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Date: 11.08.2011
From: louloubelle

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

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Date: 21.08.2011
From: caroline

Subject: Re: Coming off Methotrexate to get pregnant??

Hi i am 27 and i have as i have suffered from it for yrs but just got diagnosed about 2 yrs ago i have been on every injection and intravinus drip that it out there.My partner and i are wanting to start a family to and after reading the comments on here i have a great fear thats not going to be an option is ivf nit another option avaliabke for people in our situation ?
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