I haven’t noticed any groups for people who are pregnant/or who miscarried and have fibromyalgia. Am I alone on this or do we need a group for this? Is anyone else interested in the subject?
Hi Carla
We have several members with young children and at least one who is pregnant she has gone back to work and is not on as much maybe they will be along soon. Their is a group for womens issues have you joined it. My children are grown now but I actually felt better when I was pregnant with my daughter. I had a miscarriage between my children and lost twins soon after they were born. Have you talked with a doctor yet? I read your earlier post/blog from the other day.
Carla,
Hello. I actually had a problem pregnancy and miscarried on September 6th. When finding out that I was pregnant, I was looking forward to a potential drop in flare ups, as I've heard that pregnancy can, in some women, actually temporarily cure fibro. Well, I didn't notice any regular fibro pain or anything, but that's because of the extent of pain directly caused by the problem pregnancy. Before the pain even started, I had extreme intuition that I would not live through the pregnancy and in one night decided that I was okay with that. I told my husband that I wasn't going to live to take care of our child, and I started talking to my mom about what her role would be if I ever died. Soon enough, the extreme pain started and doctors kept telling me that everything was fine. I kept buckling over from pain in my abdomen and could barely walk. I kept going to the hospital, knowing something was wrong. Doctors kept telling me that everything was fine. I'm still not sure if the intensity of the pain had to do with my fibro or not. Within 2 weeks of finding out that I was pregnant, I miscarried. The miscarriage was the most painful(physically and emotionally) experience of my life. Again, I'm not sure if the intensity of the physical pain had anything to do with fibro or not, as doctors seemed to think I was making my pain up or that I just didn't know my own body or something... After the miscarriage, my life changed drastically and a lot of emotional stress was added into my life, so I'm sure that the stress has something to do with it... But I've had more separate flares in a short amount of time than I ever had before. Now, I've been experiencing extra pains that I've never had before and my fatigue is more extreme as well. I can't be awake for more than 12 hours at a time without feeling like I haven't slept in a week.
So, in conclusion... When I was going through this, it would have been great to have a group specifically for that to lean on.
Gentle Hugs,
Larissa