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...You can have a healthy pregnancy. You can get pregnant after surgery....

...There's no denying that pregnancy and looming motherhood is the most amazing thing in the world....

...It seems odd my pregnancy could be predetermined in such a way by illness, especially when it turned out, my pregnancy turned out to be completely textbook...

...I truly feel like my years with UC have greatly impacted how I feel about this pregnancy. Especially since this is my first pregnancy....

...I am headed in the right direction, and I am confident my disease will continue to improve throughout this pregnancy....

...I've been writing about my experiences of IBD, pregnancy and beyond so today I thought I'd broach the topic of breastfeeding....

...I actually only got to see my IBD team after about 4 months of pregnancy....

...For as long as I can remember, my husband and I focused on getting pregnant, and then on staying pregnant and managing a healthy pregnancy....

...This study found women who had children with IBD understood more about pregnancy and IBD....

...most recently, about my journey to "Self Love" during my pregnancy....

...I know many IBD folk in America stay on it throughout pregnancy....

...What I learned during my pregnancy is that my medications were safe for pregnancy and breastfeeding, that there was research on both that I felt comfortable...

...I took a positive pregnancy test at the end of September 2018, and as I write this I am well into my second trimester....

...Pregnancy brings with it many pitfalls: morning sickness, back pain, low energy....

...to reappear and pregnancy nausea to disappear....

...my pregnancy, my IBD was the best it’s ever been....

...First of all, it’s ok to look back on your pregnancy longingly....

...My “regular” bowel movements transitioned back to diarrhea a few times a day due to the hormones of pregnancy, which meant that everything I had gotten...