Nursing while living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may lead to special circumstances and various questions. While there is still much that’s still being studied about breastfeeding and IBD, there are many good resources available to help IBDMoms in the breastfeeding journey.
Understanding how to manage medications during pregnancy can be challenging. In fact, experiences with medication is one of the most common questions that’s seen in the IBDMoms group. With a chronic illness like IBD, there may be decisions to make about which medications to continue in pregnancy. That’s why it’s important for IBDMoms to have…
Infertility is a broad term. But it’s usually defined as not conceiving a pregnancy after a year of trying. The good news is that for most people with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD), fertility isn’t affected. The rates of infertility seem to be about the same as that for anyone…
Since its inception, IBDMoms has continued evolving. Our advocacy is as fluid as motherhood as we roll with the tide of changes and advances. It makes sense that we have a new partnership beginning this May, when we celebrate moms and motherhood in the United States. IBDMoms has teamed up with Gali Health for May…
Living as a patient can be claustrophobic and transparent all at the same time. The disease can leave your body and mind vulnerable to other conditions as well as people’s opinions. There are opinions on diet, medications, lifestyle choices, and sometimes family planning. The decision to start a family should be a personal one between…