To get pregnant with osteoarthritis?

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Just that really.

It will be my second pregnancy and I had bad PGP throughout the first. My joints have been made worse due to heaving a toddler about. I can manage fine on painkillers but from what I remember, all you can take in pregnancy is paracetamol which is a waste of time.

Am I crazy?

What does your dr say? Could you wait until your first is older so you're not running after him/her whilst pregnant? But i guessbif its medically safe and you feel up to it, then why not :)

I’d say no. Quality of life with osteo isn’t the greatest as you get older and if you’re struggling to keep up with one child things will only get worse with two.

Just wondering if I will be able to cope with pain of living without proper pain killers for nine months.

Typing is painful without them now.

I'm fine with the right drugs though.

It’s really not going to get better. Also as you get older it gets worse. How would you cope with 2 possibly 3 teens when you can barely walk; ferrying them around etc. Also there is the matter that if it gets really bad (like my grans did) your dc may need to care for you.

Hi OP, I have a similar problem (although as it turns out, after TTC number 2 for over 2 years with no luck, this may remove the choice from us).

Any way, before I fell pregnant with my son, I'd been prescribed tramadol for quite some time due to joint problems (I tried everything below that and it was the only thing that offered any pain relief).

When I was pregnant, I stopped taking them and after trying a range of options, I ended up being prescribed co-codamol to bring the pain levels down to a manageable level (I suffered from horrific PGP from about 16 weeks).

All this to say that if a second pregnancy is what you want, you should speak to your GO as they may be able to find a method of pain relief stronger than paracetamol that is safe and that will help you.

Best of luck, OP

I'd never ask my kids to care for me-have seen what that does to people. However, having siblings has got to be easier in that situation.

You can take cocodamol? That's a game changer!

OP you cant technically take co codamol but doctors do recommend/subscribe to pregnant women in cases such as yours.
Im pretty sure you'll be able to take them. But its a GP supervision/discretion situation

It's an opiate OP so you may have a withdrawing baby when born. Take that in to account.

Hi OP. My GP explained the risks to me of taking anything stronger than paracetamol. I only took the co-codamol when I was desperate.

As a previous poster has said, it is an opiate so extra checks will be carried out on baby when he/she arrives. I was kept in for an extra couple of days afterwards just so they could be sure that my son wasn't affected. He was absolutely fine but I appreciated that they took extra time to be certain.

I really didn't like taking anything (my baby was desperately longed for for a very long time indeed) but without any medication, walking for even two steps had me in tears with the pain.

Best of luck, OP.

Some people find their symptoms improve during pregnancy so you could potentially need less analgesia but obviously you can’t know that in advance.

I would discuss with my GP or consultant. During pregnancy could you, for example, pay for additional help at home or get anyone to do additional childcare?