Arthritis?

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Hi all,

I had my second baby a couple of months ago and have found that, continuing on from what started as some knee pain whilst I was pregnant, I have worsening joint pain.

I’d say it’s still most significant in my knees (squatting and kneeling very painful, straightening after having bent them etc) but I’m now feeling it in my feet/ankles, wrists, and elbows a little.

There’s no swelling that I’ve noticed, just one nodule ant the base of a finger, but and the pain is often an aching/stiff pain. Anyone experienced similar?

My GP seems to think rheumatoid arthritis triggered by pregnancy but I’m not sure my symptoms match.

My mum has RA and I was concerned i had it about ten years ago as my fingers were stiff. My mum said the main difference for her between RA and joint pain was that with RA the joints felt hot to touch which I didn’t have. I did go to the nurse and had a blood test to rule it out though. Has the GP referred you?

I had really bad joint pain after the birth of my 3rd child. She is now 11 and I still get it now about a week before my period. Definitely hormonal. Was ruled out for RA. There is a lot of info on the internet about it - Google joint pain after birth