Fibromyalgia

[joeybrooks]

Hi ladies. OH and I have a three year old son and have recently decided to start TTC number two.

I had a very bad labour and recovery with my son, which is why it has taken us longer than expected to consider a second. It was this very traumatic labour that I attribute to my fibromyalgia, as I developed the pain shortly after and was diagnosed a while later.

I was prescribed Amitryptiline for the pain, initially 10mg then 25mg, but I had to stop taking it as I was struggling to function on it. I have good days and bad days, it probably doesnt help that I'm going through a terrible time with the pain at the minute, probably because of the change in the weather.

Anyway, enough about me, I was just wondering if there is anyone else on here TTC with Fibromyalgia or even anyone that has been pregnant with it. I do worry that if I were to get pregnant that it would be a struggle with the pain. Also, with the fatigue and the pain, it doesnt exactly make ideal conditions for lots of BD to actually conceive number 2.

 

[Shedevil18]

I was diagnosed with Fybro in 2004/2005 after I had my car accident. We are currently on month 22 TTC our first.

I tried Amitryptiline when I was first diagnosed because I was having a hard time sleeping... I was a ZOMBIE on it! I had to stop, I couldn't function.

I have always wondered if being pregnant/labour would be worse because of it.

I know I have good and bad days with the pain and I am ALWAYS tired even on my thyroid meds. I think I am going to ask my doctors if she can up my meds next time I see her and see if that makes a difference.

 

[joeybrooks]

Thanks for getting back to me. I think sometimes the hardest bit is not being able to be as active for my son as I would like to be. Sometimes I feel myself just struggling through the pain to play with him, which is something every health professional tells you not to.

 

[Shedevil18]

Are you currently taking any meds for it? I'm not. I haven't found anything that works for me.

I just take it day by day. The days I have pain are horrible. I dont want to do anything, all I wanna do is lay in bed and sleep. I wish there was a cure for it

 

[crownest]

HI ladies I have joint problems and fibro it's not all bad news ! I'm on amitriptyline 50mg for the pain and migraines but I'm currently coming off them as I am 25 weeks pregnant. My doctor commented yesterday I'm getting healthier in pregnancy and I should try it more often. The good news is you are already used to dealing with fatigue I found mine improved in pregnancy, my migraines and nerve pain decreased ! Only my joints have being effected. I expected the worse and I'm doing ok now. I may end up on crutches or wheelchair towards the end but so do "normal healthy people". All I can recommended is getting yourself as healthy as possible while TTC move as much as you can, use your strategies for managing pain and fatigue. I highly recommend physio I spend 3 weeks in a rehab facility and it changed my life. I got off crutches and I was taught to manage my conditions. The best piece of advice I ever got was your pain is YOUR pain don't compare to anyone else and don't let people brush it off because they can't feel it.