New diagnosis at 27 weeks pregnant :(

Just been told after 7 weeks of chronic symptoms and lots of weight loss I very likely have IBD after my faecal and blood tests. Waiting on an urgent referral to gastro. Just feeling so exhausted. I had symptoms in my last pregnancy but right at the end so didn’t get a diagnosis then. Please tell me there’s treatment I can have in pregnancy 😫
Has anyone else lost lots of weight in pregnancy? Any tips?

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Hi lovely. I was diagnosed before pregnancy and I continued with my meds throughout. Hope you’re resting as much as possible as a flare takes it out of you!

Thank you ❤️
How do you get a flare to stop? Is there a way?

Hi, I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I was diagnosed before pregnancy and I’m going through a flare in this pregnancy which I’m treating with meds.

My tips would be to talk to your IBD team, in my area there’s a number you can call to speak to an IBD nurse, who’ll be able to give you all the advice and reassurance about the medication.

I think it would probably be classified as a bad one. Upwards of 10 visits to the loo a day with blood and mucus. My calprotectin was 1232 which I think is very high?
Still waiting for my referral to the IBD team. Hopefully won’t be long til I can speak to someone.
Rest is definitely helping and had some advice about diet from my 3 family members who also have IBD

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