Bad flare 3rd trimester

Hi, I’m 32w pregnant and experiencing a bad UC flare, I spent all of last week admitted to hospital & was given IV steroids. I’ve been discharged now & back on oral steroids but I’m still highly symptomatic. I’m still going 15-20 times a day and it’s worse throughout the night. The consultant said they can see the drugs are starting to work but that I might just continue being highly symptomatic whilst pregnant. Has anyone else experienced this issue before? I am finding it really unsustainable to cope with. This is my second pregnancy; I flared more frequently during my last pregnancy but the oral steroids always worked well but this time my symptoms don’t seem to be reducing. Not sure how to cope with the symptoms of another 8 weeks of this. Has anyone else been told to cope with a prolonged period of symptoms before?

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