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fibro caused by pregnacy???

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Hello...I was wondering if anyone seemed to get there symtoms after having a child?? The only two things that might of caused mine that I could think of is Pregnacy or a vaginal baterial infection that i got after my daugter was born. She was my first born!! Any imput???

Thanks
Tara
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Thank uoi for your post Tara. I don't have any kind of an answer for you but maybe some of the younger moms on here would have some input that would be helpful. My kids were grown and gone when I was dxd.

I can tell you that my daughter has an autoimmune disease (rhumatoid arthritis). Her rheumy told her if she had anotherchild it usually comes back with a vengeance afterwards.

I hope we can dig up an answer for you. Hugs to u, sue
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Well, my last child was born in 1999, and I was dx'd in 2001. I was having symptoms earlier on then when I was dx'd, so I've been wondering the same thing lately. If the last pgcy, is the reason I got it. It's interesting to say the least.
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I can say that I got my FM after a medical procedure and I've heard hospitals are notoriously moldy. I wonder....
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When I was first diagnosed I read that childbirth could be a cause of FM. But later studies said that we are predisposed from childhood. Maybe we are & the stress of pregnancy & childbirth are enough to bring out the FM gene or whatever it is.
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i dont know but i know when u r pregnant it gets alot worse
CarrieinSK
CarrieinSK
I had FM before my pregnancy, I just wasn't aware of it. My pregnancy with my daughter went well except for a long, back labour. It was about 3 years later that I was diagnosed with Fibro.
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My son was born in 1986 and I was not diagnosed untill 1995
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