Hidradenitis Suppurativa Support Group
Hidradenitis suppurativa (hi-drad-uh-NIE-tis sup-yoo-ruh-TIE-vuh) is rare, long-term skin condition that features small, painful lumps under the skin. The disease manifests as clusters of chronic abscesses or boils, sometimes as large as baseballs, that are extremely painful to the touch and may persist for years with occasional to frequent periods of inflammation,...
I am giving birth in about a week. My hidradenitis has been under control until this last month of pregnancy. This will be my first baby and am just a little worried that if I birth vaginally it will make me flare up even more.
Have any of you gone through this? What was your story?? Is there anything I can do to help with this situation?
Sincerely,
Nervous soon to be Mom
Have any of you gone through this? What was your story?? Is there anything I can do to help with this situation?
Sincerely,
Nervous soon to be Mom
Congratulations on your first baby! How exciting!!
I had 5 kids, boils with each one, the last one I had one on my nipple and I was breastfeeding and I had to pump that side, cuz I didn't want to poison the little guy ;)
It probably won't get any worse :) You might have an extra flare while the hormones settle back in...Are you breastfeeding? I did with all of mine and none of them gets boils. One gets cold sores, and one had a little trouble with acne, for a while. The youngest one got a really bad pimple under his arm one time, but I dosed it with glycolic acid and it didn't come back, and ...so far....he hasn't shown any signs of the HS, he is 16.
Don't let this ruin your labor and delivery and new baby joy!! It's just another life experience with HS, albeit an exciting one, but nothing to worry about extra...You'll have plenty to take your mind off of it, anyhow, really soon, and believe it or not, HS will finally take second place in your thoughts!! Yay :)
Good Luck!! Get to work on those breathing exercises!! Love LaMaze and water births, personally :)
Lisa