Crohn’s Disease Pregnancy - Is It Possible?

I get a lot of questions from concerned women as to whether they can still get pregnant and have a healthy baby. Research does show that your child has a higher chance of having Crohn’s disease and the chance gets much higher if both parents have Crohn’s.
However, to date no research has shown that Crohn’s holds you back from having a baby.

Another article printed and titled “Women with health issues can still have healthy babies…” discusses the same issue in more general terms about women with chronic diseases.

Here was an interesting point made by the article:

If it goes uncontrolled, the baby’s oxygen supply may be decreased. Medications for thyroid disease may need modification during pregnancy. People with auto-immune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and Crohn’s disease may do better because the immune system is somewhat depressed.

It seems that the article recommends all women to most definitely seek their doctor and fetility specialists when they are trying to get pregnant.

19 September 2006 | Crohn's Disease | Comments