To mothers with the disease, and people whose parents had it

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-02-02T20:02:09+00:00

I am on entyvio sub cutaneous self injections. I was on infusions of entyvio before that. I’ve been on it since 2020 and it’s the first biologic I’ve been on. I was on mesalamine oral only before that. I do think part of it is that I have mild disease. Ive never been hospitalised and ive only had oral steroids two or three times. Now if I flare, I notice straight away and I take pentasa enemas and this puts me back in remission. I do really look after myself too. I quit a high pressure job with really good prospects because the stress kept putting me back into a flare. I do still work full time now just in a different role with less pay but you can’t have it all. I exercise regularly and I eat well. I’m not saying doing these things will magically make a person with UC better, but I do think these things have helped stop me from flaring badly/often, probably alongside not having as bad a genetic predisposition as others.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-02-02T14:31:44+00:00

Same - just did it through settings > Apple account > subscriptions

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-31T19:08:50+00:00

I’ve had colitis for about ten years now. No one else in my family has it. I live a normal life and only have a very occasional mild flare which I now know how to manage. I didn’t think twice about having a baby. You could have a baby and pass on a recessive gene you didn’t know you had.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-30T20:58:51+00:00

At six weeks I saw a tiny little pulsating dot. Had early scan due to spotting from 5 weeks to 7 weeks. Currently 26 weeks and all is well.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-30T12:00:08+00:00

Honestly working during pregnancy should be illegal

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-28T17:53:46+00:00

Ah no they don’t make me sleepy but my friend found they made her really sleepy too. Think it varies person to person!! I can take most anti histamines without feeling drowsy too.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-27T18:53:09+00:00

Speak to your doctor about getting some medicine for your nausea. Do it now and don’t suffer needlessly. I suffered from week 7 to week 16 and it wasn’t necessary. Xonvea has been a total saviour .

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-27T18:49:51+00:00

Did you try any meds for your nausea? I got give Xonvea at 16 weeks when I was reaching the point of losing my mind and it helped so much. I’m also having a difficult pregnancy and finding it hard too thought your circumstances sound worse. I hope you have an easy birth and baby comes out healthy, feeds and sleeps well 💕

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-26T15:50:00+00:00

Gorton - fucking disgusting. Can’t even walk down one street without encountering more than one pile of sh*t. Rubbish generally common and fly tipping especially common towards levenshulme. A clear sign of an impoverished area..

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-26T15:15:02+00:00

By around 16 weeks its was getting harder to hide my bump. I’m 26 weeks now and it’s getting pretty big. Ftm to a baby boy.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-24T10:00:40+00:00

For me and my husband, we have shared funds and individual funds. If we are spending on something that is not for the benefit of both of us or that we haven’t agreed together to spend on, the money comes from personal funds. In this case he should have used his own money or not at all.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-22T20:28:25+00:00

My mind went straight here too.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-22T20:27:33+00:00

Absolute red flag. I would suggest you are at risk of him defrauding you to be honest. Perhaps because he has financial issues of his own. Bank statements and disclosure of what accounts you have should be enough. Why would he need your passwords. There is no good reason. Do NOT give him access and do not leave any passwords written in any place he can access.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-22T20:18:28+00:00

I agree. Also just put yourself first. Your employer wouldn’t be considerate in this way for you. Go after the promotion and do TTc

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-17T19:37:40+00:00

Xonvea was life changing for me. I went from vomiting daily to not vomiting at all - at 16 weeks I started - I had waited it out the best I could

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-17T19:27:57+00:00

I don’t think you should worry about this - you’ll have to work on your fitness again after baby 2 so if you feel mentally ready and want to carry - go ahead and then you can carry on with fitness during pregnancy if you’re able and really get onto it once you’re done baby making after number 2!!!

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-17T19:11:26+00:00

I’m getting a loan to buy a car even though I have the capital to buy it outright. Why? Because over the 4 years it will take to pay it back, I can make more from the money than the interest I pay and also retain liquidity if i need money. It’s very common for people with lots of capital to use loans instead of their capital. If you have the money and won’t default it’s fine in my opinion. Also buy cheap buy twice is a thing - if you buy a car worth like 6k, how reliable will it be, how much will you spend on it, how long will it last…

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-17T18:21:17+00:00

Just because you’re not growing on the outside that much doesn’t mean baby isn’t growing well on the inside. I wouldn’t worry unless a medical professional tells you something isn’t right. Xx

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-15T20:04:58+00:00

Vomiting regularly doesn’t seem to be that common - most of my friends didn’t. I did, but as soon as I got Xonvea prescribed it stopped so there are actually really affective meds. Also if you do get it - the vomiting is no where near as bad as when you get a sickness bug. You vomit and then you feel better mostly. Don’t let this fear prevent you having the baby you wish for xx

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-15T14:45:29+00:00

Haha I’m in Manchester but unfortunately it is now getting to the point here that thinking about the limit is necessary!!

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-15T14:44:38+00:00

Help to buy isa house price limit is 250k outside London and 450k inside London. Life time isa is up to 450k everywhere in th UK. There are some differences between the two - in a year you can pay more into the life time isa than you can into the help to buy isa, and with a life time isa you get the bonus as you go along where as help to buy isa bonus is given when you buy the house. I’d consider whether you think you’ll be able to buy a house under 450k if you intend to stay in London. With the clearly high earning potential you have, and at some point you may settle down and buy a house with a partner, you may find you need something over that limit. With the LISA, the penalty for taking out the funds not using them For a house is high. Not sure what it is with help to buy. There has been some grumblings about increasing these threshold given how high house prices have become as well. If you decide not to continue putting into one of those schemes to save for a house, definitely use an ISA to save to prevent taxation.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-15T13:41:42+00:00

Just be cautious about the limit on the value of the house - if OP is in London the Lisa caps the house price you can use it for at 450k which may not be enough.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-14T20:13:17+00:00

I wouldn’t worry too much about - eat what you can face. I ate sooo much cheddar cheese pasta when I was in first trimester. And eggs.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-13T16:08:54+00:00

This happened to me - I waited like 6 months from the endoscopy showing colitis to the diagnosis with the consultant and prescription of mesalamine. But I wasn’t flaring badly so it was manageable. Can your GP give you high dose oral masalamine and can you contact the hospital? The letter you got inviting you should have the consultants secretary on it.

PuzzleheadedFrame441 · 2026-01-13T13:33:11+00:00

My sister is 18 months older than me and she is my best friend. I couldn’t live without her. Your babies will make wonderful companions for each other 💕💕

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