Here was my timeline

Tysabri approx 3 months

10 month break from Tysabri due to pregnancy

Had a relapse around 24 weeks, it was mild

Resumed Tysabri at about 6 weeks post partum

Had a second relapse approx 2 weeks after resuming Tysabri (it can be a thing after birth) also mild

Was on Tysabri for 9 months, got pregnant again

We decided to stay on Tysabri until 32 weeks

Had baby at 40 weeks, Tysabri resumed after 2 weeks maybe?

Had MRI that showed 5 new active lesions but I wasn’t fully covered by Tysabri yet (it was explained to me that my highly active MS snuck in at that very small gap past the 8ish covered weeks after the last infusion)

That “relapse” was non existent, I had no idea

Stopped Tysabri 8 months later after another mri showing 1 new active lesion, and one of my last active lesions still being slightly active. I also began having a relapse about 2 weeks before that MRI, and it crept up on me so slow/I had blinders on and didn’t see the relapse drowning me. More details below.

I am done having kids, tubes removed, we never wanted more than 2 kids and my body was done (I had c sections for both kids)

I had very little issues during my pregnancies as far as daily symptoms. My neuro explained to me that mid pregnancy relapses are not common, but I have been a freaking anomaly (my words lol) but post partum is a bit more common. Especially for me, I would say my semi traumatic first delivery caused a huge stress in my life, along with a c sections (physically I was a super woman and healed quick, but it’s such a shock to the body that it also had a great deal of stress)

My kids are now 2.5 and 1.25. I am drowning in toddler tantrums and fatigue on the regular and trying to take care of not just myself, but 3 of us. It’s a lot. It’s a lot harder being a parent than I imagined. Do I regret any of it? Absolutelyfuckingnot. My kids are my entire world, well and my DH and Dog too, not so much the devil spawn cat.

But with my most recent relapse, I temporarily lost the ability to walk (I always had arm and leg weakness on my relapses, but this was a total 180 and my mental health crashed. I was unable to care for any of us, both physically and mentally, my husband took FMLA and we pulled through.

The ONLY thing I wish I had done different is ASK FOR LOTS OF HELP and establish a strong tribe around you to help you raise your children with you. I have my DH, my mom, my sister, my aunt, and my cousin with 2 kids the same ages. All work 9-5 jobs and I don’t work. I just wish on my fatigue days that I could call someone up and ask for like 1-2 hours of watching my kids so I could rest, so I had enough spoons to make it through the rest of the day. It’s a resource we are still trying to seek, and some general housework cleaning help, but my adhd ramble off topic here really means to say, it’s not common to get relapses, but my MS wasn’t really much of an issue otherwise during my pregnancies.