Sorry I don't have any experience of Humira and pregnancy but I have been pregnant with RA so I thought I would share some experiences with you.

Do you have a rheumy nurse you can contact, if so I would give them a call and discuss your options. I was fortunate that the whole department was very supportive of my decision to try for another baby (already had one before I was diagnosed with RA) when my son was born I asked the nurses on the maternity ward to send a message to the rheumatology department to let them know (as they had asked me to do this) and one of the nurses even came to visit me in their lunch hour.

I was told by the consultant that usually when you get pregnant your RA symptoms get easier (as during pregnancy your immune system is lowered to stop you rejecting the baby) unfortunately I was the exception to the rule. I continued you take sulphasalazine through out my pregnancy. It isn't licensed but my consultant assured me it would be safe because lots of women do take it during pregnancy. Because of this I had to be under the care of an obstetrician but this was very reassuring and I loads of extra scans which was lovely. (by the way hydroxychloroquine is licensed for use during pregnancy but I couldn't tolerate it). They kept my RA under control with steroid injections (both intramuscular and into the joints). The steroid injections used are the ones that they routinely use during twin pregnancies to help mature the lungs as they are more prone to premature birth. So the only side effect on the baby is if they happen to be born prematurely they have a greater chance of survival (to me that was a win win situation).

I hope your rheumatology department as are supportive as mine were. I really think you need to give them a call and have a chat as soon as possible.

Take care and good luck with the wedding.

Becky

Hello, I was 40 when I had my little miracle last November. I was on enbrel when I got pregnant and only stopped once I found out I was expected (c6weeks), as far as we know she is perfect. All the anti TNFs are different, but I was advised I could have carried on taking it throughout my pregnancy, but didn't as I was lucky and went into remission and didn't need to. About 3 months before I had my daughter I started back on sulphasalazine, then once she arrived I used infliximab as it was the only anti TNF that they know is safe for breast feeding (although others have been used with no ill effects). I needed to get my RA under control before I got pregnant, to do that I was on sulphasalzine, enbrel and oral steroids. Good luck with it all, Helen.

I wish you all the very best, I had given up hope when I found out I was pregnant (so much so that I feared it was the menopause!!), but concentrate on getting the RA controlled and relax, fingers crossed your miracle will come.