pregnancy

[carrieanne]

Hi every1, I've had p since i was 11  and it was always quite bad untill i fell pregnant  at 18 then my p totally went away untill 2 or 3 months after the baby was born, then it came back worse then ever!!  fell pregnant again 5 yrs later and the same thing  happend all clear for 11/12 months and then really bad again and in new places! wanted 2 know if any other women had found the same thing and maybe new why this would happen?? I asked my gp but he didnt seem 2 know.

thanks

[Alison]

yep mine does the exact same,

   1st got p when my 1st babe was about a year old, with the other 2 cleared up lovely with pregnancy then wham within a couple of mths of haveing baby its back with a vengence.........like how dare u clear me.

[SAUCY]

yip i cleared in pregnancy also

[camilleh]

LOL, Well when I fell pregnant,my midwife told me "your P will clear up now" did it?!?! No. Three pregnancies and it never cleared once. This P has a mind of it's own  .  . Although on another subject, I totally cleared when on holiday in Florida, but never when I have been to Spain etc.

[Matthias]

That is well known and happens to some women. It has to to with the level of hormones and expecially the level of bodys own steroids.
Due to the fact that the foetus has to be prevented from being rejected by the mothers body, you can see that as a specific supression of the mothers immune system.

So that's a similar but more natural thing what some drugs do to supress the P, because with P your immune system is attacking your own cells.

Many technical terms, for me to translate, for you to understand.  

[Morgwyn]

First two pregnancies - clear. Baby number 3 - stayed the same, no worse no better, but boy after Danny came along - it covered me worse than ever before!
I went on the pill - not for contraceptive reasons, but I thought it might mimic pregnancy and cure the p. No such luck! the beast is smarter than that!
Only thing to do - I'll become a surrogate! Yeh, that's it, I'll be preggie for the rest of my breeding life - Argh!

[lisalu]

On 4th pregnancy, and in each have cleared significantly though not totally.  Bonus!  Defo agree with Morgwyn - we need something to mimic pregnancy!