Family Planning, Pregnancy, and Parenting with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Claire's Story (Part 1)
Channel: Arthritis Life
Date: 28/05/2019

Claire is the mother of a 18 month old child and in this video, she shares with Cheryl her experiences with family planning, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and parenting with rheumatoid arthritis. 

1) (Minute 0:10) Exploring the difficult decision about whether (and how ) to have a child when you  have rheumatoid arthritis. 

2) (Minute 2:23) Claire's experiences with pregnancy.

3) (Minute 4:18) Postpartum and breastfeeding with rheumatoid arthritis. 

4) (Minute 5:50). Parenting a baby and toddler when you have rheumatoid arthritis.

5) (Minute 7:15) Coping with worries as baby grows. 

6) (Minute 8:23) Claire's advice to other parents or potential parents who have rheumatoid arthritis or another chronic illness.

This is part 1 of a 6 part interview series.
Part 2 is about Claire's diagnosis story and is available here: https://youtu.be/lTxUeIAC5os
Part 3 is about how Rheumatoid Arthritis affects Mental Health and is available here: https://youtu.be/Nlu0O4Vrxrw 
Part 4 is about how work life is affected by RA and is available here: https://youtu.be/HaAJdes7vkE
Part 5 is about how RA affects family, friendships and fatigue and is available here: https://youtu.be/aOcgjxt-lhU 
Part 6 is about  medications, advocacy and patient provider relationships: https://youtu.be/e6H7ScMUg-I

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