Pregnant while injecting Rebif

[FlCrawford]

Ok . . . so who out there has conceived while injecting with a DMD - I am on Rebif and am one month pregnant (oops). Did you stop your injections? My perinatal appointment is next Wednesday (three shots away) and am just curious if anyone had an experience:)  Thanks!

[lookup]

I was on AVONEX  when I got pregnant and was told that I should stop taking the meds because there was not enough study's  done to keep taking meds and not hurting the baby they only have studys on rats ,
So if I was you I would stop those meds and then after baby start them back up.

Good  Luck  

[Quixotic1]

Hi, Welcome to our little bright side of the moon.

Yes, if you are pregnant STOP the Rebif.  The problem with the interferons and pregnancy is that they have a powerful ability to cause miscarriage.  All of the interferons do.  Now that you are already pregnant all you can do is stop the med.  

In my reading the tendency to cause miscarriage is the main concern.  I read repeatedly that in the pregnancies that went on to deliver, that there was no problem with malformations or any other type of birth defect.  The babies are healthy.  So, I would think there is no reason to even consider terminating the pregnancy on this basis.  But, I am NOT an expert in this field!!

Now, this is a hugely important topic.  I want you to get ahold of an OB and get this question to them ASAP.  While you are waiting for official answers I believe that you should stop the Rebif immediately.

And I hope this is a welcome pregnancy.  Pregnancy does not complicate MS at all.  In fact the majority of women feel much better and have far fewer relapses while pregnant.  there is even some data that suggest that pregnancy can exert a favorable influence on the lifetime disease.  The main concern is the high likelihood of a relaspe in the 3 months following delivery, so this should be kept in mind when deciding on returning to work or in having extra help available.

Welocme again and Congratulations!

Quix

[Quixotic1]

Please see my note about the tendency for interferons to cause miscarriage.  This is well-documented and is in the literature.

Quix

[sllowe]

Bumping this up

[scared1976802]

I too want to know more. My OB and OBGYN Specialist say that Copaxone is fine. However, I didn't hear about possible miscarriage. They just said they have had successful patients and babies while on the drug. I will have to look into that and do some more research too. I will be seeing the MS Specialist at the Oklahoma City MS Center soon and intend to ask him. I am not yet pregnant and not yet on therapy as I was just diagnosed a few days ago. But I do want to know what direction I should take too. If I find out more I will post it.