The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: Pregnancy-Safe RA Relief

The RA Pregnancy Chronicles is a series of posts that share my experiences being pregnant while living with RA. This post was written during Week 14 of my second pregnancy. 

I'm finding my symptoms to be even more frustrating because there are so few options for addressing aches/pains while pregnant. I've been brainstorming what I can do instead & wanted to share my ideas.

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The Pain Of Invisibility

I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately about the “invisible” aspect of life with RA. How do you make someone realize how much pain you are in when there are no visual signs of your pain? Is it possible to help someone understand your severe fatigue even if you are able to keep going through your day? 

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Healthline's Top Rheumatoid Arthritis Blogs

I am excited to announce, for the third year in a row, this blog has been named as one of Healthline's Top Rheumatoid Arthritis Blogs!! Here's what they had to say about From This Point. Forward:

When Mariah Leach was diagnosed with RA while in law school, she started writing her blog, From This Point. Forward. as an outlet for her pain and frustration. Five years later, she’s still blogging. Readers can track her progression—from a student grappling with a new and unfamiliar disease, to a mom and vocal RA advocate. Though Leach still has to deal with the everyday difficulties of her disease, she’s come a long way.

Check out the other amazing winning RA blogs here!

Increasing Access to Pediatric Rheumatologists

There are 300,000 kids in the US growing up with arthritis – but only 250 board-certified pediatric rheumatologists to care for all of them.

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May Is Arthritis Awareness Month

Over the past few years I have discovered that there are quite a few widely held and terribly inaccurate myths about arthritis…So if you get the chance this month, try to educate someone about the true facts of life with arthritis!

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The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: The Magic R-Word

The RA Pregnancy Chronicles is a series of posts that share my experiences being pregnant while living with RA. This post was written during Week 12 of my second pregnancy. 

Despite more than five years of living with RA, sometimes the R-word still seems too magical to say/type! But if you’ve ever read anything about RA and pregnancy, you’ll have read some statistic about the possibility of going into remission while pregnant.

Read more at RheumatoidArthritis.net.