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Hello all, I was wondering if there are many parents on the board with young children? I was diagnosed not long after having a baby and very quickly into immunosuppression for our years from there on in. It’s been a lot to navigate but so happy to be doing it! One of the biggest challenges is - I c...

Fertility, contraception, pregnancy, symptoms, relapses, treatment… with MS, family planning isn’t a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ decision, there are a lot of moving parts. “We limit ourselves. We are limitless if we want to be. It’s a social construct of people looking at us and feeling like “why have you...

Hi all, I’ve had these thoughts swirling in my head since my diagnosis in 2019 however they are much more prominent now that I’ve just gotten married and starting a family has gotten that one step closer. I am hoping I can get some real life advice/ experience from others who have kids. My main issu...

Hey, First time using shift MS so a bit nervous, but here we go. I have early secondary progressive, after originally being diagnosed with RRMS 5 years ago. I'm late 20s and last month I got married to my now husband, after being together for 10 years. We are now having conversations around if we ...

My every waking thought at the moment is about whether my recent diagnosis of RRMS may impact my long held dream of one day fostering or adopting a child. Has anyone here with MS gone down this avenue to parenthood? Will my condition exclude me from being able to take on a child this way in the eyes...