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@shiftms-films 

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📽️ Womanhood episode 5: MS & family planning 👶💗

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...

Family planning tysabri

We’ve just found out we’re pregnant with our second child and would love to hear your experiences and any thoughts. I was diagnosed after my first child so didn’t have this the first time round. I’ve been on tysabri since jan 2022, we had a miscarriage in jan 23 and was due to meet with my dr to...

@Brisimonton 

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Need advice - lemtrada or mavenclad? Family planning.

Hi all. I’m overwhelmed, looking for input. DX in 2019 and started Tysabri. Stayed on Tysabri for 2 years and was stable. Switched to copaxone for family planning, and eventually found out we have male and female factor infertility. We’ve been working with a specialist, trying to get everything sort...

Family planning

Hello lovely people. Speaking as an interloper (I don't have MS but my partner does), I need your help please. My partner has RRMS. She was diagnosed 10 years ago and is currently stable (ish) post-Lemtrada, but we're wrestling with whether or not to have a second child. We have one awesome (yet de...

@RebeccaR07 

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Planning a family.

Hi, I’m on tecfidera have been for a year and half, my MS has been on the non-existent side for a while now, so though it was the time to start a family. How ever spoke to my MS nurse today and she didn’t really know what I can do with being on tecfidera, Ie if there is a flushing out period being t...

Family Planning & MS

Hi guys, We’re researching a project on family planning and MS. We’re looking to talk to people in the London or New York areas who are planning to have children, have actively decided not to have children or are still undecided about whether to have children or not. Does this sound like you? I’d ...

@beccamc99 

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Family planning!

This might seem odd bringing this to the forum but I'm wondering if their diagnosis put anyone off having children? I'm 28 - not thinking about it for the next couple of years but it's on my mind. I got diagnosed a year ago with RRMS, have had Lemtrada round 1 and will have round 2 in April next yea...

@KvH- 

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KvH-

Fatigue question from newly diagnosed

Hi all, I was diagnosed with relapse-remitting MS a year ago and still trying to deal with the uncertainty about what this means for my future. One question I have is around fatigue. I hear it's very common, but I can't really envision what that means. Does it only occur during relapses? Or also if ...

@EveDublin 

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EveDublin

Pregnancy and MS Medications

Hi all, I am hoping to get some advice or hear your experiences with trying to conceive and MS treatment options please. Copaxone is not an option for me. I am currently on Tysabari but have been given a limited time on this treatment by my neurologist as I'm JC positive. I've been on Tysabri since ...

@Samg276 

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Samg276

Decisions, decisions

Hi I recently got a call from my consultant informing me that my jcv status had changed and I'm now positive. My numbers are higher than what's officially known as very high so they are keen that I come off Tysabri. I'm gutted, only been on it a year and was working well. Anywho, what I'm here to as...