Hi Meri,

You bet I would go through the pregnancy again.  I would also like to have another one.  On the average I would consider my pain to be at a 3 usually, but it can go up or down.  Basically I fought this disease with force and was able to reduce my pain levels a lot. 

I chose to breast feed because I knew that I couldn't go back on my meds anyways.  I was on small doses, but it was still too much and I would never be able to get up as much as you need to with a baby.  I am with the baby's father and due to his occupation he is gone a lot so that leaves me to take care of the baby most of the time(he is a pilot).

I don't think that I could really ever get used to the pain.  My pain level used to be at a 10++++ and boy was my foot discolored.  I now take sonata so I can sleep and it is fast acting and I am still able to wake up and take care of my son.

My son doesn't have any ill affects from being born addicted to my Effexor.  He just was breathing really fast after he was really jumpy.  Other than that he was fine.

No I really don't wish that I had my son any sooner.  Because my RSD pain was so bad that I was bed ridden for months.  I cannot even say the word "pain" with out crying unless I take at least 150 mgs of effexor.  If I stopped taking my effexor it wouldn't be such a good idea.

Oh no there was nothing that I could take to decrease the swelling.  I have pictures of my foot, but I am in the middle of a move so I can't get to them yet.  The swelling was so bad that I had to have an ultra sound done on it to make sure that I didn't have a blood clot.  The doctors determine that it must be from my RSD.  I did get some compression stocks and that did help a little bit. 

I didn't have any increased pain from the pregnancy.  I will tell you one thing that I did to make my experience better was to tell my OB doctor how I am with severe pain.  I suffer from depression from the RSD pain.  I was worried about the pain from labor.  I told her that I would like all of the meds I could have right away, because I didn't want to suffer, because it scares me.

Well I had a C-section so I didn't have to experience and labor pain.  I had a c-section, because my son was breech and I had pre-clampsia. 

Planning the child and going off my meds before becoming pregnant would have been a lot easier.  I wasn't addicted to my meds, because I was on such a small dose, but I relied on them to put me to sleep.

Kara

Keep them coming:)

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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:23:01 -0800

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From: Meredith_Anderson Hi Kara,   Thanks for answering my questions.  Of course, I have a million more.    Would you go through your pregnancy again?  Did being pregnant add to the RSD pain?  On average, what would you consider your pain scale number to be, from 1 being the least painful and 10 being the most painful?    Why did you chose to breast feed instead of bottle feeding so you could go back onto your medications?  Have you been able to "get used to the pain"?    Since your son was born addicted to effexor, is he in any danger due to the addiction he had?    You said your left leg swelled up - could you take Advil to decrease the swelling?  How did you manage the swelling and pain during this time?  Was there anything you found helpful in reducing the pain?   I guess you could say I am scared of going off of my medications.  I'm afraid of the increased pain, as it is already so bad.  Obviously, if I were pregnant I wouldn't have a choice but to go off of the meds, I guess.  If I do decide to have kids and RSD, I would rather do it sooner than later.  Do you wish you had your son earlier, now that you've been through the experience?  What do you think could have made the experience easier?   Thanks!!!!! Meri

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