Hello Doctor,
Bellow is a message from someone in our SAPHO group. Is there anything we can tell her? I don't experience with SAPHO and preganancy. Thank you for your time and attention. Best, Melanie
Hallo everyone.
I would appreciate if some one could share experience or facts about giving birth and sapho. I was diagnosed with sapho in 2005. I’m due to give birth soon J 2nd child, and the gynecologists do not recommend me to have a caesarean section, because I have an autoimmune decease. This worries me quite at lot. I have concerns that the pelvis in worst case scenario won’t “open” natural because of inflammation and hyperostosis and the child will be stuck. I am also concerned about my function level after giving birth naturally. I was so disabled from the pain after my first pregnancy that I couldn’t carry or feed my new born son. What if my pelvis will be permanent damaged from the labor and does not “closes” normal after birth? What if I will again will be so disabled from pain, that I will not be able to be alone with the child? No one can say for sure how much the pelvis has suffered from hyperostosis, because no x-ray or CT has been made since 2005.
Unfortunately I live in a very small country, with only one hospital, 3 gynecologists and 1 reumatolog. No private hospitals. So I do not have many options. Epidural blockade is only given in daytime, so it is -too bad - if you suffer from 15 o’clock afternoon until 8 o’clock the day after. Maybe some of you can give me some good advice or share good links about my problem. Did anyone of you give birth natural?