• Ulcerative Colitis and Pregnancy

    Right as I was coming out of that first trimester fog -and had just had the cutest gender reveal party thrown by my mama friends – I was in the E.R. following pregnancy bleeding. I was diagnosed with having a sub—chorionic hematoma and spent a day or so in the hospital. While I was there, I mentioned to my nurse that I had also noticed blood in my stool. This was the first time I had ever heard any one talk about pregnancy hemorrhoids. Apparently, it’s the one pregnancy detail that happens to MANY but talked about by NONE! Well spoiler alert, it didn’t turn out to be that…. But…