Parents who are living with chronic illnesses like arthritis may experience guilt over their health limitations, and how they cope with their guilt can convey a lot to their kids and affect their own health. This article from the Arthritis Foundation offers tips for dealing with parenting guilt when you are living with arthritis.
Mariah is a writer, patient advocate, and mom of three living with rheumatoid arthritis and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. After learning firsthand how challenging and lonely it can be to face pregnancy and parenthood with chronic illness, Mariah became passionate about supporting people with chronic illness who are or want to become parents. She launched her private Facebook support group, Mamas Facing Forward, in 2015. Today the group connects parents and parents-to-be with chronic illness from all over the world. In 2018, she added this website, dedicated to collecting and creating resources that focus on pregnancy and parenting with chronic illness.
