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Managing Stress About Giving Your Kids Your Chronic Illness

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When my husband and I decided to start a family after my rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis, one of the first questions that came to mind was whether I could pass my disease on to my children…In my case, understanding the science has been enough to quell my worries. But I know there are plenty of parents with chronic illnesses who do feel anxiety about this issue. 

In this Mango Health article, Mariah Leach interviews four real mamas living with various chronic illnesses about how they manage the stress of potentially passing their chronic illness to their children.

Managing Stress About Giving Your Kids Your Chronic Illness

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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.

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