Congrats!! As I understand it (and I am not an expert by any means) your body will do really well during the pregnancy due to the added growth hormones your body will produce. In fact many go into somewhat of a remission during this time (similar to how MS patients often stop progression during pregnancy) The birth however if you need a C-Section will need to be well planned to prevent spread. After the birth sadly the pain will likely return and may even be more severe for a time while your body re-adjusts.

Here is an excerpt from the RSD site by Dr. Hooshmand:

Full Term Pregnancy and RSD

Many thanks for your e-mail regarding RSD and Pregnancy.

We usually encourage carrying to full term, unless the pelvis is very small, as a C-section will make the RSD worse. Normal delivery is fine with RSD, as long as the mother takes minimum amounts of morphine and cuts down or excludes other medication, as they can cause fetal deformities. Specifically, such medications as Methadone or Fentanyl are very harmful.

As you go into later stages of pregnancy the baby will provide all the hormones the mother needs such as, endorphines for pain, estrogen, growth hormones, etc... So the mother will normally get significant improvement with the signs and symptoms of RSD. However, after delivery the patient is deprived of all these hormones and the pain will return.

With many thanks,

Sincerely,

H. Hooshmand, M.D.