Keri,

Happy to hear that you are doping so well !

keri,

how nice to hear from you. i'm so glad you're doing so well and feel well.
great news about the little sugar plum. do you have a name? is your 4 y/o a girl too?

of course i have to end with some advice...remember to stay hydrated. that will help you feel well.

i'm so excited for you. wishing you and your family the best.

YaaHoo, Keri...doing well with MS and pregnancy too. What more could you want or need.

I can't wait..

Hey. How about getting your Estriol & Progesterone levels checked for us now and months after birth when symptoms return? I'd much appreciate it! Wish you the best!

I really think its the estriol & progesterone levels that make MS go bye-bye.

Keri that is wonderful news. A little girl, and on the day we give Thanks. I am so happy for you. I'm glad that you are feeling well, and working too. Wow!

Congratulations, and so nice to hear from you.

Eddie, it is not the Estrogen & Progesterone, even though they do increase greatly when a woman is pregnant.

It is called "Early Pregnancy factor" that pregnant women make. It is also found on the entrance to the uterus.

A pregnant female makes this to protect the baby from being attacked by the mother's normal autoimmune system. The baby is alien to the mother's body, like heart or liver transplant would be, so the pregnant body makes it's own anti-rejection hormone to protect the baby from being rejected.

This can't be bottled or made (maybe female animal to female animal, ect.). It is only made by a mother during pregnancy. Rodents make it too. See below.

It helps women because it prevents inflammation, and stops the body from attacking the myelin too, so MS is calm during pregnancy in most cases.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14607300

A protective effect of early pregnancy factor on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis induced in Lewis rats by inoculation with myelin basic protein.
Harness J, Cavanagh A, Morton H, McCombe P.

Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Clinical Sciences Building, RoyalBrisbane Hospital, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia. j.harness@medicine.uq.edu.au

Abstract
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease characterised by inflammation and demyelination of the central nervous system and is the best available animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS).

see link for more.

I still think its the estriol (mostly) that does it. I never heard of pregnancy factor though. Does preg factor remain throughout preg? Everything Ive ever researched said MS symptoms don't return till after baby's born. I'm actually taking estriol 4mg for past 2 months and mightve slowed progression. Next neuro appt I'm asking for a little progesterone compounded with it. Progesterone was interesting because news story showed how it protects the brain if given within 2? hrs of a brain trama. I was impressed and posted it here last? year. Now if it would improve memory