About

Hello RA Mommies! Welcome to the RA Mommyhood! My name is Karla M. Ferreira and I created this blog to share my journey throughout my pregnancy and being a mother with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Rheumatoid Arthritis was something I never thought I would get as a result of a pregnancy, but it did. After having my now 3 year old daughter, exactly about 4 weeks postpartum, I started experiencing swelling and pain in my ankles as well as morning stiffness and pain in my hands. It has been hard to accept it and to cope with the pain, work full time and the added responsibility of being a Mommy, but here I am pregnant with our second without RA meds.

After 5 weeks in NICU, our baby goes home!

After the swallow study confirmed our baby was silently aspirating with no apparent reason, we entered a waiting game to see if he would out...