I ended up not having issues getting pregnant (it took about 3 months). He explained that many women with lupus go into remission during pregnancy. I heard conflicting opinions among doctors on whether lupus would affect my fertility. Initially, I was also concerned with how my pregnancy would be affected.Īfter speaking with my rheumatologist I was more hopeful. I was definitely concerned about lupus affecting my ability to get pregnant.
How was the beginning of your pregnancy journey? I do not currently know any other mothers or potential mothers with lupus. Despite how common it is, the disease is unpredictable and poorly understood. It affects 5 million people around the world, with 16,000 new cases reported each year.
Lupus is an autoimmune disease, meaning your immune system attacks your own tissues and organs. In this post, Haley tells us about her experience with lupus during pregnancy and after her daughter’s birth. But having lupus further heightens Haley’s challenges. The intense and exhausting challenges of raising a newborn are, of course, difficult for all parents. And not since Pavement’s compilation Westing (By Musket And Sextet) have sonic scribbles of sound come together so imperfectly beautiful as on “Rosewood, Wax, Voltz + Glitter.” Out of the seven bonus songs here, the true standouts are a lo-fi, rusty-hinged version of Low’s “Words” (dig the epic chorus) and the lengthy dub mix of “Mouse-ish.Haley Dorfman is a new mother to a beautiful little girl.
Tim Rutili’s kid-with-hayfever vocals could have inspired fellow Chicagoan Jeff Tweedy, especially on the opening dirge “Carpet of Horses.” Conversely, “Chain Chain Chain” rocks slowly and heavily, pitting slackened dilapidation against the authority of taut expression. The moving “Gauze” keeps everything together just enough to fine-tune the listener’s heartstrings, even though the band’s guitar strings sound like they haven’t been changed in months. Many of these sleepy, bluesy tunes teeter back in the proverbial chair - but just when you think it’s all about to topple over and crumble, howling storms of feedback upstage the very guitars that birthed them, carrying the songs to higher plateaus.
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