About IBD

Motherhood comes in all shapes and sizes. The intersection of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and motherhood is often left out of the discussion and single motherhood and IBD is pretty much ignored a...

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It's one thing to talk to your physicians about becoming pregnant when you live with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease. But what about getting the benefit of experiences from the mothers who have...

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We used to be told that women with IBD couldn't have children. We were also told people with IBD shouldn't have children. The truth is this: women with IBD get pregnant and have healthy pregnancies an...

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Hey, it's Amber. I want to tell you about my limited podcast series, Healthcare Disparities in IBD. IBD used to be thought of as a Western disease. Something that happened in developed countries like ...

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Have you ever seen a person who lives with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in a movie or TV show? If so: was the depiction positive or negative? My guest is actor, writer, and filmmaker Derek Mari. D...

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Telling your Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis story is powerful. It can be freeing but it can also come with some unexpected side effects. Welcome back Rosanne Mottola, who originally intended to...

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Living with one disease is bad enough, but living with two adds more than two times the complexity. As a young man, Aaron Blocker was diagnosed with Crohn's disease after years of coping with strange ...

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During times of stress, our personal relationships may suffer. In the pandemic, we are finding ourselves spending a lot of time with those in our households, and for couples, that can start to take a ...

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