Women develop rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy, or in the weeks following delivering baby. Rheumatoid arthritis does not affect the growing fetus. However, it causes pain, stiffness, weakness, fatigue, and swelling for the mother. With the lower spine or hip joints disease, childbirth becomes difficult.If someone already have rheumatoid arthritis, their symptoms may become less severe during pregnancy, and return to their previous severity after birth.
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