Being a parent is never an easy job – and it gets even more complicated when one parent (or both) lives with a chronic illness like arthritis. This article from the Arthritis Foundation offers five strategies for parenting while living with arthritis.
Mariah is a writer, patient advocate, and mom of three living with rheumatoid arthritis and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. After learning firsthand how challenging and lonely it can be to face pregnancy and motherhood with chronic illness, Mariah became passionate about supporting women with chronic illness who are or want to become mothers. She launched Mamas Facing Forward in 2015 as a private Facebook support group, followed by this website in 2018.
