• Research | Prepregnancy | Pregnancy | Postpartum

    Pregnancy IBD Decision Aid helps women with IBD make decisions regarding pregnancy

    Canadian and Australian gastroenterologists, obstetricians, and nurses, along with patient partners, developed and validated the Pregnancy IBD Decision AID (PIDA) the first personalized online decision support program for IBD. Making decisions regarding family planning can be challenging especially for people living with chronic illnesses, such as IBD. Uncertainty regarding how…

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  • Research | Prepregnancy | Pregnancy | IBD disease activity

    Urine and Serum Metabolomics can predict IBD disease activity in pregnancy

    Researchers at The University of Alberta and Mount Sinai Hospital and The University of Toronto have shown in a pilot study that urine and serum metabolomics (measurement of small molecules that reflect the state of cells or tissues) can predict active IBD in pregnancy. Predicting IBD disease activity in pregnancy…

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  • Research | Postpartum | Breastfeeding

    Mothers with IBD report discontinuation of breastfeeding before 6 months

    Breastfeeding practices in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remain unknown. We aimed to characterize these practices and describe factors that may lead to early discontinuation in a pilot, prospective, longitudinal survey study conducted at the University of Alberta Pregnancy IBD clinic. A total of 74 mothers with IBD completed…

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  • Research | Prepregnancy | Pregnancy | Postpartum | Medication | IBD disease activity | Delivery method

    IN PROGRESS- Novel Insight into the Immune System during pregnancy for those living with IBD

    Researchers from the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta provide insight into the interaction between inflammatory bowel disease and pregnancy. Cytokines are immune response molecules that are released when inflammation is present within the body. In a research study following 11 healthy pregnant women and 76 pregnant women…

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