Gaga : "I'm not afraid of those things...like getting pregnant.."

[AAAAAAlice 210]

2 minutes ago, GypsyBabe said:

Baby's first words will definitely be "I'm Italian"...

 

Or "You know, I've been Lady Gaga's son/daughter since I was 0"

[Katie14 4,828]

I think pregnancy is going to be extremely difficult for her. When she gets a flare up, she wont' be able to get the intense pain killers (im assuming that's what she was given when she was taken to the hospital) that help her cope, because it could harm the baby. 

[LadyMoon 19]

23 minutes ago, Katie14 said:

I think pregnancy is going to be extremely difficult for her. When she gets a flare up, she wont' be able to get the intense pain killers (im assuming that's what she was given when she was taken to the hospital) that help her cope, because it could harm the baby. 

That´s terrible! So sad, in such a case if she gets pregnant I really hope she won´t be in too much pain.  How does her illness affect the pregnancy? One can´t take the medication while being pregnant? Do people with Fibromyalgia have lower chance of having children? I am just curious if Gaga has had the disease all her life or just recently or the last 5 years? Sorry if I am asking too much just worried for her a lot. 

[musicnotbling 1,692]

1 hour ago, LadyMoon said:

That´s terrible! So sad, in such a case if she gets pregnant I really hope she won´t be in too much pain.  How does her illness affect the pregnancy? One can´t take the medication while being pregnant? Do people with Fibromyalgia have lower chance of having children? I am just curious if Gaga has had the disease all her life or just recently or the last 5 years? Sorry if I am asking too much just worried for her a lot. 

i'm not sure if fibromyalgia will affect the baby itself, but i'm sure labor pains will be very intense for gaga because of contractions and fibromyalgia is chronic muscle soreness, etc. 

taking medications during pregnancy can affect the baby though. i'm pretty sure gaga has had fibromyalgia longer than that but i'm assuming her breaking her hip has made it worse.

 

[Modern Ecstasy2 2,202]

It's really sad to think about, but I agree in that I would not be surprised if she has a difficult pregnancy because of how much pain she already experiences in her body on a daily basis. She is so strong though, and I have no doubt that her love for her baby will help her to get through it.

[Ashley 9,491]

2 hours ago, Katie14 said:

I think pregnancy is going to be extremely difficult for her. When she gets a flare up, she wont' be able to get the intense pain killers (im assuming that's what she was given when she was taken to the hospital) that help her cope, because it could harm the baby. 

I wonder if flare ups are avoidable if you minimize any and all possible stress? If so she would need a long break with lots of rest. For the birth I could see her doctors recommending a c-section.

[musicnotbling 1,692]

9 minutes ago, modern ecstasy said:

I wonder if flare ups are avoidable if you minimize any and all possible stress? If so she would need a long break with lots of rest. For the birth I could see her doctors recommending a c-section.

maybe she'll have a surrogate. 

[Katie14 4,828]

2 hours ago, LadyMoon said:

That´s terrible! So sad, in such a case if she gets pregnant I really hope she won´t be in too much pain.  How does her illness affect the pregnancy? One can´t take the medication while being pregnant? Do people with Fibromyalgia have lower chance of having children? I am just curious if Gaga has had the disease all her life or just recently or the last 5 years? Sorry if I am asking too much just worried for her a lot. 

Fibromyalgia is triggered by emotional and/or physical trauma. Its basically a rewiring of the nerves that signal pain. She's had chronic pain issues since she was 19. Her rape was the initial trigger.  Her hip issues, and probably the stress of her life in the past 10 year, made it worse though. Its really very sad and I feel terrible that she suffers so much. 

[Katie14 4,828]

@LadyMoon @modern ecstasy http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/guide/fibromyalgia-and-pregnancy

****. Apparently pregnancy makes symptoms worse.

[MaybeKermit 4,942]

didn't that one thread with all the spoilers etc say that the first part was 2012-2014 footage? 

so maybe it's true after alllll 

[Katie14 4,828]

16 minutes ago, musicnotbling said:

maybe she'll have a surrogate. 

She definitely should but I feel like she's too stubborn. 

[AAAAAAlice 210]

After finding out that Gaga has fibromyalgia, I made a quick research and found out something very interesting.

The disease is caused/triggered by emotional trauma, anxiety, stress, etc. If affects women in a greater scale than men.

But there is a way to "heal" the disease: a gluten-free diet.

The explanation that I recall from bio classes is that wheat-based food turns into glucose, and for some reason it increases the intensity of pain.

Gaga is from a italian family, so she must eat a great amount of wheat-based food, such like pasta, pizza, all kinds of breads, etc. If she cut this from her eating habits -or at least remove a big part of it- it would help her to don't have many crisis or even spend years without it, with no need to take heavy medicines, IVs and stuff.

It's a matter of mere adaptation to a new life in order to live better and without pain.

Here you can read more about this:

http://www.womansday.com/health-fitness/nutrition/a56311/going-gluten-free-cured-fibromyalgia/

http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/guide/fibromyalgia-causes

https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/2/15/how-going-gluten-free-helps-with-fibromyalgia

[Katie14 4,828]

3 minutes ago, AAAAAAlice said:

After finding out that Gaga has fibromyalgia, I made a quick research and found out something very interesting.

The disease is caused/triggered by emotional trauma, anxiety, stress, etc. If affects women in a greater scale than men.

But there is a way to "heal" the disease: a gluten-free diet.

The explanation that I recall from bio classes is that wheat-based food turns into glucose, and for some reason it increases the intensity of pain.

Gaga is from a italian family, so she must eat a great amount of wheat-based food, such like pasta, pizza, all kinds of breads, etc. If she cut this from her eating habits -or at least remove a big part of it- it would help her to don't have many crisis or even spend years without it, with no need to take heavy medicines, IVs and stuff.

It's a matter of mere adaptation to a new life in order to live better and without pain.

Here you can read more about this:

http://www.womansday.com/health-fitness/nutrition/a56311/going-gluten-free-cured-fibromyalgia/

http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/guide/fibromyalgia-causes

https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/2/15/how-going-gluten-free-helps-with-fibromyalgia

Certain types of diets, like the gluten free diet, may help some people with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune disorders, migraines ,ect. However, diets do not help everyone with these disorders. If eliminating certain foods could cure these debilitating disorders, everyone would be cured, like with celiacs, if they avoid gluten they are symptom free. Unfortunately its not that simply. 

[Ziggy 11,853]

Off-topic, but it seems like from this promo that it isn't so much that Gaga is playing up her pain and illnesses for promo, but rather that she and her team are aware that it is something people will take from the documentary and are jumping ahead of the press to control the message being put out as it's a very delicate one.

[AAAAAAlice 210]

2 minutes ago, Katie14 said:

Certain types of diets, like the gluten free diet, may help some people with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune disorders, migraines ,ect. However, diets do not help everyone with these disorders. If eliminating certain foods could cure these debilitating disorders, everyone would be cured, like with celiacs, if they avoid gluten they are symptom free. Unfortunately its not that simply. 

I'm not saying that if she stoped eating gluten she would be cured, but as you pointed out, it would help A LOT. The crisis would have a larger break and when it happens, it wouldn't take too much.