How will pregnancy modify or affect my asthma?
Pregnancy will not necessarily make your asthma worse or more symptomatic. Studies of asthma in pregnancy reveal that about one third of pregnant women with asthma will have no change in the degree of their asthma; one third will experience a lessening of their asthma symptoms and a decreased need for medication; and one third will have worsening of the asthma in pregnancy.
Approximately one of every three pregnant women with asthma will thus experience more asthma symptomatology and require an increase in asthma medication. After the baby’s delivery and the postpartum period, you can expect your asthma to gradually return to usual—whatever the usual was for you!