Lisa R. Sammaritano • Bonnie L. Bermas
Editors

2014

Rheumatologic diseases disproportionally impact women during their reproductive years. Rheumatologists are not trained as obstetricians and many of us lack the experience of managing pregnant patients. Similarly, most obstetricians are not familiar with the intricacies of treating rheumatologic disorders. Thus, clinicians are often faced with difficult management issues that surround family planning including contraception, assisted reproductive technologies, pregnancy, and nursing.