I found that acupuncture would give me some relief during a flare - but it wasn't particularly long-lasting. It would certainly take the edge off, though!

However, I do wonder if my experiences with RA can translate to PA, because mine got better during pregnancy.

AMT, if you get to the point where you have to make the choice, try the prednisone before you go for cortisone injections. I was on prednisone for my entire pregnancy - never more than 10mg, and only 5mg for the second half... I'm assured that it's completely safe for the baby, it's just pretty rough on you if you end up needing a higher dose. Congratulations on your pregnancy, too.

The sad news... I only lasted with breast feeding for two weeks, and that was only dribbles. We had problems with supply as well as my RA flaring quite severely... I'm heavily dosed up on my regular meds and I'm just not comfortable exposing Samuel to them even when he was only getting dribbles of breast milk. I suspect that when my rheumy returns from holidays (mid-Feb, ugh!) that I'll have to start on methotrexate.

BW