“…Care of childbearing women with chronic illness in general is not well understood. Previous researchers have focused on specific chronic conditions and care during pregnancy (Bramham & Rajasingham, 2012;Burden et al, 2012;Higgins, Borofsky, Irish, Cochran, & Strout, 2013;Inal, Reis, Armagan, Onec, & Biri, 2012;Palma-Reis, Vais, Nelson-Piercy, & Banerjee, 2013;Piccoli et al, 2012;Tang, Malekan, Lansman, & Spielvogel, 2013;Thorpe-Beeston et al, 2013). To date little is known about the common experience and overlapping themes of being pregnant and having a chronic disease and pregnancy.…”