About this episode

Isabel Rose shares her personal experience with congenital Lyme disease and its impact on motherhood and children.

What if you passed a disease to your children before they were even born, and didn't find out until decades later? In this episode of Integrative Lyme Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Isabel Rose, chair of Mothers Against Lyme and board member of Project Lyme, to talk about congenital Lyme disease, what it is, why most OBs are unprepared for it, and what testing and treatment during pregnancy actually looks like. Isabel was bitten at eight, undiagnosed until 48, and carried two children to term while unknowingly infected. She's not speaking from research. She's speaking from her own life. This conversation covers the downstream effects on children, from developmental delays and autism spectrum disorders to PANS/PANDAS, and why early intervention and community support can change everything. If you're navigating Lyme and motherhood, this is the episode you've been looking for. Key Takeaways: 0:00 Introduction 1:15 Mothers Against Lyme and Project Lyme 2:25 Lyme disease and pregnancy 5:07 What congenital Lyme disease is 6:32 Maternal Lyme infection and autism spectrum disorders 11:29 Testing and treating before and during pregnancy 19:19 Isabel's story, two children two outcomes…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Michael Karlfeldt

Guest: Isabel Rose

Topics covered

• congenital Lyme disease
• motherhood
• Lyme disease and pregnancy
• community support
• developmental delays
• autism spectrum disorders

Keywords

• Lyme disease
• congenital Lyme disease
• motherhood
• autism spectrum disorders
• PANS/PANDAS
• early intervention
• community support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mothers Against Lyme, Project Lyme

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