My first child was a boy, diagnosed at 10 days old with severe salt wasting CAH. I got pregnant with my second child 2 months after my son was born. I still had not had a regular menstrual cycle, being so soon after my first child, that I did not know I was pregnant until I was 6 weeks along. By the time I got to a genetic counselor, then to a perinatologist and obstetrician, I was in my 10th week when I started the Dex. They warned me that I had started too late , but that I could prevent my child from requiring MAJOR surgery if I continued to take it. I went for an amnio at 16 weeks, my insurance wouldn't cover CVS or genetic DNA screening. The amnio showed that I was carrying a girl, and I continued on the Dex until 2-3 weeks after she was born. I had many of the unpleasant side effects, very bad mood swings, fatigue, weight gain more than normal, striations that developed all around my middle, thighs, and legs all the way down to my ankles. I also developed a flat moon like face, cushingoidal I think they call it. My skin was awful. I did not have gestational diabetes, which can be a side effect. They induced labor at 38 weeks, because according to the sonograms I went for weekly, they thought she had an extra sac attached to her bladder and they wanted to get her out and start her on meds. Actually, what she had was her vagina and urethra came together, and there was a lot of blood and fluid caught in there that needed to be drained. She required 2 surgeries. One was to separate her fused labia and reduce her clitoris, which was enlarged and external of her labia. The second was a vaginoplasty, to create a separate vagina and urethra, and pull the vagina to where it should have been and create an opening. I got pregnant with my third when my second child was just around a year old, and we decided no matter what, we were not going to go through the Dex again. We had a 50 % chance of it being a boy, and a 75% chance the baby would not have CAH, so we decided the odds were in our favor. It was a hard decision, but with 2 little kids at home and no family for 1,000 miles, I could not afford to be tired and in bed all the time because of the Dex. My third child, we found out through an amnio, was a boy and did not have CAH. We were very lucky. I hope this helps you. I was told that it can take up to 2 years years for your hormones to return to normal after being on the Dex. I am a very athletic person, and I have found that it is extremely hard for me to lose the weight that I put on with the Dex. It may be that my metabolism has slowed, but I am only 24, so I wouldn't expect any major changes as far as my body goes around this age. Good Luck. Nicole