Hi, my story is different too. After my 1st 2 m/c's I was advised to start taking aspirin thru out my pgcy's and every pgcy after that. I ended up with 2 beautiful DD"s, then had another 2 early m/c's in 2007 until I fell pgnt with another DD. I again had to take the aspirin, but the Drs were contemplating on me taking clexane due to me being ANA positive which was only diagnosed with at the beginning of that pgcy. Although we knew I needed aspirin to help with my pgcy's. It ended up being decided that I would only take the aspirin, yet still had to have clexane injections after bubs was born. I was to take clexane home with me but the hospital forgot. I am now on Aspirin daily, due to my blood clotting disorder, and even tho they dont know what one it is, they have advised me that they may never know.
With all my DD's I had a c/s. The first was an emergency c/s after getting to 8cm dialated and not progressing, closing instead and bubs stressing. My second one was also an emergency c/s after going into labour and the hospital not wanting me to go thru labour. My third was an elective c/s as again I was not aloud to give birth naturally.
In relation to how they managed my care, due to the blood clotting disorder, I had to stop taking the aspirin at 35wks and while in having my c/s I had to wear special white stockings due to my blood clotting disorder. I am not sure on how the placenta was performing, but have always wondered especially after stopping the aspirin with my last pgcy as my DD was only 2.38kg and born at 38wks hospital dates, really 38wks 5days my dates. My last 3pgcy's were also placed under high risk.
Goodluck with your pgcy and I hope all goes well for you and your beautiful little bub.
Its a hard one to know...most women I speak to who have been on the blood clotting drugs in pregnancy seem to have smaller bubs, but then we also have lots of stress (worrying about whether bub will make it, whether something will happen to us etc) and often other medical conditions...still its a great feeling to have that baby no matter what its size, and for those not there yet, know that we have medication to reduce the high risk of miscarriage!
i have antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and am on warfrin for life. i was switched to 100mg daily injections of clexane from as soon as we found out we were expecting (4 weeks).
all was going well until i had a 19 week scan last week - the lady said baby was small for GA - approx 16 weeks - but she managed to find everything she needed to - this is giving me some hope that the bub is just small but developing normally. has anyone else had a similar experience? i have an OB appointment tomorrow and am hoping he can shed some light on the situation - have been feeling ok until today - am now really anxious..this is our first pregnancy
reading other peoples posts have helped settle the anxiety!
My last pregnancy was exactly the same as what you are going through...At the 20 week scan very small and poor placental flow...Iwas put on bedrest started aspirin (on top of the clexane 40mg) and hospitalised at 25 weeks, monitored every day and ultrasounds 1-2 times a week,with a c section at 31 weeks. Our Ob told us we may not make it past 26 weeks, but we did...I really thinkl the bedrest made the world of difference, and I also increased my fluid intake and had sustagen supplements..I had read this can assist with increasing amniotic fluid (mine was very low due to the IUGR)
He was born 1.275gms at 31 weeks, needed a little bit of CPAP for a couple of days to help him breathe, and the only longer term issues have been gastro oesophageal reflux and a feeding aversion (which have since subsided)...He is one of the brightest at pre school and has amazing energy!
Hope all went well with your appointment....Got my fingers crossed for you!
my OB found there was very little growth in my bubby and that she had almost no fluid surrounding her.. i was transfered into the immediate care of a fetal specialist who pronounced her dead on the following monday.. i was admited to hopsital on wednesday where i gave birth to my angel baby Matilda Bear.
the haem suggested next pregnancy i try clexane in smaller amounts but twice a day in combination with asprin.. im not sure when ill be ready to think about this...
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