I cant decide ladies, What did you do???

Well I think I am pregnant.....

And I cant decide what action to take..

I am taking NOW extra fefol, pregnancy multivitamin and will take an asprin a day to see if it helps keep bubba safe....

What i need help with is the care.. on one hand I want to RUN to the doc, tell him everything and see what can be done...(although Im pretty sure its not much).... and on the other hand I just want to plod along and go see him IF I get to half way... besides an ultrasound I will choose no other testing anyway.....


I dont know what to do, and it makes me feel even worse that I have put bub in this position.....:crying::crying:

PB - Hun, after my first two m/c's I fell pg again, and I was so worried about losing another bub, that I went and saw my GP, who put me through to this OB. He had me on the Baby aspirin, and at one point in the visit was going to have me on injections daily. Yet he decided to have me just take the baby aspirin. I too was already taking fefol and elevit, which I believe also helped even to this day. When I fell pg with my little V, my GP did some more BT's as I had 2 m/c previously to V, which gave me the reason for needing the aspirin. I am ana positive. They are not sure what is causing it as there can be many reasons, such as Lupus. So maybe getting a BT done to check you for any type of blood clotting would be something to check, also maybe also a BT to check your thyroid function.
With my current pgcy, I have now GD which I am soon to start insulin and also an underactive thyroid, which I am taking meds for. They were considering again, as they did with V me having clexane injections instead of the aspirin, but have stayed with the aspirin. Has me worried abit as bub is still on the small side.
I am under high risk and have been since my first 2 m/c's, and have been seeing the hospital almost every week since approx the 8wk mark of pgcy. All different Dr's, such as Physcian and endocronologist, OB's and feto maternal unit for u/s and now dieticians. Yet if this brings my bub to me safe and sound then thats what I have to do.
This is just what I have done, but if it helps you make your decision then Im glad I could help. What I have noticed is that as we get older our bodies need more help to sustain our pgcy's. Mine has just done a complete turn around this time bringing in the GD and thyroid, just for fun. I have never had trouble with these with any of my pgcy's before.
I am sending lots of sticky vibes your way, so that you can bring your bub home to stay. hugs

i send u nothing but lots and lots n lots of big hugs and lots of healthy vibes hun.... i hope this works out for u and u are more relaxed soon

PB - I am in a similar (but different) situation to you and I am so over people telling me 'you need to see a doctor' at the end of the day (in my case) I feel that there is nothing they can do so my decision is that I am not going to bother. This decision is such a personal one but I hope that hearing other peoples journeys can assist you in deciding what is best for you and your family.

I hope you get the answers you need and even more so a healthy little baby :hug:

Thank you ladies.... :hug:

I had all the blood work done with Isaiah, thyroid too, and all were fine....

I'm not sure if testing and checking all the time would stress me more, or make me feel better week to week.... I just dont know... I will do everything I can from home to make sure though.....

Maybe I should go see my regular GP, and talk it out with him.. so far he has been very good with me... I just dont want to pushed into stuff I dont want.. not at this early stage...

Is there anything besides the fefol, vitamins and baby asprin that I can do?????

After Noah, I took my pregnancy multi vitamins + megafol for the first 12 weeks of my pregnancy with DS2. Throught the pregnancy I had extra ultrasounds done up until the morphology scan, including the NT scan. I was adviced to have CVS done but I refused based on the miscarriage risk from CVS being higher than the risk of a baby having Noah's problems.

With DD2 I had dating scan, NT scan & morphology only and I have had the same with the baby I am currently carrying.

I am keeping everything crossed for you hun. I will be thinking of you & praying this will be a baby you can hold forever in your arms :hug:

Thank you ladies... done the third test.. positive.. I am happy, and so so scraed.....

Just wanted to add, that me having to see the Dr's practiacally every week wasnt my idea, it has been them. It was the hospital that picked up the Thyroid problem in this pgcy after they had done a heap of blood tests throughout the pgcy. I didnt have this before pgcy, it happened during the pgcy. It just added to the more frequent hospital visits. Also due to me being on aspirin, and having a small bub previously is another reason for the physcian appts at the hospital as they like to make sure that all is going ok whilst on aspirin, or if they need to change their methods. Such as clexane, which as far as I know for me is late for now. As for the thyroid, needs to be monitored incase the dosage needs to be changed. The feto maternal unit is doing all the u/s's as they need to keep an eye on bubs growth, which is currently sitting at the 6th percentile, so bub may need to be delivered earlier than first thought if the next 1 or 2 u/s's dont show much improvement. As for the GD, just something else that added to the visits. Anyway although very stressful, I am alsovery glad they are keeping a close eye on bub. So this was by no mean me advising you to have weekly visits for you, this is just what has ended up happening for me.
Just the way it has turned for me unfortunately, which I think my age has alot to do with.

As for the fefol and multi vitamins and aspirin, that is exactly what I had done for my last 3 pgcys that came to term, as well as this one. It worked for me, but make sure you talk to the OB's about what your taking. It has to be monitored, and you need to come off the aspirin at around 34-35wks.

Anyhow congratulations on your BFP hun, I truley hope this is your very much sticky one. It is perfectly normal having feelings of happiness and being scared at the same time. I think even now for me, it is to take it one day at a time, easier said than done though. Lots of hugs

Thank you csab..
What is clexane?? I have heard it being used before.. I'm not sure if he will put me on anything , as there was no reason found, but if there is anything, anything at all that may help, I wanna know!! :)

Clexane is for clotting - it prevents clots forming but it also has an anti-inflammatory property which may be important in conditions that have an auto-immune function. There may not be any abnormalities found as such or there may be low levels in blood test results. If you were tested when pregnant, the results can be different to if you were tested when not pregnant. Some women have no known cause or things such as NK (natural killer) cells which is still in the early stages of identification and treatment. There are many conditions that are not yet named that impact on the pregnancies of many women.

A few articles for you to check out if you want to.

http://www.gfmer.ch/IAMANEH_ESMANEH_...exane_2006.pdf
Elsevier
Informa Healthcare - Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology - 28(3):280 - Summary
Early Pregnancy - Google Books
The effect of thrombophylaxis on pregnancy outcome in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss associated with factor V Leiden mutation - Younis - 2005 - BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology - Wiley Online Library

Clexane is for clotting - it prevents clots forming but it also has an anti-inflammatory property which may be important in conditions that have an auto-immune function. There may not be any abnormalities found as such or there may be low levels in blood test results. If you were tested when pregnant, the results can be different to if you were tested when not pregnant. Some women have no known cause or things such as NK (natural killer) cells which is still in the early stages of identification and treatment. There are many conditions that are not yet named that impact on the pregnancies of many women.

A few articles for you to check out if you want to.

http://www.gfmer.ch/IAMANEH_ESMANEH_...exane_2006.pdf
Elsevier
Informa Healthcare - Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology - 28(3):280 - Summary
Early Pregnancy - Google Books
The effect of thrombophylaxis on pregnancy outcome in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss associated with factor V Leiden mutation - Younis - 2005 - BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology - Wiley Online Library

Hi
When I found out i was pregnant my GP did all the blood tests when i saw him at 6 weeks (even though everything had showed normal with my others too) and rang my OB that same day for advice, he told me to start taking low dose asprin at 12 weeks, I was also monitered with scans the entire way through the pregnancy.

Good luck, after losing 2 bubs for no apparent reason I am now blessed with a beautiful little girl, I hope all goes well for you too, xoxoxo