Melk - I am very sorry about the loss of your son Kobi. My DH and I lost our first child, Caitlyn, at 25w3d. I have Factor V Leiden and the heterozygous type too. I was told initially (by someone who in retrospect I should have ignored ) that it should not increase my chance of stillbirth or pregnancy loss. But it did seem to for us. We had a number of miscarriages prior to Caitlyn and then her stillbirth.
I was treated with aspirin and clexane for the pregnancy of our DS until I became allergic to clexane (an EXTREMELY rare allergy ) and continued through the pregnancy on aspirin alone. Aspirin seems to be beneficial for the placental implantation and clot prevention, the clexane is more for the maternal risks although some of the research does indicate it has anti-inflammatory / immunosuppressive properties which my also be of use to those of us with complicated histories. Our DD was also successfully achieved with aspirin alone. I am hoping for the same outcome with this current pregnancy.
If you have any questions I am more than happy to try to answer them for you.
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Hi Michelle, thank you for your reply.
Your history seems very similar to mine so I was wondering whether I could ask a few more questions as I am know at the point where I just want information and understand what will happen next time?
Did you see a haematologist?
Is your current pregnancy with your history been classified as high risk? Are you seeing a Perinatologist? If so who?
Do you know of any OB's that specialise in this condition?(Mine is considered to be good but I am not sure he specialises in this?)
Are they planning on stopping your Asprin and is so when? (I was stopped at 36 weeks and Kobi really only made it to 37.5 weeks)
Have they changed your diet? Or put you on any additional vitamins?
Are they talking about putting you in hospital towards the end of your pregnancy?(They have mentioned this to me because my loss was so late, although I am not sure how this will help if something goes wrong how will they deliver the baby in time)
As you can see I have a lot of questions. Although we don't have any results yet I am craving information to understand what will happen next time, what tests I have to have now, what do I need to do before trying again to help the implantation. With Kobi I went with the flow of what they told me becasue after the first 12 weeks I had such a text book normal pregnancy until something went wrong and it was too late.
Also, can I ask how long you waited before trying again? I will be 35 at the end of this year so I don't wait too long because I think no matter how long you wait, it is going to be an anxious, scary and sad time regardless.
we have this condition in our family and our most recent pregnancy (my first cousin) was treated as high risk and she was monitored quite closely and took aspirin (i assumed the whole time, but cannot be certain, sorry).
I am really sorry for your loss of your beautiful baby boy Kobi; fly free little man xx
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) that it should not increase my chance of stillbirth or pregnancy loss. But it did seem to for us. We had a number of miscarriages prior to Caitlyn and then her stillbirth.
) and continued through the pregnancy on aspirin alone. Aspirin seems to be beneficial for the placental implantation and clot prevention, the clexane is more for the maternal risks although some of the research does indicate it has anti-inflammatory / immunosuppressive properties which my also be of use to those of us with complicated histories. Our DD was also successfully achieved with aspirin alone. I am hoping for the same outcome with this current pregnancy.
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