Hi all,

sorry for the copy and paste, I'm a bit overwhelmed at present.

I just got back from my first appointment at the high risk fetal medicine unit. My head is spinning. The doctor spent 40 mins with me, went through my blood tests and the autopsy report. Previously I had thought that the loss may have been due to blood clotting, but apparently the autopsy says the most likely cause is bleeding behind the placenta, due to its low-lying position. My previous OB never mentioned this to me, which makes me a bit angry. Anyway, the kicker is, if I'm treated for clotting, it increases the risk of bleeding. Great. Also, he thinks that I had a vertical incision with the birth which means I can't have a natural birth this time, so it's probably C-sections from now on he said that with each pregnancy the risk of placenta accretia will increase so by the fourth (which best case scenario is my third child) it will be about 20%. I can't quite believe it, not even 28 yet and staring down a possible hysterectomy if I
have the number of children I want, and that's assuming all goes well from now on.

Anyway, he booked me in for a NT scan with them and said they'll try and see if the placenta is low-lying, and if it is they'll look at ceasing the blood-thinning medication. Tildy, I asked if you could see placenta praevia before this and he said the placenta is 'everywhere' at this stage so don't be convinced you'll get it. This is the prominent OB in Canberra so I trust him, and I think I'll ditch my current OB and do everything through them. It's a public hospital so not quite as nice as private but at least I'll feel safe.

Anyway, sorry to dump my bad news at this time,

Rozzie