Juwels Morrison

Hey Rachel, Thanks for your reply! I'm freaking out a little about this money issue!! I have an appointment with the ob tomorrow. I hope we can work something out. Ya it has been a really long time huh? Gwenny is already 3 1/2 yrs and my little one is 1....this one is a big surprise!!! Hy hubby just had a vasectomy 2 weeks ago to make sure this wouldn't happen!!! O well, whats meant to be will be, right? When I was on lovenox before I took it once a day, I'm going to look into how much the fragmin and clexane would cost. Did you start on thinners the day you thought you were pregnant or at 15 weeks? Julie

Hey just was wondering what the difference is from lovenox, clexane and fragmin? I am 5 weeks and can not afford the lovenox shots wich i also took with my two prior pergnancies! I am hoping to find something cheaper and still affective...does anyone know if you can take heprin through you whole pregnancy? that is soooo much cheaper!!! Thanks julie.

Thanks Zarin, I am located in Washington state. I do not have any type of diabetes, the reason they are testing for cancer is because I have a mass growing on my pancreas, my pancreas is functioning fine, it's all very weird to me Thanks for the advice though I'll look into it. Juwels

Hey everyone, I am in the process of finding out wether or not I have pancreatic cancer, I've done a CT scan, MRI, taken the appropriate blood tests and now am waiting on a PET scan....anyway while researching this I read on the American Cancer Society web site that one of the first signs of pancreatic cancer is blood clots in larger veins. What! Has anyone heard of this or anything related to blood clotting and the pancreas? Happy Holidays, thanks in advance if anyone has any info! Juwels.

Hi Emmwalid, I was diagnosed with a dvt in 2004 and pregnant in 2005, I was put on lovenox the day I found out I was pregnant (at 5 weeks). I switched to heprin somewhere around 36 weeks, I find it odd that they would not put you on thinners earlier , considering your history with clotting...most people who have had more than one episode of clotting are put on thinners for the rest of their lives, let alone being pregnant wich is known to increase the risk of clotting. I would research this a little bit more and talk to a hematologist that has plenty expierience in dealing with this type of disorder in pregnant women Good luck, as you've read there are many positive outcomes regarding being pregnant while on thinners, and everyones doctor seems to do it a little bit differentley. Juwels

Hello Katybops, They switch you to regular heprin at the end of your pregnancy becuase heprin goes through your system faster than lovenox...when I was on lovenox I was told that it stayed in my system for 24 hrs. therefore I took one shot a day, at the end of my pregnancy I switched to heprin twice a day because it only stayed in my system for 12 hrs. at a time. That way if you go into labor you can skip your next shot and there will be less lilkely chance of hemoraging at time of delivery. It sounds like they are doing the same thing with you as they did me....my pregnancy was overseen by a wonderful high risk ob by the name of Dr. Dashow located in Tacoma Washington, that is about 20 or 30 min from Seattle. You have to have a refferal to his office by a obgyn to get in. It is definatly worth it though because he has delivered hundreds and hundreds of babies whose mothers have variouse boodclotting disorders....he is very expieienced! My main doctor was in my home town but I went to see Dashow once a month for ultrasounds and my rx for blood thinneres. If you have anymore ?'s E mail me! Juwels.

Hey katybops! I think we were talking to eachother on our last pregnancies? Welcome back! I also live in Washington, Olympia to be exact....how do you like our very wet and beautiful state? Regarding the lovenox and heprin, I also was under the watch of a high risk ob in Tacoma while pregnant. They started me on lovenox and I took that untill 32 or 34 weeks, then switched to heprin two times a day. I skipped my shot when I went into labor and started up lovenox 24hrs after delivery for 6 weeks. Now I'm on a baby asprin a day, with a very healthy baby girl Anyway welcome to Washington....what brought you here? Juwels.

faith23, As you can see there are many of us who have gone through simular situations and have been told the same things about what is standard protocall. I had a dvt in 2004, on thinners for 6 months, pregnant one month later and on lmwh and heprin for my pregnancy. Now I am on nothing and I am completley healthy as well is my little baby girl Gwen. I think your hemo has it all togrther! Julie.

Hey ladies, Sorry it took so long to update you on my induction worries my computer has been down! I finally worked up the nerve to get pushy with my ob and told him I wasn't willing to be induced for no reason other than convenience and he was like, oh well you don't have to it's always up to the mother wether she will go spontaniously or not. He said even if it was medically necessary the decision was stil mine and mine alone!!! Yeah! I told him of course I would be induced if my baby or I were in danger but just because is not acceptable. Thanks for the advice ladies and hope your toes feel better! Julie.

Thank you for your replies, I have an appt. with my ob on the 29th. Now my ? is...is fragmin the same as lovenox? I'm on lovenox wich is a lmwh, but do I need to be taking a different injection in order to go into spontaneouse labor? I am assuming the reasoning is so the pateint will not hemmorage during or after labor? Thanks agian!

My hematologist told me to keep eating everything as normal...in moderation that is. He said he would adjust my warfarin levels as needed. He didn't even mind if I had a beer or two on special ocasions. Never have too many drinks or drink a beer or two on a daily or even weekly basis. I still ate atleast 4-5 salads a week and everything was fine.

Please help me! My doctors want to induce me at 38 weeks also but my worst fear is c-section. I've been doing my research on induction and c-section and have found that the risks of induction is c-section because if your uterus overworks itself without stopping it deprives the baby of oxygen, therefore putting it into distress, wich will most likley lead to a emergency cesarean. Also I read that mothers undergoing induction almost doubles the risk of cesarean. The research I did on risks of cesarean isn't pretty either... they include post-birth complications such as: infection, hemorrage, thrombosis, and pumonary embolism. Somebody please tell me why doctors would put a person who is already at risk of forming blood clots, and hemorraging through something that could potentially cause this same problem!?!?! I should note that I'm 25 weeks pregnant, on 40mg/day lovenox, moving up to 60mg/day at 28 weeks, then at 36 weeks going to two shots a day of something that doesn't stay in your system as long. Please help to support my objections or help to ease my fears....are these fears even legidamate, or am I just an emotional pregnant lady? Juwels.

I have read that a "thrombo-panel" costs around $700 in the U.S. this test includes many tests for variouse clotting disorders, including psd and pcd also factor V.

Dear Kristy, First of all congrats on your brand new baby girl! And welcome. I have to say that you have been through quite a bit as have other members of this site. A lot of people here have had multiple clots in variouse places of their bodies and to this day are living very healthy lives... I would strongly urge you to take your medicine as the doctor tells you, if you do you will have a more "normal" life than what you have been going through! It is very unlikley to clot while on thinners. As for clotting after your pregnancy maybe your perscription was too lite I'm not sure what to say about that...I am not an expert by any means, in fact pretty much all I've learned is from this site. I just feel for you and hope everything works out for the best for you. Take care of yourself, remember your health is in your hands too not just the doctors, your decisions are ultimatley what matters. Do what is best for you and your family as well as your health Julie

Monica, We are so sorry to hear about your loss... I'm happy you found this site too, it has helped so many people. Welcome and be strong. Take Care, Julie.