Lia: abruption mechanisms (pg ment)

[Guest guest]

Lia,

In reading, am getting the general idea that hypertension is most to blame

for abruptions, as is vasoconstriction (e.g. that of someone using cocaine).

Nitro causes hypotension and vasodilation; although who is to say that this,

or perhaps a paradoxical reaction to taking it, might not also aggravate a

placental condition?

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Beth

SU

2 metroplasties

[Guest guest]

Beth,

Thanks so much for your insight, as well as the information re nitro

and abruptions.

For some reason, I never thought to research the two separately. I

will now look into systemic effects of nitro, as well as potential

causes of abruptions separately and see if there is any overlap.

Ultimately, I may have to accept that I will never know for sure. It

just drives me crazy when people keep telling me how lucky I was that

the abruption happened in the hospital...can you imagine if you were

driving down the highway on your own...etc., etc., when my gut feel

is that it wouldn't have happened at all if I hadn't been in the

hospital. Anyway, sorry to ramble, thanks for your help, it's given

me a new angle to search. Take care, I hope all is well with you and

noelbaby. We're all rooting for you both. Just curious - you've

referred to him as " him " a few times - is that just generic or do you

know/plan to know the sex? Sorry if I am being too nosy.

Thanks again,

Lia

UD

[Guest guest]

Lia,

I don't blame you one bit for wanting to know why this happened, for

your own mental health!

> Take care, I hope all is well with you and

> noelbaby. We're all rooting for you both. Just curious - you've

> referred to him as " him " a few times - is that just generic or do

you

> know/plan to know the sex? Sorry if I am being too nosy.

Not at all! I don't yet know the sex of this baby, but have a hunch

that it is male. So does almost everyone else. It'd be cool if

everyone were wrong :-)

I just say " him " because that's the grammatical

convention. " Him/her " is too cumbersome for lazy me.

Beth

SU

14w5d with noelbaby