(CEDA) Pregnancy and Heparin - Advice Please

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Hello,

On New Years Eve a ultra sound scan showed that my fourth pregnancy had

gone the way of my previous three - with no fetal heart beat detected.

Instead of having a D+C (as I have done previously) I have chosen to

let " nature " do its job. So I am currently waiting for the

'miscarriage' to start. At the moment there is no sign of it starting

and I am having no symptoms - but I have read that a missed miscarriage

can take a few weeks to start - and my consultant thinks that the scan

detected it within about a day. Like the other 3, all have been lost at

8-9 weeks. I am due back to the maternity hospital on the 14th to

report my progress.

After the 3rd miscarriage the hospital did every test going on myself,

Simon and the baby - all proved normal. But, the consultant is

convinced that we have a clotting problem which is depriving the baby

of what it needs to survive. He wanted me to try baby asprin on this

pregnancy, but I have had bruising/bleeding problems - so we decided

that taking it for 9 months was not a good idea (assuming it worked).

He is now suggesting Heparin. This is something he originally did not

want to do due to the loss of bone density it would cause (and we know

that my bone density is already low, though I have never broken

anything) - but he is now suggesting it for the next pregnancy. We all

feel that doing nothing will result in another missed miscarriage.

Apparently heparin is given by a daily injection into the tummy or back

and has to be taken for the duration of the pregnancy. Being a

classical type with a lot of skin issues, I am wondering how a daily

injection would effect me (bruising, bleeding, pain etc)?

I am wondering if anyone else has been Heparin and what effects it had?

How would daily injections be with classical type. Plus, due to many

factors I would have a c-section (if we can get a pregnancy to

progress) and I am wondering how thinning the blood with heparin would

work with an operation - especially if it had to be done earlier than

planned.

I am quite scared at the moment, as I have no idea when the miscarriage

will start. We have a number at the hospital to call if we have a

problem and they are seeing us in 2 weeks. I get the impression that

they would rather I have the D+C, but I really don't want an operation

if it can be avoided and my consultant said that it had to start

sometime naturally.

Any advice would be very appreciated.

Love,

Fay.

Classical Type - Age 26 - UK.