Hi all, i just found out last week that I am expecting again. This is my 6th pregnancy although I only have one living child. I lost my little boy in the 2nd trimester in August 06 and had a further 3 miscarriages over the following year, my last in August 07.
My ob-gyn consultant has put me on 40mg Clexane daily, and 75mg aspirin daily. I was taking aspirin on my last 2 pregnancies and they didn't work out so hope the clexane will do a fab job for me this time. My partner is injecting me as I can't bear to do it myself even though I give my nan her weekly injections! i am bruising terribly from the jabs, and it really burns when its being injected, and for about 5-10 mins afterwards, although the burning lasted about 20mins for the first 2 days, is this normal?
Of course, I'm not officially diagnosed with lupus. My consultant seems to think I flare during pregnancy as I tested +ve for lupus anticoagulant (I think thats the one) the day after i gave birth to my angel baby boy, and -ve when not pregnant. Well I dunno if I'm flaring right now, the light is hurting my eyes, I've had a low-grade fever most of the week, have pain in my wrists and burning and pain in my knees like I get when my period is due.
I am seeing my consultant on Monday so I guess I will ask him to test me again. i'm not allowed to take my diclofenac due to the pregnancy and clexane so i don't know how I'm going to manage. Then again, these injections are hurting, and I would gladly inject myself 20 times a day if I knew there was a better chance of me taking this little one home safe.
I now have a 70% chance of taking a healthy baby home now I'm taking these injections, compared to a grim 10% if I didn't.
just trying to stay positive
Rhi xxx
My ob-gyn consultant has put me on 40mg Clexane daily, and 75mg aspirin daily. I was taking aspirin on my last 2 pregnancies and they didn't work out so hope the clexane will do a fab job for me this time. My partner is injecting me as I can't bear to do it myself even though I give my nan her weekly injections! i am bruising terribly from the jabs, and it really burns when its being injected, and for about 5-10 mins afterwards, although the burning lasted about 20mins for the first 2 days, is this normal?
Of course, I'm not officially diagnosed with lupus. My consultant seems to think I flare during pregnancy as I tested +ve for lupus anticoagulant (I think thats the one) the day after i gave birth to my angel baby boy, and -ve when not pregnant. Well I dunno if I'm flaring right now, the light is hurting my eyes, I've had a low-grade fever most of the week, have pain in my wrists and burning and pain in my knees like I get when my period is due.
I am seeing my consultant on Monday so I guess I will ask him to test me again. i'm not allowed to take my diclofenac due to the pregnancy and clexane so i don't know how I'm going to manage. Then again, these injections are hurting, and I would gladly inject myself 20 times a day if I knew there was a better chance of me taking this little one home safe.
I now have a 70% chance of taking a healthy baby home now I'm taking these injections, compared to a grim 10% if I didn't.
just trying to stay positive
Rhi xxx