Caitlin received GREAT news today! BETA #4 on 4w5d is 2713 (we were shooting for 1820!). The OB congratulated her on her pregnancy! During the exam, he did not see any new blood or old blood lingering around, however he did say she has a friable cervix, which is likely the cause of the bleed. Of course not knowing what friable meant, I had to look it up. In other words she has an irritable, blood engorged cervix. He put her on pelvic rest (no sex) for the first semester (first 1/2 of pregnancy)....Not what newlyweds want to hear! He also put her on progesterone suppositories 50mg 2x per day until 12-14 weeks into the pregnancy as a precautionary measure stating that it could help support a pregnancy until the placenta takes over.
Caitlin also sees a hematologist for a blood disorder called MTHFR (homozygous C677t) which is a clotting disorder. Right now she takes low dose aspirin, and 1 mg. of folic acid in addition to the prenatal vitamin Neevo DHA for MTHFR patients that contain easier-metabolized folic acids (MTHFR patients have trouble metabolizing folic acid, a vitamin ESSENTIAL to proper neural tube, brain, and other organ system development in the fetus). The picture below is the bruising left from the prenatal blood workup today....OUCH! She may have to switch to lovenox shots once a day, but the OB will leave that decision up to the hematologist, since she already had a bleeding episode....from the picture below, perhaps low dose aspirin is enough to keep the blood thin??? Can you imagine what her belly would look like from a shot each day, if she bruised this easily from a simple blood draw on aspirin? She did have a trace of protein in her first morning urine and was encouraged to drink 8-10, 8oz glasses of water daily.
The OB gave her a due date of Sept. 24, 2012, which is one day earlier than I predicted due to ovulating on day 15 rather than day 14. We were hoping to get an ultrasound to confirm the age of the gestational sac, but his office does not do them this early. He set her up for an ultrasound in 4 weeks! UGH! Not sure if we have the waiting power to see this little peanut's heartbeat. We might break down and pay for an elective ultrasound with a private company near us. Until we get little peanut's measurements, I will stick with my date, since we know when she ovulated....unless peanut's measurements show otherwise. :-) Pregnancy symptoms so far....tender breast (on sides), gas, tired all the time, and a scattered baby brain! Luckily no morning sickness....fingers crossed!
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