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ladylee70

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More News Posted: 02-13-07 22:21pm


Good news: my boss wrote me an email thanking me for all my work. Apparently I told the personal office woman that I was finishing some work from home so they had to write the letter. She said any letters of recommendation would be good. Bad news: went to the specialist today and another doctor in the office stated that I probably did pass a blood clot instead of a twin. We will never know. I do have blood clots in me and they are "reorganizing" whatever that means. I am at high risk for placenta abruption, which is when the placenta detaches prematurally. The other doctor stated that I am at very high risk of going into premature labor. I showed my doctor rashes that I have had since delivering nate and she ordered tests. I told her that I have suspected lupus because autoimmune diseases run rampant in my family. My ana tests have always shown up negative, but the rash is really bad right now so now is a good time that the ana could show up positive if I do have lupus. Doctors have suspected lupus for years. This doctor ordered additional tests other than just an ana. I could have some kind of autoimmune thing going on or clotting disorder. I asked why I didn't have this with nate and she said that a lot of these things are acquired. I was probably fine with nate. I await for the results. I am sure they will come back negative. This pregnancy will be one big guessing game. I can deliver full term, we just don't know. That's that.

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Posted: 02-14-07 05:31am

ladylee70 wrote:

bad news: went to the specialist today and another doctor in the office stated that I probably did pass a blood clot instead of a twin.

why is that bad news? Surely that is good news?
And I agree that at the stage of pregnancy you were at that passing a "twin" was incredibly unlikey, especially of how you described it.

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Posted: 02-14-07 06:00am


I'm sorry that there's likely to be more problems in store for you with this pregnancy but try to keep positive: nothing is certain and your baby has hung in there so far!

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Posted: 02-14-07 09:20am

kia wrote:

ladylee70 wrote:

bad news: went to the specialist today and another doctor in the office stated that I probably did pass a blood clot instead of a twin.

why is that bad news? Surely that is good news?

And I agree that at the stage of pregnancy you were at that passing a "twin" was incredibly unlikey, especially of how you described it.

thats what I was thinking. Good luck with this preg lady!

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Posted: 02-14-07 15:31pm


Passing a twin would have been better because it was in a different sac and means that it was that amniotic fluid that I passed and not the baby I am currently pregnant with. If it weren't a twin, then this baby is already at risk for having the sac rupture again because the sac is very fragile. My specialist thought it was a twin, her colleague thought it was a blood clot, her colleague has a lot more years experience, the evidence points to blood clots due to the ultrasound...So.....I just wish it were a twin because that would have raised this babies chances. I just will never understand why I had leaked so much water when this all happened yet when I went for an ultrasound the baby had a lot of fluid. It was definitely in my bed and soaked my pants. I was only 13 weeks at the time, so that much leakage would have been the entire sac I would think. The only possibility seem to be that I had a twin or that this baby had too much fluid. I am sure there are other possibilities but no one is telling me those possibilities. Passing blood clots is not good because it puts the baby at extreme risk. The ultrasound showed that I have a lot of blood clots in me that could pose a lot of danger to the baby and I have a high risk at one of those blood clots causing placenta abruption. If I just had one blood clot, that's one thing but it looks like I have a lot. So, the baby is at risk in a few ways. Everything is entirely speculation, though. This baby may end up being fine. I am just going to wait for all of my tests to come back to see if I have something else. I am sure they will come back negative.

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Posted: 02-14-07 21:17pm

ladylee70 wrote:

passing a twin would have been better because it was in a different sac and means that it was that amniotic fluid that I passed and not the baby I am currently pregnant with.

actually, i'm going to disagree that it would have been better. It would not have been better at all. On your 7 week ultrasound the doctor did not see a second baby and having miscarried a twin is unusual at 13 weeks. It would have meant your cervix had to dilate to expell that twin. Coupled with the blood you said you woke up in, i'd have expected it to be a blood clot.

ladylee70 wrote:

if it weren't a twin, then this baby is already at risk for having the sac rupture again because the sac is very fragile.

this baby was already at risk from every post you have ever posted. From the begining you did not feel pregnant and suspected miscarriage right away.

ladylee70 wrote:

my specialist thought it was a twin, her colleague thought it was a blood clot, her colleague has a lot more years experience, the evidence points to blood clots due to the ultrasound...

why did your specialist think it was a twin when you have had multiple ultrasounds that should have shown the blood clots?

ladylee70 wrote:

so.....I just wish it were a twin because that would have raised this babies chances. I just will never understand why I had leaked so much water when this all happened yet when I went for an ultrasound the baby had a lot of fluid. It was definitely in my bed and soaked my pants. I was only 13 weeks at the time, so that much leakage would have been the entire sac I would think. The only possibility seem to be that I had a twin or that this baby had too much fluid. I am sure there are other possibilities but no one is telling me those possibilities.

you had more than the initial leak, you had that second leak a week or two later.

ladylee70 wrote:

passing blood clots is not good because it puts the baby at extreme risk. The ultrasound showed that I have a lot of blood clots in me that could pose a lot of danger to the baby and I have a high risk at one of those blood clots causing placenta abruption. If I just had one blood clot, that's one thing but it looks like I have a lot.

it isn't the blood clots that put you at risk of placental abruption, it is the cause of the blood clots that put you at risk for placental abruption.

ladylee70 wrote:

so, the baby is at risk in a few ways. Everything is entirely speculation, though. This baby may end up being fine.

I am just going to wait for all of my tests to come back to see if I have something else. I am sure they will come back negative.

think positive thoughts. The baby will probably be just fine and all this worry will be for nothing.

Good luck!

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Posted: 02-14-07 22:27pm


Thanks ingi, the original doctor didn't see any thing because it was a general ultrasound of low quality. Also the ultrasound tech only looked for a baby not anything out of the ordinary. My specialist explained why the doctor could have missed a twin if the twin never developed. The ultrasound should have shown either a blood clot or twin but showed nothing. Whatever I passed was pretty big and I would think it should have shown up on the ultrasound. From what many of you are also saying, it does seem highly probable that it was a clot. The tech was very quick in her ultrasound and just showed the baby and the fluid. She didn't look around for any suspicious looking things. The specialist, however, has a high level ultrasound and does it herself so she is able to examine everything. Interesting point about the "twin" miscarriage. I was not dilated when I went into my regular obgyn's (that I know of and I would think they would have told me). So, it does point to the whole blood clot scenerio. The doctor did say that the blood clots could cause the tearing if the clots are big enough and depending on where they are. Hmmm.....Don't really know. I am just going on what the doctors tell me and what I read from pregnancy complication forums on other forums. I don't even know what I hear anymore. I have gotten so many different answers that everything just runs together. Who knows what I heard anymore. I am one confused jumbled up mess. Perhaps they didn't say that and I am just confused!! You're right. I never even felt pregnant from the beginning and did expect a miscarriage right away. It is strange. Luckily, when I am with my child nathan, I don't worry too much about this pregnancy. He keeps my mind constantly occupied that I don't have time to worry. He is going through that difficult independent three year old stage. So fun./