Time to TTC

[kbielec]

Thank you for your replies. I have actually had a phone conversation with my MFM today ... asking some specifics on treatment, plans for a pregnancy etc. and am awaiting her call back after looking over my last set of tests. She seemed very optimistic and yet realistic. I appreciate that in her. After our next conversation today or tomorrow we'll make our final choice about TTC.

[joker]

I lost my first little girl to PE/HELLP at 19 weeks in June 2007. We waited a year, I got lots of testing and was +for homozygous MTHFR with elevated homocysteine levels. I also found out I carry both antibodies for hypo & hyper thyroidism. I got pg again in Aug. 2008. I was on lovenox shots and synthroid and saw both my reg OB & MFM. I had doc visits every two weeks for the first three months, then weekly after that till delivery. I had my second daughter at 34 weeks. My bp was up, liver enzymes elevated and my platellets were starting to drop so they decided to deliver me before things went bad. Alison did great and was only in the NICU for two weeks.

It was scary to be pg again, but I felt very safe with all the doc appointments and I knew I could call my ob anytime for anything. HTH and good luck!

[jules2]

Dear Katie,

I am glad to see you back, and totally understand your fears about trying again. After PE/HELLP stillbirth and 2 m/c I was coming to terms with never having a living child, and now I am in the early stages of another pregnancy. I don't want to m/c again but I am much more frightened of not miscarrying, if you can understand that. It will be once year since my daughter died later this week too, and I find myself reliving the days this week.

I don't have a success story yet, but there are quite a lot on here. It is a massive leap of faith, but most women do a lot better in a subsequent pregnancy. I just have to keep telling myself that pregnancies are not all the same, and its really unlikely anything worse could happen than my first one.

My baby was IUGR too and lost at 26 weeks exactly xx

[kbielec]

I am back. Been away for awhile as March is a hard time of year for me still. It's been two years since we lost our daughter at 26 weeks to HELLP. I have since found out I have Factor V (one gene). I have tossed and tossed around the idea of having another baby and almost come to terms with not...because I am so scared. But my husband and my MFM think that with different monitoring, lovenox shots and prayers maybe we could do this again. Guess I am looking for a success story or two to "pump me up!".
My baby had IUGR as she wasn't getting enough nurishment...then the HELLP came along almost overnight. Hoping we can be successful - but still scared.