Lumi
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Lumi - I have itp (low platelets) all the time. In fact - mine have gone up in pregnancy to between 50-80. They are usually around 30 with no symptoms.
Do you have symptoms?? Ie bruising or bleeding actively?
I am not currently on any treatment and have a blood test every other week to check my platelet count. The plan is to start steroids if I drop below 30 at the minute as this should raise the count & doesn't have huge implications for baby at this point. If that fails, I would be given ivig intravenously. Steroids need to be taken daily to keep up any positive effect, ivig lasts approx 3 weeks on average. However, the first infusion of ivig is usually slow in case of allergic reaction, my first infusion was over 5 days
Jrepp - I have had platelet transfusions and they have lasted little over 18 hours. They are great for emergency use (for example low counts & bleeding in birth) but shouldn't really be used as "treatment". There is a theory that a huge influx of platelet just raises your immune response & you destroy platelets even faster than you were. Might be worth discussing with your dr whether they mean to raise counts with it or just as an emergency treatment
Recent research suggests a vaginal birth with counts over 50 should be just fine - below 50 you need a treatment to raise counts before birth. If you want an epidural, counts need to be over 80 for most anesthetists to agree to it.
If you have any questions feel free to ask - I was diagnosed in 2012 & have lived with it for two and a half years. It's not as scary as it first seems
Thank you! This was very reassuring to read, I have another doctors appointment this morning so if I still have any queries I will be sure to ask. I am not bleeding they picked it up when they did my blood work for GD, I get the impression the doctor is more concerned with my they have dropped so rapidly?
that makes sense! Sorry if you had already posted about the quality vs quantity thing - I missed that. I have the opposite - low platelets but they generally work really well. 
. But Shes steady at 32nd percentile and weighs 2 lbs 11 oz!! (As of last week) The tech had to do trans vag to see the placenta since babys head was in the way, and when she did it was a perfect shot of the brain, and the tech said "wow what a pretty brain, I just have to look at it for a second, and even turned on the colorflow and said again, beautiful brain!" It was such a great thing for mommy and daddy to hear. 
hi mumatmadhouse 
they probably want to test to rule out other causes, but ITP stands for "idiopathic thrombocytopenia" the idiopathic bit meaning that it's there with no specific cause (thrombocytopenia is just a complicated way of saying low platelets). What you do need to do is figure out how they're going to treat you & keep you safe for birth 
