Pre-eclampsia, did you get it again?

[ginny83]

Betheney I'm going to ask about that risk assessment on Thursday. They looked at my arteries during my 20 week scan (which I actually had at 19+1 and everything looked fine) but that's all

 

[Betheney]

Betheney I'm going to ask about that risk assessment on Thursday. They looked at my arteries during my 20 week scan (which I actually had at 19+1 and everything looked fine) but that's all

It's through Monash that it's done. So unless you went to a monash ultrasound place i don't think they do it. Here's a PDF on it. https://monashultrasound.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/MUFW-PreEclampsia-Screening-Brochure.pdf

I've been waiting for you to update. You've had your 20week scan!! WOOP WOOP!

 

[ginny83]

ah, I'm having all my scans at the hospital ... they've classed me as high risk for it anyway just coz of my BP, so I guess I'm already having monitoring for it no matter what (which I'm happy about!)

 

[Betheney]

ah, I'm having all my scans at the hospital ... they've classed me as high risk for it anyway just coz of my BP, so I guess I'm already having monitoring for it no matter what (which I'm happy about!)

Are you on Asprin Already? or they're not putting you on it?

Can't believe you're so far along! (is that offensive to say?) i'm just so excited for this sticky baby!

 

[ginny83]

I really hope it is my rainbow baby - I'm a bit in shock too hehe

Yep I've been on aspirin from bfp

 

[Betheney]

I really hope it is my rainbow baby - I'm a bit in shock too hehe

Yep I've been on aspirin from bfp

So I asked my doctor if I should go on aspirin as soon as I was pregnant and he said to wait and ask the hospital I don't have to start them until 12weeks. I asked them at 9 weeks and they said wait for my high risk booking appointment which wasn't until 15 weeks (today). I had my appt today so finally asked them and they said there's no point if I didn't start them within the first 12 weeks!!!! I asked every doc along the way and they all said it wouldnt matter when and now finally that I get to an obstetrician they said I really should have started weeks ago. She said if I want to start them just to make myself feel better then I'm more than welcome to start them. She said the aspirin inpacts how the vessels and arteries develop in the foest 12 weeks which can help prevent PE, seeing as they're now all developed it's not going to do much for my chances. But she really doesn't mind if I take it anyway. So I figure I might as well.

Feeling a bit bummed.

 

[ginny83]

oh big hugs, so hard when you don't get straight answers. I was also on clexane until 13 weeks for the same reason as you described, but that's also because of my history not just the reducing pre-e side of things.

If it makes you feel better they want me to stay on aspirin until 36 weeks - so you'd think if there was no benefit at all after 12 weeks they would have told me to stop taking it?

 

[sethsmummy]

oh wow hun.. thats rediculous! I was also told not to start them until 12 weeks xx

 

[rbourre]

I didn't start my aspirin until 12 weeks. Before taking it, my bp was getting high again (around 140/90) and since being on it, my bp is usually around 120/80 or lower. I've made it 5 weeks past where I delivered my daughter and still going. I am sure it's because of the aspirin.

 

[ttc126]

I've only read a couple of studies that mentioned taking it before 12 weeks! I started at 8 but my ob told me if i preferred i could wait till 12. I'm sorry that must have stressed you out Hon!

 

[sethsmummy]

ooo haha thats ok hun. i could only take mine for like 2 weeks anyway because it made me ill. x

 

[Betheney]

See so all you ladies took it from 12 so surely it would help somehow starting at 15... the ob was really lovely and said she absolutely doesn't mind if i take it and wrote me up a script, she just doesn't have high hopes of it doing anything. But after talking to you ladies i think i will take it then. I mean it can't hurt can it? she said it can increase heartburn so i said then i could always stop couldnt' i? and she said absolutely.

BP was good and was 138/80

 

[rbourre]

I would definitely take it. It didn't give me heartburn and I haven't had any negative effects from it at all. It's been great for me. I have horrible heartburn all the time now, but I'm almost 35 weeks so it doesn't surprise me.

 

[Betheney]

Thanks so much for your help and opinion i love BnB

I did try to look at studies but not too many of them actually explicitly said WHEN the aspirin was started. I found one study that debunked the use of aspirin in preventing PE and when i read further the women were starting it at like 30 weeks of something ridiculous. I mean of course it didn't work starting it that late you twits.

 

[ginny83]

What dose if aspirin are you taking? I just buy mine over the counter

 

[ginny83]

The only risk about it I've read is that obviously it can thin your blood so ideally you don't want to be taking it leading up to surgery/labour just it case it causes you to bleed more than usual. In was told to take it until 36 weeks

 

[sethsmummy]

I was prescribed 75mg ginny.. thats the standard dose for pregnant woman who need it and i was to take it till 36 weeks. It made my dizzy spells twice as bad as they were though so had to stop.

 

[Dinah93]

In the UK they don't start aspirin until 12 weeks as it increases the risk of miscarriage before that.... its an anticoagulant so if you have an undiagnosed clotting condition that caused previous pre-e it would help regardless of when you started it so long as pre-e hadn't begun. I can only understand that it would be useless after cord formation if it worked as a vasodilator, it may be most useful if taken early but it would certainly still help in certain women. All the studies suggest that it doesn't have any impact on most women, but those it does it helps significantly, basically it all depends on why pre-e hit you and a lot of women won't ever know their cause because medicine at this point can't always tell us.

 

[ginny83]

I'm on a similar dose - 100mg

I started mine from bfp, funny enough for me it was to help prevent another miscarriage. I don't have a clotting disorder but it's thought that my immune system was attacking the babies as the placenta was being implanted, so when it was time for the placenta to take over I'd lose them. The aspirin was one of the things (I was also on lots of other meds) to help the vessels attach and implant nicely.

 

[rbourre]

Our low dose here is 81mg. You can buy it over the counter or get a prescription. I buy it over the counter because it's cheaper than paying for 20% of my prescription (I only have 80% coverage).