Switching from Lovenox to Heparin?

intheplanningstage

I've been on a low dose (40/day I think) of Lovenox during my pregnancy. I usually take it around 9:45-10:15 at night. I'm switching to Heparin shortly and the doctor told me it will be twice a day. I started thinking about it and realized I can't do it at 9:45 and 9:45 because of my work schedule. I'm going to aim for about 7 am and 7 pm. I've been gradually making my shot 15-20 minutes earlier each day and I'm down to about 8:50 now. Do you think it's ok to keep doing that so that when I switch in 1.5 weeks, my body has a semi consistent amount in its system? Or am I way overthinking this? Thanks!

luvboston

Your overthinking it. Heparin works in a slightly different way so you can just switch over. You will likely be a little over thinned the first day but that's normal.

Mkherren12

Like pp said. I think your over thinking it. Not that I have any experience. I'm only 13.5 weeks and haven't done this before. I don't look forward to the 2x a day shots.

Has your dr mentioned whether or not you will be induced? I've heard some women are.

intheplanningstage

Thanks-my ob says to go ahead and switch and it should be fine. No, they don't have any plans of induction. The hope is that I can go naturally and that's why they are changing it over at 35 weeks (I'm actually measuring ahead anyway).