***January High Risk Check-in***

IAM4UK

I know there are several ladies on this board who are considered high risk or will be given this label throughout their pregnancy. Being high risk can be scary in itself and I want to use this check-in as a way for everyone to come together to offer support.

I realize that there is a high risk pregnancy board already, but I feel it is centered around GD.

So, if you are interested in joining this check in, leave your bump name, real name (optional), due date, reason for high risk, and what child this is for you. Feel free to add anything else. I will try to categorize the reason for high risk so you can ask other ladies who may be going through something similiar as you.

I will post the check-in weekly on Thursday mornings as well as a question of the week.

QOTW: Why are you considered high risk? What monitoring is your doctor giving you?

atdowns

thanks so much for starting this check in!?

I'm Alicia,

nkown on here as atdowns.

this is pregnancy number two for me

I'm considered high risk because of a previous loss at 17 weeks on top of type 1 diabetes (guess that's double high LOL)

my official due date is January 21st, however being diabetic they will not let me go past 39 weeks PERIOD so I can back that up by one week to the 14th, but being diabetic if there si so much as an off moment they'll induce past 37 weeks.?

as a diabetic I have Ob appointments every other week for sugar checks and heart rate check which usually means a US. I'm working with my home OB aswell as a team of specialists in diabetes, prenatal critical care, perinatologist etc. I'm excited to be working with the team from university of Maryland, they're some of the best!

then in the third trimester I'll go to weekly appointments, then twice weekly, then daily at 37 weeks assuming there are no issues befoer that, nonstress testing daily.. should be fun LOL

I'm really encouraged right now because I'm working with the ebst team and have my blood sugar under the best control possible for pregnancy and have top of the line technology helping me (I'm on an insulin pump aswell as a continuous glucose monitoring device)

praying for us all!?

thanks again for organizing the check in!!!

jessr510

jessr510, Jess, January 24th, cancer history, # 2

QOTW: I had bone cancer when I was 16 and one of the chemo drugs has late effects on the heart so my heart gets monitored with echocardiograms.  I have some weird diseases in my family (mad cow, optic atrophy) so I'll probably be seeing a genetic counselor again, but that doesn't really have to do with high risk.  If they discover a problem, they'll monitor me more closely.

IAM4UK

IAM4UK - Becky - Due 1/21 - #2 

I'm high risk due to severe pre-e and IGUR with my first DD. She was born at 33 weeks and only 2lbs. 15oz. I also had a prior loss.

I have a vitamin cocktail that I am taking to help delay the onset of pre-e this time around. I also check my BP at home and report to the doc any increases. I will have an u/s every month starting at 20 weeks to make sure that my placenta is feeding the baby. It wasn't in my first pregnancy. My visits will increase after 20 weeks.

skroops

Thank you for starting this check-in.

My name is Amy. I am considered high-risk because I have unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (three 1st tri losses).  I have gone through RPL bloodwork and genetic counseling to try to find a cause for the m/c's but everything comes back normal. 

My doctor has me taking baby aspirin as well as extra folic acid and I am being monitored closely during my early pregnancy - bloodwork, early u/s, etc. 

I have had one sucessful pregnancy - my daughter Zoey will be two in July.  So, this will be number 2 for us.  Also, my dr thinks that there is chance that I am carrying more than one baby because my HCG levels are off the charts.  I am excited, but also terrified about the possibility of twins!

houndbaby

houndbaby - Bethany - due 12/31 - #2

QOTW: Why are you considered high risk? What monitoring is your doctor giving you?

I am high risk because I have a bicornuate uterus - for those who don't know what that is, instead of my uterus having a pear shape to it, the top of my uterus has a heart shape, so it has two lobes instead of one and there is a septum that divides my uterus down the center into two parts.

The risks of it include IUGR, PTL, higher chance of having a breech or transverse baby and the uterus may not contract properly. I will say that I was terrified during my 1st pregnancy but I'm much more at peace with it now that this is my second child because I had no problems with my first pregnancy and my delivery went perfect. And since I only have one fallopian tube this baby is in the same half of the uterus that my ds was so we already have an idea of how much that half is able to stretch.

They will start monitoring around 28 weeks with growth ultrasounds and I will probably start weekly having a weekly NST around 32 weeks.

To add to all that fun I had GD with my first pregnancy and high BP. My BP is hanging out around 138/80 so I wouldn't be surprised if it is up to 140/90 at my 12 week appt and I end up on labetalol. That's when I started on labetalol with my 1st pregnancy.

 

NikkiAnderson907

Bump Name: NikkiAnderson907

Real Name: Nikki

EDD: 1/15/11

Child #: 1

HighRisk: I have Heterozygosous Factor V Leiden with active clotting. Risks during pregnancy include:

1. Miscarriage-while many miscarriages happen because of genetic abnormalities or hormonal deficiencies, some, particularly second trimester miscarriages but also first trimester ones as well, are caused by clotting in the placenta, umbilical cord or in the baby.
2. Stillbirth-many, many women with FVL have experienced one or more stillbirths, often as late as 36 weeks. Some of these are caused by strokes in the baby's brain, others by increased clotting in the placenta, others by preeclampsia.
3. Peeclampsia

In July 2009 they found two Pulminary Embolisms and was advised to not get pregnant.

Well, that wasn't an option and although we weren't actively trying we are definitely excited regardless the obstacles. I'm on Lovenox (a shot I make my husband give me twice a day) and will be for the entire pregnancy and a few months after birth.

wifey006

Bump name:wifey006

Real name: Amy

EDD:1/21/11

Baby #2

High risk due to hetero Factor V Leiden and MTHFR, arcuate uterus, 4 first tri losses and pre-e with my daughter. 

I had one loss before my DD and when I had her we did not know of any of my issues. She's our gift from God!

I'm doing daily heparin injections and taking progesterone until week 13. I've had 5 betas and my first u/s is next week. My RE will see me weekly until week 13.  

SweetieD21

Hi!  Yes, I'd like to join this check in.  My name is Danielle, sn is SweetieD21, due date is 1/30, and this is child #1 for me. 

I am high risk because I had a m/c at 18 weeks due to pprom/incompetent cervix.  I will be on p17 shots, starting around week 16, I believe those shots are weekly.  I'll also have bi-weekly ultrasounds to check my cervix.  If I start to dilate/efface then I'll have a cerclage put in.  Right now I'm still being monitored by my RE, but in a few weeks I'll be released to my OBGYN, and will also see high risk drs.

june21jbr

June21jbr

julie

EDD 1/18/2011

I am high risk due to a previous pregnancy with a NTD and also because I had a previous placenta accreta.

For the NTD, we will have a series of early ultrasounds to rule out a NTD repeat.  For the accreta, we will have multiple ultrasounds and possibly MRIs to watch to make sure that the placenta does not attach onto the scar tissue from my previous accreta.  If it does, I will most likely have to have a hysterectomy at the end of this pregnancy.

lattelady2

Bump name: Lattelady2

EDD: Jan 29th

I'm high risk because I have Type 1 Diabetes. I haven't had a appt yet, but so far I'm sending in weekly blood sugars to my endocrinoloogist. I imagine I will have LOTS of appts, and I def will not go past 39 weeks. Possibly not past 37 weeks

 Sorry to hear there are other HR people, but I'm glad this thread got started! The HR board is all GD...

mlheadle

bump name: Shamu

real name: Shelly

EDD:01/14/10

Child #1

High Risk: At this point, I am in this category primarily because of my age (40).

kazpin

Bump name: Kazpin

Real name: Kim

Edd: 1/8/11 I think I will have to see when I go to my June 3rd appt.

Child #1

High risk: I had a malabsorptive weight loss surgery in 2003.  I am Vit D deficent and have had two previous 1st tri losses.