Or, will I end up crazy?!
I had provoked pulmonary emboli in 2008, on BCP and on an airplane. Got pregnant after 6 months of coumadin therapy and took lovenox/heparin during my successful/uneventful 2009 pregnancy.
I am ready to TTC #2 but am so worried about developing a clot. I know I am lucky to not have a clotting disorder but it does not change the fact that I am still at risk for developing a clot due to my history.
How do you handle this added stress? I am so worried about spending the whole time stressing out and not enjoying my pregnancy. As we all know, clots can have not so happy endings. I think I just need to hear that I am not alone in my anxiety?
Thanks!
Re: Am I crazy to TTC #2?
I agree, as long as you have a gameplan set beforehand I don't see why you shouldn't try again!
I don't have the same health issue as you, but I wanted to speak to the stress part. It was really hard for me to decide to TTC again because of the risk of repeat problems, and I'm not going to lie - worrying really has taken away from my enjoyment of this pregnancy. I just try to avoid worrying as much as I can and I keep focused on the fact that even though the pregnancy isn't as fun as it is for people who aren't high risk, in the end I'll have a beautiful second child who will make it all worthwhile! : ) Good luck now that it sounds like you're planning to go for it!
This is my first pregnancy, but I can kind of get where you're coming from--my first instance of DVT was a little over eight years ago, after a car accident, and at the time we had no reason to think there was any other cause. After the second(five years later, and went untreated for two weeks), I was diagnosed with FVL and put on coumadin indefinitely. The third one just plain made me mad, and frustrated with how something so out of my control could dictate so much of my life.
Yes, clots can have not-so-happy endings. I have a purple blotchy spot on my ankle and vein damage in my right leg, from waiting so long before going to a doctor when my leg started hurting nearly four years ago, and I know I'm lucky to only have that. But they can also have happy ones...I've had three clots now, and know I can deal with another if it comes(and, more importantly, I both know what things to avoid, and how to catch one early if it turns up).
Meanwhile, I haven't had to deal with the caffeine/alcohol/pain med/etc. issues that other pregnant women have been dealing with--I'm already used to those things being gone. If anything, I have MORE freedom in terms of what I can have, because I don't have to watch my diet any more than any other pregnant lady, for now. It also helps considerably that on here we have the weekly checkin, as well as people who ask and answer questions, etc. When DH and I first talked about TTC, I came here and found this board, and saw other people were going through the same things and doing just fine--and that helped a lot, just knowing that it wasn't as rare a thing as I'd thought, and I wasn't alone.