Lovenox dosage? please check in..

Lilly2013 · April 2012

Im 4 weeks today and I will be starting lovenox as soon as my second beta results are out due to Factor V Leiden (hetro) have history or massive DVT and PE.

Guidelines recommend either 40ml once a day or twice a day (80), my hematologist recommends I go for the 40/day but says it is up to me if I want to be extra cautious and go for twice a day and i dont know what to do!

How much is the doze you are on?

If this is not your first pregnancy, how was it the first time? is it easy? risky?

TIA!!

UsuallyLurking · April 2012

I'm on 40 twice a day. I wasn't given a choice, either. I wasn't on Lovenox for my first pregnancy (I'm only on it this time because I had a pulmonary embolism post c-sec with DS1) so I have nothing to compare it to, but it really hasn't been that bad. Just part of the routine, kind of like taking prenatals

Pamela05 · April 2012

I'm on 40 1/day but no history of PE or clots.

MrsMSG · April 2012

I've had pre-e with all my deliveries, and was just admitted today for it again....

I'm on Lovenox 40, but am switching to Heparin on Thursday in anticipation of delivery.

Good luck!

(Oh, and aside from it's cost and the fact that, yeah, it's a self-injected needle....it's not too bad. Just another thing you just suck up and do for the sake of your baby.)

shasteencorin · May 2012

I have ASP and am on 80mgs/twice a day along with a baby aspirin. It you are worried that doing it twice a day will be harm full, dont. There are more women out there that do it twice a day then just once.

I have gotten use to having to give it to myself twice a day, but like said above you will do what it takes for your little one! Best of luck to you!

Lilly2013 · May 2012

MrsMSG:

I've had pre-e with all my deliveries, and was just admitted today for it again....

I'm on Lovenox 40, but am switching to Heparin on Thursday in anticipation of delivery.

Good luck!

Good luck at the hospital and congrats in advance

(Oh, and aside from it's cost and the fact that, yeah, it's a self-injected needle....it's not too bad. Just another thing you just suck up and do for the sake of your baby.)

yemil359 · May 2012

40. I'm also hetero for FVL with a prothrombin mutation and MTHFR. But, no history of clots personally, just my dad.

topaz7777 · May 2012

I'm homozygous Factor V leiden with a history of PE and DVT pre pregnancy. My doctor said if I'm on Lovenox it's 80mg 2x a day. Instead they have me on Fragmin which is 15000 units 1x a day (which I greatly prefer). I also have to have my Factor Xa Assy test done every so often to make sure my dosage keeps me in a theraputic range.

I start heparin next week which will be 1000 units 3x a day. Not really looking forward to all of those needles, but hey, got to do what ya got to do.

chusum · May 2012

I was on 40ml once a day for MTHFR, compound hetero. This is my first pregnancy on it. I just switched to heparin today which is twice a day. Lovenox is fairly easy since it's already filled syringes.

Lilly2013 · May 2012

thanks all for you replies, when did you start taking the shots?

topaz7777 · May 2012

Lilly2013:

thanks all for you replies, when did you start taking the shots?

I had a clot while on birth control, so when I started TTC and IF treatments, I had to start on the thinners. For me that was 14 months ago.

yemil359 · May 2012

I think i started around 10 weeks

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