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Switched to Heparin yesterday! And got some good tips

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Yesterday was the switch, while 2 injections a day self filled isn't the funnest thing I've ever done, my pharmacist gave me some great tips. I figured I'd share in case your instructions were as great as mine were initially. When I first started this pregnancy I was on Heparin until around 9 weeks, I begged my doctor to let me switch to Lovenox because of the pain in the butt Heparin was, and I did. It was difficult to get the right amount without bubbles, etc.

Now that I'm back the pharmacist told me what to do: first make sure to push any air out of the syringe, then if you are filling one ml fill the syringe with one ml of air, then push the syringe into the vial fill the vial with the 1 ml of air & that will make it easier to fill the syringe with one ml of liquid.

I'm sure everyone else knew this already, but I did not! So just in case... 


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Married August 9, 2008
TTC Since September 2009

1st   BFP | EDD 10/23/10 | Natural M/C 03/27/10 | 10w 0d
2nd BFP 06/26/10 | EDD 02/25/11 | Natural  M/C 07/17/10 | 8w 1d
3rd  BFP 12/17/10 | EDD 08/24/11 | Natural M/C 12/31/10 | 7w 4d
4th  BFP 06/22/11 | EDD 02/25/12 | M/C D&C on 07/27/11 | 9w4d
5th  BFP 09/17/11 | DD Paige Lily born 05/16/12
6th  BFP 08/11/12 | EDD 04/11/13 | CP
7th  BFP 09/29/13 | EDD 06/04/14 | Natural M/C 10/27/13 | 8w1d
8th  BFP 12/16/13 | EDD 09/01/14

DX: Pericentric Inversion of Chromosome 8 & compound heterozygous for MTHFR mutations
RX: Lovenox/Heparin & Folgard

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Re: Switched to Heparin yesterday! And got some good tips

  • mrsgaines100mrsgaines100
    I may be doing this soon too so thanks for the tip!  And congrats on making it to the heparin switch!!
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  • thebprojthebproj member
    Hi there,

    I'm positive for the MTHFR heterozygous mutation and I'm wondering when your dr.'s decided to put you on Heparin? Mine won't, they say it's too dangerous and that I don't need it...

    thanks!
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